• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.52-60
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• 2011

Although facilities for the passive treatment of AMD (Acid Mine Drainage) are currently operating in Korea, their removal efficiency for heavy metals is relatively low in average (only 80%). Passive treatment system is composed of oxidation tank, SAPS (Successive Alkalinity Producing System), and wetland. In the treatment system adopted in korea, SAPS (Successive Alkalinity Producing System) plays a major role to remove about 65% of heavy metals through a precipitation. However, the efficiency of SAPS is limited due to the use of mushroom compost (MC) as a organic material and of limestone as a neutralizer. Therefore, this research was performed to search for alternative organic materials through the field test. We tested two types of mixed organic materials: 1) cow manure and spent oak (herein, CO) and 2) cow manure and sawdust (herein, CS). For comparison mushroom compost (herein, MC) was also tested. The result showed that the average Fe removal efficiency was 91.38% with CO, 85.19% with CS, and 91.58% with MC. Thus, CO can be effectively used as an alternative of MC in the SAPS system for heavy metals removal.

• 공업화학
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.161-171
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• 1997

인쇄회로기판의 식각폐수를 전기화학적 방법을 이용하여 양극에서 이를 재생하고, 음극에서 구리를 석출하기 위한 실험을 행하였다. 양극에서의 Cu(I)의 산화에 따른 Cu(I)/Cu(II) 변화는 Pt와 Ag/AgCl/4M KCl 전극사이의 전위차를 이용하여 측정하였으며, 반응의 진행에 따른 양극에서의 염소기체 발생은 용액내에 Cu(I)의 농도를 일정치 이상으로 유지시키고, 비다공성 흑연전극을 이용하여 억제할 수 있었다. 그리고, 음극에서의 구리석출은 전류밀도 $360mA/cm^2$, 구리이온농도 12g/l 일때 가장 효율적이며 석출된 구리는 dendrite구조임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 석출효율과 회수방법을 고려할 때 음극으로서 Ti전극을 사용할 경우 가장 우수한 효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 전해온도가 증가함에 따라서 전류효율은 낮아졌으며, 전력효율은 $50^{\circ}C$에서 최대값을 나타내었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.488-493
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• 2004

The effects were examined from several conditions of $TiO_2$ photocatalysis reaction to phenols degradation by changing it's reacting conditions such as phenol concentration, pH, $TiO_2$ concentration, $H_2O_2$ concentration, flow rate, and intensity of ultraviolet rays. Phenol degradation was more efficient in low concentration of phenol, neutral pH. Phenol degradation appeared to increase as concentration of $TiO_2$ photocatalyst, that of $H_2O_2$ and intensity of ultraviolet rays increased. As $TiO_2$ dosage increased, initial rate constant k linearly increased. When $H_2O_2$ was injected more than optimum, phenol removal rate didn't increase in proportional to the change of $H_2O_2$ concentration as OH radicals was being consumed. When flow rate is less than $4.75m^3/m^2$ day, phenol removal efficiency appeared to decrease as ultraviolet rays transmission rate becomes low by $TiO_2$ suspension coated in photo reaction column. Meanwhile, initial rate constant according to light intensity change in less than $25mW/cm^2$ appeared to be in proportion to light intensity ($mW/cm^2$) Removal efficiency decreased about 12% after 180 minutes of reaction time while showed stable removal efficiency of 100% after 300 minutes when using regenerated $TiO_2$.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2018

