• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.201-209
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• 2001

The change of optical transmittance of $PdH_x$ thin film due to hydrogen concentration change was measured at room temperature. Pd film($312{\AA}$ thick) was made by thermal evaporation on glass substrate. Hydrogen absorption and desorption cycling effect on optical transmittance was measured 4 times in the pressure range between 0 and 640 torr. Ratio of optical transmittance to the change of ln pressure(torr) increases with increasing number of hydrogen A-D cyclings in the ${\beta}$ phase.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.386-390
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• 2005

Al film(135.5 nm thick) with Pd film(39.6 nm thick) on the top of it was made by thermal evaporation method. Electrical resistance change due to hydrogen absorption and desorption was measured by four point measurement method. The sample was activated by hydrogen absorption and desorption cycling at room temp. Hydrogen was introduced into the film by increasing hydrogen gas pressure step by step up to 640 torr at room temp. The resistance change ratio was decreased to 12 % with increasing hydrogen pressure in contrast to normal metal behavior. This strange tendency was not understood yet. Further study is needed to find out the mechanism of hydrogen absorption in Al in Al/Pd film.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.270-275
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• 2016

A simple solid state incorporation method was employed in order to incorporate Pd nanocatalyst into a Nafion film for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) via the reduction of palladium (II) bis (acetylacetonate), $Pd(acac)_2$. It was sublimed, penetrated into Nafion film and then reduced to Pd nanoparticles simultaneously in a glass reactor of N2 atmosphere at $180^{\circ}C$ for 1, 3 and 5 min. This reaction was took place without any reducing agent and any solvent. The morphology of the Pd nanoparticles was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Pd distribution was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). And 23% modification of tensile strength of Pd/Nafion composite film was measured by universal testing machine and I-V curve was estimated by using a unit cell with $5{\times}5cm^2$ active area.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 1998

4-probe resistivity measurement technique was used to study kinetics of hydrogen absorption on Pd film ($180{\AA}$ thick) in the ${\alpha}$ phase. Hydrogen gas was introduced to the activated Pd film. For very low hydrogen concentration the following rate law is valid in ${\alpha}$ phase very thin Pd film $$v=k\frac{1}{1+KX{_H}}PH{_2}-k^{\prime}\frac{KX{_H}{^2}}{1+KX{_H}}$$ which is similar to that of bulk. The activation energy of the forward reaction is 4.6kcal/mol H and of the backward reaction 8.4kcal/mol H, which yields the reaction enthalpy -3.8kcal/mol H in the temperature range between 25 and $40^{\circ}C$. The values of activation and enthalpy of thin film are rather smaller than that of bulk sample. This may be due to surface area difference between bulk and film.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.743-748
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• 2014

In this work, we describe a very simple electroless deposition method to prepare moderate-SERS-active nanostructured Pd films deposited on the glass substrates. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the one-pot electroless method to deposit Pd nanostructures on the glass substrates. This method only requires the incubation of negatively charged glass substrates in ethanol-water mixture solutions of $Pd(NO_3)_2$ and butylamine at elevated temperatures. Pd films are then formed exclusively and evenly on glass substrates. Due to the aggregated structures of Pd, the SERS spectra of benzenethiol and organic isonitrile could be clearly identified using the Pd-coated glass as a SERS substrate. This one-step fabrication method of Pd thin film on glass is cost-effective and suitable for the mass production.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.11-22
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• 2015

Pd alloy hydrogen membranes for hydrogen purification and separation need thermal stability at high temperature for commercial applications. Intermetallic diffusion between the Pd alloy film and the porous metal support gives rise to serious problems in long-term stability of Pd alloy membranes. Ceramic barriers are widely used to prevent the intermetallic diffusion from the porous metal support. However, these layers result in poor adhesion at the interface between film and barrier because of the fundamentally poor chemical affinity and a large thermal stress. In this study, we developed Pd alloy membranes having a dense microstructure and saturated composition on modified metal supports by advanced DC magnetron sputtering and heat treatment for enhanced thermal stability. Experimental results showed that Pd-Cu and Pd-Ag alloy membranes had considerably enhanced long-term stability owing to stable, dense alloy film microstructure and saturated composition, effective diffusion barrier, and good adhesive interface layer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.175-176
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• 2007

This paper describes on the characteristics of Pd thin films deposited on poly-crystalline 3C-SiC buffer layers for microsensors, in which the poly 3C-SiC was grown on Si, $SiO_2$, and AlN substrates, respectively, by APCVD using HMDS, $H_2$, and Ar gas at $1100^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. In this work, a Pd thin film was deposited on the poly 3C-SiC film by RF magnetron sputter. The thickness, uniformity, and quality of these samples were evaluated by SEM. Crystallinity and orientation of the Pd film were analyzed by XRD. Finally, Pd/poly 3C-SiC schottky diodes were fabricated and characterized by current-voltage measurements. From these results, Pd/poly 3C-SiC devices are promising for high temperature hydrogen sensors and other microsensors.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.27 no.9
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• pp.1393-1401
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• 1990

The physical properties of \ulcorner-Fe2O3 raw materials were investigated. \ulcorner-Fe2O3/Pd thick film gas sensors were fabricated with screen-printing method and their electrical and sensitivity characteristics were analyzed. The irreversible phase transition from \ulcorner-Fe2O3 to \ulcorner-Fe2O3 occured at 500\ulcorner. At this time, the cation of tetrahedral sites moved into the octahedral sites. \ulcorner-Fe2O3 raw materials contained only trivalent and no divalent iron. Thecontents of divalent iron (Fe+\ulcorner were increased as detecting gases were adsorbed. The addition of Pd (1w/o) to \ulcorner-Fe2O3 enhanced the sensitivity to gases. The sentivity of \ulcorner-Fe2O3/Pd(1w/o) thick film to 5000ppm C4H10 was 97% at the operating temperature of 300\ulcorner.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.17-22
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• 1995

Thermally evaporated Pd films on substrate were hydrogenated upto 1 bar of hydrogen gas at room temperature. Temperature dependence hange of electrical resistivity on Pd films is examined in the thickness range between $60{\AA}$ and $990{\AA}$. Resistivity of Pd is fitted well with Bloch-$Gr{\ddot{u}}neisen$ formula. Debye temperatures of Pd films are about 254 K, which are 20 K lower than that of bulk Pd. Debye temperature is not sensitive to film thickness change. Temperature of substrate during evaporation changes temperature dependence of resistivity of films much. Optical phonon contribution increases with decreasing temperature of PdHx.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.795-800
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• 1998