• Carbon letters
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2014

Activated carbon nanofibers (ACNF) were prepared from polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based nanofibers using $CO_2$ activation methods with varying activation process times. The surface and structural characteristics of the ACNF were observed by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, respectively. $N_2$ adsorption isotherm characteristics at 77 K were confirmed by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller and Dubinin-Radushkevich equations. As experimental results, many holes or cavernous structures were found on the fiber surfaces after the $CO_2$ activation as confirmed by scanning electron microscopy analysis. Specific surface areas and pore volumes of the prepared ACNFs were enhanced within a range of 10 to 30 min of activation times. Performance of the porous PAN-based nanofibers as an electrode for electrical double layer capacitors was evaluated in terms of the activation conditions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.777-781
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• 2008

In this work, silver nanoparticles-containing polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solutions in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) were electrospun to be webs consisting of nanofibers. The inputted voltage and PAN content in the solution were fixed at 15 kV and 10 wt.% in DMF with 10 cm of tip-to-collector distance (TCD). The PAN/Ag nanofiber webs were stabilized by oxidation at 250 ${^{\circ}C}$ for 2 h in air and carbonized at 1000 ${^{\circ}C}$ for 2 h in $N_2$. The resultant diameter distribution and morphologies of the nanofibers were evaluated by scanning electron microscope analysis. The electrochemical behaviors of the nanofiber webs were also observed by cyclic voltammetry tests. It was found that the presence of silver nanoparticles in carbon nanofiber webs led to the increase of specific capacitance and the decrease of fiber diameters.

• Carbon letters
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2002

Electrostatic spinnings were performed with the solutions of PAN/DMF to be nanofiber webs. The diameter of the fibers ranged from 200 nm to 1000 nm depending on the PAN concentration and on the applied DC voltage. The nanofibers were oxidatively stabilized and subsequently carbonized up to $1000^{\circ}C$ with carbonization yield of 40%. The bulk electric conductivity of the carbonized web increased form $6.8{\times}10^{-3}S/cm$ to 1.96 S/cm while the carbonizaton temperature increased from $700^{\circ}C$ to $1000^{\circ}C$.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.592-599
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• 2013

Polyacrylonitrile(PAN) 고분자 용액으로부터 전기방사된 고분자 나노섬유를 다양한 농도의 KOH 용액을 이용하여 다공성 나노탄소섬유를 제조하였으며, 그에 따른 세공 구조 및 이산화탄소 흡착 특성을 평가하였다. PAN 용액으로부터 제조된 활성나노탄소섬유는 KOH 활성화 농도가 증가함에 따라 섬유 직경이 감소하였으며, 표면의 산소관능기가 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 질소 흡착에 따른 세공특성을 분석한 결과 KOH 활성화 농도 증가에 따라 활성나노탄소섬유의 비표면적이 증가하고, 미세공은 4 M KOH로 활성화한 나노탄소섬유가 가장 많았으며, 중간세공은 8 M KOH로 활성화한 활성나노탄소섬유가 가장 많았다. 또한 0, $25^{\circ}C$에서 KOH 활성화제의 농도가 BET 및 XPS에서 나타난 것처럼 이산화탄소 흡착을 강화시키도록 세공 및 표면 특성에 영향을 주었다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.521-528
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• 2005

Electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were carbonized with or without iron (III) acetylacetonate to induce catalytic graphitization within the range of 900-1,500$^{circ}C$, resulting in ultrafine carbon fibers with a diameter of about 90-300 nm. Their structural properties and morphologies were investigated. The carbon nanofibers (CNF) prepared without a catalyst showed amorphous structures and very low surface areas of 22-31 $m^{2}$/g. The carbonization in the presence of the catalyst produced graphite nanofibers (GNF). The hydrogen storage capacities of these CNF and GNF materials were evaluated through the gravimetric method using magnetic suspension balance (MSB) at room temperature and 100 bar. The CNFs showed hydrogen storage capacities which increased in the range of 0.16-0.50 wt$\%$ with increasing carbonization temperature. The hydrogen storage capacities of the GNFs with low surface areas of 60-253 $m^{2}$/g were 0.14-1.01 wt$\%$. Micropore and mesopore, as calculated using the nitrogen gas adsorption-desorption isotherms, were not the effective pore for hydrogen storage.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2012

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibers have been widely used due to their unique chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties. Electron beam irradiation has been extensively employed as means of altering properties of polymeric materials. Electron beam irradiation can induce chemical reactions in materials without any catalyst. Electron beam irradiation may be useful in accelerating the thermal compression stabilization of PAN nanofibers. To investigate the irradiation effect on PAN fibers, PAN nanofibers were irradiated by electron beam at 1,000~5,000 kGy. Irradiated and non-irradiated PAN nanofibers were heated at 180 and $220^{\circ}C$ without applying pressure for 15 min. Then 1 metric ton has been applied for 5 min. SEM images have been found that the fiber kept its morphological behavior after the hot pressing up to electron beam irradiated 1,000 kGy. DSC thermograms showed that the peak temperatures of the exothermic reactions were found to decrease with increasing electron beam irradiation doses and temperature. FT-IR spectra have been found to decrease $C{\equiv}N$ stretch band with increasing the electron beam irradiation dose. These results indicate that the modification of PAN via reactions such as cyclization is significantly enhanced by electron beam irradiation and thermal compression technique.

