• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.284-291
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• 2007

The Ni-MH batteries for HEV and industry are normally placed in outdoor, consequently causing an too weak discharge power problem due to a cold weather specially in winter time. In order to improve the low temperature performances of the Ni-MH battery for HEV and industrial uses, it has been investigated the low temperature discharge characteristics of Ni-MH battery with various electrolytes at $-18^{\circ}C$. The summary of experimental results are as follows. The low temperature characteristics depended strongly on the characteristics of electrolytes. When the concentration of the electrolytes were too high or too low the low temperature performance was poor. The best electrolyte was composed of KOH 6.2M+LiOH 1.2M. An addition of RbOH or CsOH to electrolyte improved the low temperature performance. The best total concentration of electrolyte composed of KOH, NaOH and LiOH was about 7M.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.495-503
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• 2011

The sealed nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) secondary battery are primarily used as energy storage for the HEV. But, the research on Ni-MH battery has focused on anode materials. In the present study, we investigate to improve the electrochemical characteristics of Ni-MH batteries using the surface treatment of $Ni(OH)_2$ cathode by CoOOH. Surface treated $Ni(OH)_2$ cathode showed significant improvement in the activation behavior, rate capability, charge retention, and cycle life of the batteries were significantly improved. In addition, the surface treated electrode exhibited the higher overvoltage for oxygen evolution than the untreated electrode. This phenomenon indicates that the charge efficiency can be improved by suppressing the oxygen evolution on cathode.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기화학회 2005년도 춘계총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.25-25
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• 2005

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.263-266
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 친수화 처리된 격리막을 이용한 니켈수소전지의 전기화학적 특성을 연구하였다. 수계 전해액을 사용하는 니켈수소전지로의 적용을 위해 폴리올레핀계 분리막을 친수화 처리하였다. 친수화 미처리품은 방전성능, 용량보존성, 내구성 등의 전기화학적 성능에서 KS 규격기준에 미달되었지만 친수화 처리품은 KS 규격기준을 모두 만족시켰다. 친수화 처리품을 적용한 모든 시료는 유사한 전지성능을 보여주었다. 그 중 술폰화 처리 시료의 경우 용량 보존율(>88%) 측면에서 가장 우수한 특성을 보였으며, 불소화 처리시료는 내구성 측면에서 가장 우수한 성능을 보였는데, 이는 KS 규격기준(500회)과 비교할 때 약 3배 정도(1480회)의 우수한 성능을 유지함을 확인하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.365-373
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• 2007

We optimized the compositions of electrolyte and additives for anode in Ni-MH battery to improve the electrode characteristics at ambient and low temperatures using response surface method(RSM). Among various additives for anode, PTFE exhibited the greatest influence on the discharge capacity of the anode. Through response optimization process, we found the optimum composition of the additives to exhibit the greatest discharge capacity. When the amount of additives was too small, the anode was degraded with time due to the low binding strength among alloy powders and the resultant separation of powders from the current collector. In contrast, the addition of large amount of the additives increased in the resistance of the electrode. In addition, the discharge capacity of the anode at $-18^{\circ}C$ increased with decreasing the concentration of KOH, NaOH and LiOH in design range of electrolyte. The resistance and viscosity of electrolyte appear to affect the discharge capacity of the anode at low temperature.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.159-170
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• 1999

Recently Ni/MH secondary battery have been studied very extensively because of containing no pollutants as well as superior performance. However comparing to widely studying high capacity of hydrogen storage alloys electrode, the capacity of Ni electrode is inferior. Using for high capacity Ni/MH battery as a anodic materials, the study about high capacity Ni electrode is necessary. To making high capacity Ni electrode, active materials were impregnated in various polarization impregnation conditions. Plaque, milling for 6hr and sintered at $800^{\circ}C$, indicated porosity over 80%, and porosity were increased with proper condition electrochemical etching treatment. Proper impregnation condition was 40~80mA/cm, polarizing time was 5~10min.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.547-555
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• 2012

This paper focuses on the research of the anode and cathode in the Ni-MH secondary battery. In this paper, the proposed method employs a continuous wave Nd : YAG laser based on the pure Ni instead of the low carbon steel to improve the conductivity although the conventional secondary battery is based on the resistance spot welded with low carbon steel SS41. It welds a sandwich panel using the pure Ni and the porous thin plate, and the tested optimal conditions for the laser power and irradiation speed were 300 and 350 Watt, and 1.0~1.6m/min, respectively. Finally, we observed a ratio, heat input and cross-section and measured the conductivity of the welding section to test the weldability.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.505-511
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• 2009

The hydriding and electrochemical characteristics of Zr-based $AB_2$ alloy produced by gas atomization have been extensively examined. For the particle morphology of the as-cast and gas-atomized powders, it can be seen that the mechanically crushed powders are irregular, while the atomized powder particles are spherical. The increase of jet pressure of gas atomization process results in the decrease of hydrogen storage capacity and the slope of plateau pressure significantly increases. TEM and EDS studies showed the increase of jet pressure in the atomization process accelerated the phase separation within grain of the gas-atomized alloy, which brought about a poor hydrogenation property. However, the gas-atomized $AB_2$ alloy powders produced by jet pressure of 50 bar kept up the reversible $H_2$ storage capacity and discharge capacity similar to the mechanically crushed particles. In addition, the electrode of gas-atomized Zr-based $AB_2$ alloy of 50 bar showed improved cyclic stability over that of the cast and crushed particulate, which is attributed to the restriction of crack propagation by grain boundary and dislocation with ch/discharging cycling.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2006

마이크로전극을 사용하여 니켈-수소 전지의 전극 활물질인 수소저장합금$(MmNi_{3.55}Co_{0.75}Mn_{0.4}Al_{0.3})$과 수산화니켈의 단일입자에 대하여 전기화학적 특성을 평가하였다. 즉 마이크로 전극을 활물질 입자 한 개 위에 전기적인 접촉을 이루도록 조정하고 전위 주사(Cyclic Voltammograms) 및 포텐셜 스텝(Potential Step)으로 실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 수소저장 합금 입자의 경우 -0.9, -0.75, -0.65V 부근에서 3개의 산화 피크 및 -0.98V에서 수소발생 전위, 그리고 수산화니켈 입자의 경우 프로톤 산화 환원 반응(0.45V, 0.32V)과 산소 발생 반응 전위를 보다 명확하게 확인 할 수 있었다. 그리고 수소흡장합금 입자 내에서의 수소 흡장 및 방출 전 과정에 대해 수소 확산계수 $(D_{app})\;(10^{-9}\sim10^{-10}cm^2/s)$가 얻어졌다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.219-224
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• 1999

Effects of alloy modification for the $Zr_{0.7}Ti_{0.3}V_{0.4}Ni_{1.2}Mn_{0.4}$ alloy as an electrode materials have been investigated. When Ti in the alloy was partially substituted by Zr, the hydrogen storage capacity and subsequently the discharge capacity increased significantly, however, the activation characteristic and rate capability decreased. By substituting Mn with other elements (Cr, Co and Fe) in the alloy, discharge capacity decreased but the cycle life and rate capability were improved. Considering both the discharge capacity, the high rate discharge property and cycle life, the $Zr_{0.7}Ti_{0.3}V_{0.4}Ni_{1.2}Mn_{0.3}Cr_{0.1}$ alloy among the alloys subjected to the test was found to be a prominent alloy for a practical usage.