• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.334-342
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• 2024

The need for efficient and sustainable energy storage solutions has emerged due to a rapidly increasing energy demand and growing concerns about environmental issues. Among various energy storage methods, lithium secondary batteries are widely used in a variety of electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles, and large-scale power storage systems due to their high energy density, long lifespan, and cost competitiveness. Recently, all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) have attracted great attention because they can reduce the risk of fire associated with liquid electrolytes. Additionally, using high-capacity alternative anodes and cathodes in ASSBs can enhance energy density. However, ASSBs that use solid electrolytes experience a degradation in their electrochemical performances due to resistance at solid-solid interfaces. These interfaces can also result in poor physical contact and the presence of products formed from chemical and electrochemical reactions. Solving this interface problem is a critical issue for the commercialization of ASSBs. This review summarizes interfacial reactions between the cathode and solid electrolyte, along with research aimed at improving these interactions. Future development directions in this field are also discussed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1795-1799
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• 2013

The corrosion property of aluminum by lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) salt is investigated in liquid and gel electrolytes consisting of ethylene carbonate/propylene carbonate/ethylmethyl carbonate/diethyl carbonate (20:5:55:20, vol %) with vinylene carbonate (2 wt %) and fluoroethylene carbonate (5 wt %) using conductivity measurement, cyclic voltammetry, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. All corrosion behaviors are attenuated remarkably by using three gel electrolytes containing 3 wt % of hydrophilic and hydrophobic fumed silica. The addition of silica particles contributes to the increase in the ionic conductivity of the electrolyte, indicating temporarily formed physical crosslinking among the silica particles to produce a gel state. Cyclic voltammetry also gives lower anodic current responses at higher potentials for repeating cycles, confirming further corrosion attenuation or electrochemical stability. In addition, the degree of corrosion attenuation can be affected mainly by the electrolytic constituents, not by the hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of silica particles.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1-4
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• 2008

Fuel cells have the potential of providing several times higher energy storage densities than those possible using current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries, but current energy density of fuel cell system is not better than that of lithium-ion batteries. To achieve the high energy density, volume and weight of fuel cell system need to be reduced by miniaturizing system components such as stack, fuel tank, and balance-of-plant. In this paper, the thin flexible PCB (Printed circuit board) is used as a current collector to reduce the stack volume. Two end plates are made from light weight aluminum alloy plate. The plate surface is wholly oxidized through the anodizing treatment for electrical insulation. The opening rate of cathode plate hole is optimized through unit cell performance measurement of various opening rates. The performances are measured at room temperature and ambient pressure condition without any repulsive air supply. The active area of MEA is 10.08 $cm^2$ and active area per a unit cell is 1.68 $cm^2$. The peak power density is about 210 mW/$cm^2$ and the air-breathing planar stack of 2 Wis achieved as a small volume of 18 cc.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2013

In recent years, technology for storing a preliminary power or a surplus of photovoltaic energy is required. This technique, as well as store a preliminary energy and improve the reliability of the gird safety. This system can plan a efficient power generation through the flexibility of the power supply from the perspective of not only provider but also user. Accordingly, the realization of the smart grid can be expected. This paper proposes a hybrid PCS using a photovoltaic and a lithium-polymer battery with the characteristics of high density energy. The main energy source of a hybrid PCS is a photovoltaic, grid and the auxiliary energy source is a lithium-polymer battery. The operation of a proposed system in this paper is verified with simulation and experimental results.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2019

Herein, the effect of counter anions on the formation of a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) in a propylene carbonate (PC)-based electrolyte solution was investigated. Although the reversible capacities were different, reversible intercalation and de-intercalation of lithium ions occurred in the graphite negative electrode in the PC-based electrolyte solutions containing 1 M $LiClO_4$, $LiPF_6$, $LiBF_4$, and $LiCF_3SO_3$ at low temperature ($-15^{\circ}C$). This indicated that the surface films acted as an effective SEI to suppress further co-intercalation and decomposition reactions at low temperature. However, the SEIs formed at the low temperature were unstable in 1 M $LiPF_6$ and $LiBF_4/PC$ at room temperature ($25^{\circ}C$). On the other hand, increasing reversible capacity was confirmed in the case of $LiCF_3SO_3/PC$ at room temperature, because the SEI formed at the low temperature was still maintained. These results suggest that counter anions are an important factor to consider for the formation of effective SEIs in PC-based electrolyte solutions.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

For the safe and reliable operation of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles or energy storage systems, having accurate information of the battery, such as the state of charge (SOC), is essential. Many different techniques of battery SOC estimation have been developed, such as the Kalman filter. However, when this filter is applied to multiple batteries, it has difficulty maintaining the accuracy of the estimation over all cells owing to the difference in parameter values of each cell. The difference in the parameter of each cell may increase as the operation time accumulates due to aging. In this paper, a novel deep neural network (DNN)-based SOC estimation method for multi-cell application is proposed. In the proposed method, DNN is implemented to determine the nonlinear relationships of the voltage and current at different SOCs and temperatures. In the training, the voltage and current data obtained at different temperatures during charge/discharge cycles are used. After the comprehensive training with the data obtained from the cycle test with a cell, the resulting algorithm is applied to estimate the SOC of other cells. Experimental results show that the mean absolute error of the estimation is 1.213% at 25℃ with the proposed DNN-based SOC estimation method.

