• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2015

In this paper to improve the ionic conduction properties, lanthanum silicate apatite $La_{9.33}(SiO_4)_6O_2$ ceramic, which substituted by V ions at Si-site, were fabricated by the mixed-oxide method. And we investigated the structural and electrical properties of $La_{9.33}(Si_{6-x}V_x)O_{26}$ specimens with variation of dopants for the application of solid oxide fuel cells. The sintering temperature of $La_{9.33}(Si_{6-x}V_x)O_{26}$ specimens decreased from $1,600^{\circ}C$ to $1,400^{\circ}C$. As results of X-ray diffraction patterns, all $La_{9.33}(Si_{6-x}V_x)O_{26}$ specimens showed the formation of a complete solid solution in a apatite polycrystallin structure. But the specimens doped with more than 1.5mol% showed the second phase, $La_2SiO_5$ and $SiO_2$. The specimen dopants with 1.0 mol% showed the maximum ion conductivity. Ion conducting and activation energy of the $La_{9.33}(Si_5V_1)O_26$ specimens were about $7.8{\times}10^{-4}S/cm$ 1.62 eV at $600^{\circ}C$, respectively.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.243-250
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• 1988

전자 전도체 이온 결합 화합물, $A_{1-\delta}O_\mu$에서 전자의 흐름과 이온의 흐름 사이에서 일어나는 간섭 현상을 비가역 열역학적으로 분석하였다. 이 계를 가역 전극 사이에 두고 전기를 흘리면 주된 전하 나르게인 전자의 흐름에 의하여 잘 움직이는 양이온 빈자리들의 알짜 흐름이 유발되며, 이 반자리의 흐름은 Fick 좌표계를 실험실 좌표계에 대하여 상대적으로 움직이게 한다는 것이 드러났다. 따라서 이 상대속도는 전자와 이온의 흐름간 간섭효과의 크기와 방향을 결정하는 양이온 유효전하의 척도가 되는 것이다. 이 상대속도를 측정하는 두 가지의 실험을 고안하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.603-609
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• 2013

In this paper, we present a 600-V reverse conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor (RC-IGBT) for soft and hard switching applications, such as general purpose inverters. The newly developed RC-IGBT uses the deep reactive-ion etching trench technology without the thin wafer process technology. Therefore, a freewheeling diode (FWD) is monolithically integrated in an IGBT chip. The proposed RC-IGBT operates as an IGBT in forward conducting mode and as an FWD in reverse conducting mode. Also, to avoid the destructive failure of the gate oxide under the surge current and abnormal conditions, a protective Zener diode is successfully integrated in the gate electrode without compromising the operation performance of the IGBT.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.476-480
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• 2009

본 연구는 리튬 이차전지용 고분자 전해질 복합재료에 관한 것으로, 고분자는 poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)와 poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) 블렌드를 사용하고, 용매로는 Ethylene carbonate(EC), 그리고 $LiClO_4$를 리튬염으로 하는 전해질 복합체 필름을 제조하였으며, PMMA의 함유량에 따른 고분자 전해질의 전기화학적 특성을 관찰하였다. 제조된 고분자 전해질의 결정화도와 이온전도도는 시차주사열량계(DSC)와 주파수반응분석기(FRA)로 분석하였다. 그 결과 PMMA의 함량을 증가시킴에 따라서, PEO의 결정 영역이 감소하고 이온전도도가 증가하였다. 또한, PMMA의 함량이 20 wt.% 이상인 경우, 고분자 블렌드필름에서 상분리되는 현상을 관찰하였다. 즉, SEM 분석결과에 의해서, PMMA 주성분 영역과 PEO 주성분 영역의 구분이 가능하였다. 고분자 전해질의 이온전도도는 20 wt.% 첨가한 경우 가장 큰 이온전도도를 가지며, 함유량이 20 wt.% 이상에서는 PMMA 상의 증가로 인해 다소 감소된 이온전도도 변화를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2022

The application of polymer composite electrolyte in all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery (ASSLSBs) can guarantee high energy density and improve the interface contact between electrolyte and electrode, which has a broader application prospect. However, the inherent insulation of the sulfur-cathode leads to a low electron/ion transfer rate. Carbon materials with high electronic conductivity and electrolyte materials with high ionic conductivity are usually selected to improve the electron/ion conduction of the composite cathode. In this work, PEO-LiTFSI-LLZO composite polymer electrolyte (CPE) with high ionic conductivity was prepared. The ionic conductivity was 1.16×10^-4 and 7.26×10^-4 S cm^-1 at 20 and 60℃, respectively. Meanwhile, the composite sulfur cathode was prepared with Sulfur, reduced graphene oxide and composite polymer electrolyte slurry (S-rGO-CPEs). In addition to improving the ion conductivity in the cathode, CPEs also replaces the role of binder. The influence of different contents of CPEs in the cathode material on the performance of the constructed battery was investigated. The results show that the electrochemical performance of the all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery is the best when the content of the composite electrolyte in the cathode is 40%. Under the condition of 0.2C and 45℃, the charging and discharging capacity of the first cycle is 923 mAh g^-1, and the retention capacity is 653 mAh g^-1 after 50 cycles.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.299-303
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• 2015