Beside several advantages, the PV power generation as a clean energy source, is still below the supply level due to high power generation cost. Therefore, the interest in fabricating low-cost thin film solar cells is increasing continuously. $Cu_2O$, a low cost photovoltaic material, has a wide direct band gap of ~2.1 eV has along with the high theoretical energy conversion efficiency of about 20%. On the other hand, it has other benefits such as earth-abundance, low cost, non-toxic, high carrier mobility ($100cm^2/Vs$). In spite of these various advantages, the efficiency of $Cu_2O$ based solar cells is still significantly lower than the theoretical limit as reported in several literatures. One of the reasons behind the low efficiency of $Cu_2O$ solar cells can be the formation of CuO layer due to atmospheric surface oxidation of $Cu_2O$ absorber layer. In this work, atomic layer deposition method was used to remove the CuO layer that formed on $Cu_2O$ surface. First, $Cu_2O$ absorber layer was deposited by electrodeposition. On top of it buffer (ZnO) and TCO (AZO) layers were deposited by atomic layer deposition and rf-magnetron sputtering respectively. We fabricated the cells with a change in the deposition temperature of buffer layer ranging between $80^{\circ}C$ to $140^{\circ}C$. Finally, we compared the performance of fabricated solar cells, and studied the influence of buffer layer deposition temperature on $Cu_2O$ based solar cells by J-V and XPS measurements.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2022

To improve light absorption ability in the visible light region and the efficiency of the charge transfer reaction, Pd nanoparticles decorated with reduced TiO₂ nanotube photocatalyst were synthesized. The reduced TiO₂ nanotube photocatalyst was fabricated by anodic oxidation of Ti plate, followed by an electrochemical reduction process using applied cathodic potential. For TiO₂ photocatalyst electrochemically reduced using an applied voltage of -1.3 V for 10 min, 38% of Ti⁴⁺ ions on TiO₂ surface were converted to Ti³⁺ ion. The formation of Ti³⁺ species leads to the decrease in the band gap energy, resulting in an increase in the light absorption ability in the visible range. To obtain better photocatalytic efficiency, Pd nanoparticles were decorated through photoreduction process on the surface of reduced TiO₂ nanotube photocatalyst (r10-TNT). The Pd nanoparticles decorated with reduced TiO₂ nanotube photocatalyst exhibited enhanced photocurrent response, and high efficiency and rate constant for aniline blue degradation; these were ascribed to the synergistic effect of the new electronic state of the TiO₂ band gap energy induced by formation of Ti³⁺ species on TiO₂, and by improvement of the charge transfer reaction.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2006

난분해성 염색폐수를 처리하기 위한 화학적 처리 방법으로 오존단독처리와 3가지 경우의 고도산화공정[AOPs($O_3/H_2O_2$, $O_3/UV$, $O_3/H_2O_2/UV$)]의 처리특성을 실험적으로 검토하였다. 각각의 처리방법에서 합성 염색폐수를 대상으로 $COD_{cr}$ 및 색도의 제거효율, 생분해도(biodegradability)향상에 대한 처리특성을 상대적으로 비교 평가하였고 pH, 온도, 주입량, 순환유량 등을 주요운전인자로 하여 각 산화공정의 최적운전 조건을 파악하였다. 대상으로 한 모든 공정에서 염색폐수의 색도는 단시간에 대부분 제거되었지만, $COD_{cr}$ 제거측면과 생분해도 향상에서는 $O_3/H_2O_2/UV$ 공정이 가장 좋은 처리효율을 나타냈다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2015

This study was performed to investigate the effect of palm or coconut solid lipid nanoparticles (PO-SLNs or CO-SLNs) on growth of Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) in milk during storage period. The PO or CO (0.1% or 1.0%) was dispersed both in distilled water (DW) and ultra high temperature milk (UHTM), and subsequently emulsified with Tween^® 80 by ultrasonication (30% power, 2 min). Increase in particle size and encapsulation efficiency (EE%) in DW was observed with an increase in oil concentration, whereas a decrease in ζ-potential of SLNs was noted with an increment in oil concentration. Moreover, the CO-SLNs exhibited relatively smaller particle size and higher EE% than PO-SLNs. The CO-SLNs were found to be more stable than PO-SLNs. Higher lipid oxidation of PO or CO-SLNs in UHTM was observed during the storage test, when compared to PO or CO-SLNs in DW. However, there was no remarkable difference in lipid oxidation during storage period (p>0.05). In the growth test, the viability of L. plantarum in control (without PO or CO-SLNs in DW) exhibited a dramatic decrease with increasing storage period. In addition, viability of L. plantarum of PO or COSLNs in UHTM was higher than that of SLNs in DW. Based on the present study, production of SLNs containing PO or CO in UHTM is proposed, which can be used in lactobacilli fortified beverages in food industry.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.317-326
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• 2003