• 공업화학전망
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.3-17
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• 2020

리튬이온전지(LIB)는 기존의 다른 이차전지와 다른 확실한 몇 가지 장점이 있다. 높은 작동 전압과 높은 에너지 밀도, 긴 수명, 그리고 낮은 자체 방전 속도이다. 이러한 장점으로 모바일 제품에서부터 전기 자동차(battery electric vehicle, BEV), 최근에는 전기저장장치(energy storage system, ESS)까지 다양한 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 하지만 사용 범위가 증가함에 따라 높은 안정성을 가지며 더 큰 에너지 용량을 나타내는 리튬이온전지에 대한 요구가 점점 더 커지게 되었다. 리튬이온전지의 용량 증가는 전지의 설계보다는 양극 및 음극 재료, 분리막 및 전해질과 같은 주요 전지 재료의 기술적 진보에 달려 있다. 주요 전지 소재 중에 전지의 성능에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것은 전지 반응에 의한 과전압과 가격이 가장 비싼 양극이다. 본 기획 특집에서는 리튬이차전지의 성능에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 양극 물질의 종류와 향후 연구동향에 대해서 소개하고자 한다. 양극 물질의 발전 방향, 안정성과 용량 증대를 위해서 최근 연구되고 있는 방향에 대해서 자세하게 소개한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.4205-4209
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• 2011

The $Li_2Mn_{0.5}Fe_{0.5}SiO_4$ silicate was prepared by blending of $Li_2MnSiO_4$ and $Li_2FeSiO_4$ precursors with same molar ratio. The one of the silicates of $Li_2FeSiO_4$ is known as high capacitive up to ~330 mAh/g due to 2 mole electron exchange, and the other of $Li_2FeSiO_4$ has identical structure with $Li_2MnSiO_4$ and shows stable cycle with less capacity of ~170 mAh/g. The major drawback of silicate family is low electronic conductivity (3 orders of magnitude lower than $LiFePO_4$). To overcome this disadvantage, carbon composite of the silicate compound was prepared by sucrose mixing with silicate precursors and heat-treated in reducing atmosphere. The crystal structure and physical morphology of $Li_2Mn_{0.5}Fe_{0.5}SiO_4$ was investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The $Li_2Mn_{0.5}Fe_{0.5}SiO_4$/C nanocomposite has a maximum discharge capacity of 200 mAh/g, and 63% of its discharge capacity is retained after the tenth cycles. We have realized that more than 1 mole of electrons are exchanged in $Li_2Mn_{0.5}Fe_{0.5}SiO_4$. We have observed that $Li_2Mn_{0.5}Fe_{0.5}SiO_4$ is unstable structure upon first delithiation with structural collapse. High temperature cell performance result shows high capacity of discharge capacity (244 mAh/g) but it had poor capacity retention (50%) due to the accelerated structural degradation and related reaction.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.292-299
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• 2010

그래핀(graphene)은 $sp^2$ 탄소원자들이 벌집 격자를 이룬 형태의 2차원 나노시트를 의미하며, 높은 비표면적(이론치 $2600m^2\;g^{-1}$)과 우수한 전기전도도(전형치 $8{\times}10^5S\;cm^{-1}$) 및 기계적 강도로 인해 리튬이온전지의 음전극 활물질 및 초고용량 커패시터의 전극 활물질로서 사용 가능성이 높아지고 있다. 본 총설에서는 현재까지 알려진 그래핀 나노시트와 그래핀을 기반으로 하는 나노복합체의 제조법을 소개하고, 이를 리튬이온전지와 초고용량 커패시터의 전극소재로 적용하였을 때의 특성을 그 나노구조적 관점과 연관하여 논의하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2012

리튬이차전지의 수요가 소형 휴대용 전자기기에서 중대형 전기자동차와 에너지저장장치로 변화함에 따라, 요구되는 전지 특성도 크게 달라지고 있다. 10년 이상의 장기 신뢰성, 팩 수준의 안전성, 가격 경쟁력 확보 등 기존 소형 전지보다 크게 강화된 요구 조건뿐만 아니라, 고출력 특성도 함께 필요로 한다. 그런데, 출력을 측정하기 위해서는 전압과 전류가 동시에 측정 및 제어되어야 하기 때문에, 기존의 단위셀 용량 측정보다 훨씬 어렵다. 또한, 측정 방법의 선택뿐만 아니라 출력유지시간, 충전상태(State-of-Charge, SOC), Cut-off 조건, 측정온도 등의 측정 조건에 따라서도 그 측정값이 크게 달라지는 경향이 있다. 본 논문에서는 HPPC (Hybrid Pulse Power Characterization)법, J-pulse(Japan Electric Vehicle Association Standards, JEVS D 713)법, 정출력 측정법(Constant Power Measurement)의 측정 원리 및 실제 실험에 어떻게 적용해야 하는지 설명하고, HEV(Hybrid Electric Vehicle)용 단위셀을 이용해 출력법간 측정 결과를 비교 분석한다.