The electrolyte is an important component in determining the performance of Fuel Cells. Especially, investigation of the conduction properties of electrolytes plays a key role in determining the performance of the electrolyte. The electrochemical properties of Yttrium stabilized zirconia (YSZ) were measured to allow the use of this material as an electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) in the temperature range of $700-1000^{\circ}C$ and in $0.21{\leq}pO_2/atm{\leq}10^{-23}$. A Hebb-Wagner polarization experimental cell was optimally manufactured; here we discuss typical problems associated with making cells. The partial conductivities due to electrons and holes for 8YSZ, which is known as a superior oxygen conductor, were obtained using I-V characteristics based on the Hebb-Wagner polarization method. Activation energies for holes and electrons are $3.99{\pm}0.17eV$ and $1.70{\pm}0.06eV$ respectively. Further, we calculated the oxygen ion conductivity with electron, hole, and total conductivity, which was obtained by DC four probe conductivity measurements. The oxygen ion conductivity was dependent on the temperature; the activation energy was $0.80{\pm}0.10eV$. The electrolyte domain was determined from the top limit, bottom limit, and boundary (p=n) of the oxygen partial pressure. As a result, the electrolyte domain was widely presented in an extensive range of oxygen partial pressures and temperatures.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.336-340
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• 1999

Glasses in the system $CaO-TiO_2-SiO_2-Al_2O_3-ZrO_2-B_2O_3$ were investigated to find the glass seal compositions suitable for use in the planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Glass-ceramics prepared from the glasses by one-stage heat treatment at $1,000^{\circ}C$ showed various thermal expansion coefficients (i,e., $8.6\times10^{-6^{\circ}}C^{-1}$ to $42.7\times10^{-6^{\circ}}C^{-1}$ in the range 25-$1,000^{\circ}C$) due to the viscoelastic response of glass phase. The average values of contact angles between the zirconia substrate and the glass particles heated at 1,000-$1,200^{\circ}C$ were in the range of $131^{\circ}\pm4^{\circ}$~$137^{\circ}\pm9^{\circ}$, indicating that the glass-ceramic was in partial non-wetting condition with the zirconia substrate. With increasing heat treatment time of glass samples from 0.5 to 24 h at $1,100^{\circ}C$, the DC electrical conductivity of the resultant glass-ceramics decreased from at $800^{\circ}C$. Isothermal hold of the glass sample at $1100^{\circ}C$ for 48h resulted in diffusion of Ca, Si, and Al ions from glass phase into the zirconia substrate through the glass/zirconia bonding interface. Glass phase and diffusion of the moving ion such as $Ca^{2+}$ in glass phase is responsible for the electrical conduction in the glass-ceramics.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권12호
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• pp.854-859
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• 2005

Performance of micro scale intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell system has been successfully evaluated by computer simulation based on macro modeling. Two systems were studied in this work. The one is designed that the ceria-based electrolyte placed between composite electrodes and the other is designed that electrodes alternately placed on the electrolyte. The injected gas was composed of hydrogen and air. The polarization curve was obtained through a series of calculations for ohmic loss, activation loss and concentration loss. The calculation of each loss was based on the solving of mathematical model of multi physical-phenomena such as ion conduction, fluid dynamics and diffusion and convection by Finite Element Method (FEM). The performance characteristics of SOFC were quantitatively investigated for various structural parameters such as distance between electrodes and thickness of electrolyte.

• 멤브레인
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.371-383
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• 2021

음이온 교환막은 수소를 생산할 수 있는 수전해와 수소 연료를 사용하여 전기 에너지를 사용할 수 있는 연료전지 시스템에 사용될 수 있다. 음이온 교환막은 알칼라인 조건에서 수산화 이온(OH^-) 전도를 기반으로 작동한다. 하지만, 음이온 교환막은 상대적으로 낮은 이온 전도도와 알칼라인 안정성을 보이기 때문에 아직 수전해 및 연료전지에 상용화되는 데 한계가 존재한다. 이를 해결하기 위해서는 고분자 구조를 합리적으로 설계하여 새로운 음이온 교환막 소재를 개발하는 것이 필수적이다. 특히, 고분자의 물성, 이온전도도, 그리고 알칼라인 안정성이 우수하게 유지될 수 있도록 고분자 구조 및 합성 방법 등을 제어하여 한다. 음이온 교환막 중에서 Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) 기반의 소재는 상용화 되어 접근이 용이하다. 또한, 다른 고분자에 비해 상대적으로 기계적인 특성 및 화학적 안정성이 높아 음이온 교환막 개발에 자주 사용되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 음이온 교환막에서 사용되는 PPO 기반의 고분자 소재 개발 전략 및 특성에 대해서 소개하고자 한다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.404-411
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• 2012

The reliability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) particularly depends on the high quality of solid oxide electrolytes. The application of thinner electrolytes and multi electrolyte layers requires a more reliable characterization method. Most of the investigations on thin film solid electrolytes have been made for the parallel transport along the interface, which is not however directly related to the fuel cell performance of those electrolytes. In this work an array of ion-blocking metallic Ti/Au microelectrodes with about a $160{\mu}m$ diameter was applied on top of an ultrathin ($1{\mu}m$) yttria-stabilized-zirconia/gadolinium-doped-ceria (YSZ/GDC) heterolayer solid electrolyte in a micro-SOFC prepared by PLD as well as an 8-${\mu}m$ thick YSZ layer by screen printing, to study the transport characteristics in the perpendicular direction relevant for fuel cell operation. While the capacitance variation in the electrode area supported the working principle of the measurement technique, other local variations could be related to the quality of the electrolyte layers and deposited electrode points. While the small electrode size and low temperature measurements increaseed the electrolyte resistances enough for the reliable estimation, the impedance spectra appeared to consist of only a large electrode polarization. Modulus representation distinguished two high frequency responses with resistance magnitude differing by orders of magnitude, which can be ascribed to the gadolinium-doped ceria buffer electrolyte layer with a 200 nm thickness and yttria-stabilized zirconia layer of about $1{\mu}m$. The major impedance response was attributed to the resistance due to electron hole conduction in GDC due to the ion-blocking top electrodes with activation energy of 0.7 eV. The respective conductivity values were obtained by model analysis using empirical Havriliak-Negami elements and by temperature adjustments with respect to the conductivity of the YSZ layers.