연안수에서 유기 화합물의 정량적인 특성을 파악하기 위하여 인천 연안 지역, 포항의 영일만을 포함한 형산강 지역 그리고 부산 연안 지역에서 시료를 채취하였다. 또한 강화도와 세어도에서 고정관측도 하였다. 연안수의 총유기탄소(TOC)와 염분과의 상관 관계 및 화학적 산소요구량(COD)과 염분과의 상관 관계를 이용하여 추정한 하천에서 연안역으로 유입되는 총유기탄소의 riverine end-member 값은 5.32 mg C/l, 화학적 산소요구량의 riverine end-member 값은 8.87 mg $O_2$/1로 나타났다 고온 촉매 산화(HTCO)방법을 이용하여 측정한 총유기탄소와 화학적 산소요구량을 비교한 결과 화학적 산소요구량은 총유기탄소의 약 47%를 반영하는 것으로 나타났다. 총유기탄소와 화학적 산소요구량에 대한 상관 관계식은 COD(mgO$_2$,/1)=0.61$\times$TOC(mg C/l)-0.03,($R^2$=0.66)으로 이 관계식을 이용하면 기존에 보고된 화학적 산소요구량으로 총유기탄소를 추정하는데 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2008

The physico-chemical properties of kapok fibers were altered via the combination processes of chlorite-periodate oxidation, in order to assess their efficacy as a heavy metal adsorbent. The chemically-oxidized kapok fibers were found to harbor a certain amount of polysaccharides, together with lowered lignin content. This alteration in lignin characteristics was clearly confirmed via FTIR and NBO yield. Moreover, chemically oxidized kapok fibers retained their hollow tube shape, although some changes were noted. The chemically oxidized kapok fibers evidenced elevated ability to adsorb heavy metal ions with the best fit for the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. Three cycles of adsorption-desorption were conducted with in-between regeneration steps. Our experimental results indicated that chemically oxidized kapok fibers possessed excellent adsorption characteristics, and the modified kapok fibers could be completely regenerated with almost equimolar diluted sodium hydroxide. Pb, Cu, Cd and Zn ions evidenced adsorption rates of 93.55%, 91.83%, 89.75%, and 92.85% on the chemically oxidized kapok fibers. The regeneration efficiency showed 73.58% of Pb, 71.55% of Cu, 66.87% of Cd, and 75.00% of Zn for 3rd cycle with 0.0125N NaOH.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2009

고유가 시대의 도래와 강화되는 배출가스 규제에 대응하기 위한 대책으로 대체에너지 엔진 및 수소연료전지와 같은 새로운 연소 및 동력 기술에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있으나, 이러한 기술의 이용은 수소제조 및 공급 기반시설 구축이 선결되어야 하며 많은 투자가 요구된다. 수소를 내연기관에 활용하는 기술은 연료의 저장과 공급, 낮은 에너지 밀도 및 연소제어 등의 어려움이 있다. 그러나 화석연료로부터 합성연료를 제조하기 위한 중간단계로 생성되는 개질가스의 이용은 내연기관으로의 실시간 수소 공급을 가능하게 하고, 소량의 수소가 혼합연료 형태로 사용됨에 따라 연소특성을 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 연료들의 개질 특성을 이해함과 동시에 연료 개질기의 적용가능성 여부를 판단하고자 하였다. 연료별 최대의 수소수율을 얻을 수 있는 조건에서의 열역학적 개질효율과 수소수율을 관찰하였으며, 연료와 산화제의 촉매상에서의 체류시간에 대한 영향 및 연료/산화제 비율에 변화 시 최대 수소 수율을 제시하였다.