• Carbon letters
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.217-220
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• 2009

In this study, porous electrospun carbon fibers were prepared by electrospinning with PAN and $MgCl_2$, as a MgO precursor. MgO was selected as a substrate because of its chemical and thermal stability, no reaction with carbon, and ease of removal after carbonization by dissolving out in acidic solutions. $MgCl_2$ was mixed with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solution as a precursor of MgO with various weight ratios of $MgCl_2$/PAN. The average diameter of porous electrospun carbon fibers increased from 1.3 to 3 ${\mu}m$, as the $MgCl_2$ to PAN weight ratio increased. During the stabilization step, $MgCl_2$ was hydrolyzed to MgOHCl by heat treatment. At elevated temperature of 823 K for carbonization step, MgOHCl was decomposed to MgO. Specific surface area and pore structure of prepared electrospun carbon fibers were decided by weight ratio of $MgCl_2$/PAN. The amount of hydrogen storage increased with increase of specific surface area and micropore volume of prepared electrospun carbon fibers.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제4회(2015년)
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• pp.304-307
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• 2015

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely accepted and used as the enhancer for polymer nano-composites due to their remarkable mechanical properties. Understandably, the CNT fiber-polymer matrix interface plays a major role in determining the properties of the CNT-polymer nano-composites. Here, using the LCAODFT Lab tool available on the EDISON Nano-Physics site, we performed first-principles density-functional theory calculations to determine the atomic configurations and binding energies of the CNTs in contact with polymers. For the polymer matrixes, we chose poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN), which is one of the most well-known polymer matrixes for the carbon nanofiber nanocomposites. Different chiralities and diameters of pristine CNTs were considered, and several PAN-CNT configurations were prepared based on the atomistic positions and directions of cyano group in PAN. The most favorable configuration of PAN was obtained when the PAN bound parallel to the surface of CNT. Our finding indicates the binding configurations are determined by the direction of the cyano group dominantly rather than the atomistic position of PAN, or the symmetry of CNTs. The result of increasing the length of CNT diameter suggests that PAN is inclinable to align evenly on the surface of relatively large size of CNT with the configuration parallel to the surface. These results obtained in this study will provide the starting point for the design of improved PAN-CNT composites for the next-generation ultra-strong and ultra-light carbon nanofibers.

• Carbon letters
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2010

Novel unsaturated polyester composites with PAN-based nanofiber, stabilized PAN nanofiber, and carbonized nanofiber webs have been fabricated, respectively, and the effects of the nanofiber web content on their electrical resistivity, the thermal stability, dynamic storage modulus, and fracture surfaces were studied. The result demonstrated that the introduction of just one single layer (which is corresponding to 2 wt.%) of the carbonized nanofiber web to unsaturated polyester resin (UPE) could contribute to reducing markedly the electrical resistivity of the resin reflecting the percolation threshold, to improving the storage modulus, and to increasing the thermal stability above $350^{\circ}C$. The effect on decreasing the resistivity and increasing the modulus was the greatest at the carbonized PAN nanofiber web content of 8 wt.%, particularly showing that the storage modulus was increased about 257~283% in the measuring temperature range of $-25^{\circ}C$ to $50^{\circ}C$. The result also exhibited that the carbonized PAN nanofibers were distributed uniformly and compactly in the unsaturated polyester, connecting the matrix three-dimensionally through the thickness direction of each specimen. It seemed that such the fiber distribution played a role in reducing the electrical resistivity as well as in improving the dynamic storage modulus.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2022

붕소(Boron)은 희소자원으로 유리, 반도체 재료, 화약 등 다양한 용도로 사용되고 있는데, 우리나라의 경우 붕소를 전량 수입에 의존하고 있으며 전 세계 붕소 매장량과 현재 추세의 생산량을 고려하면 50년 이후 지상의 붕소는 고갈될 확률이 높다. 따라서 안정적 붕소의 공급을 위해 해수 내의 붕소를 회수할 수 있는 소재 및 공정의 개발이 요구된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 수용액 중 붕소를 회수하기 위한 소재로 전기방사 후 탄소화된 폴리아크릴로니트릴(polyacrylonitrile, PAN) 나노섬유를 도입하였다. 먼저 탄소섬유 표면의 붕소 흡착 기작을 이론적으로 구현하기 위해 범밀도함수이론(density functional method) 기반의 분자모델링 작업을 수행하였는데, 계산된 에너지도(energetics)에 따르면 붕소가 탄소섬유 표면에 흡착되는 화학반응이 가능한(viable) 것으로 판단되었다. 한편 전기방사로 제작된 PAN 나노섬유를 대기 중에서 안정화를 진행한 후 아르곤(Ar) 분위기에서 탄소화하였고 붕산 수용액에 담지시켰다. SEM과 Raman 분석을 통해 각각 전기방사와 탄소화가 잘 진행되었는지 확인하였고, XPS 분석을 통해 탄소섬유 표면에 질소가 잘 도핑되었는지 여부와 붕소의 흡착 여부를 확인하였다. 결과적으로 전기방사된 PAN으로부터 제작된 탄소섬유는 해수 내 붕소 회수에 사용될 수 있는 소재로 판단된다.