• Advances in nano research
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2019

Well-crystalline $SnO_2$ nanoparticles of 4-5 nm size with different In contents were synthesized by hydrothermal process at relatively low temperature and characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), microRaman spectroscopy and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Indium incorporation in $SnO_2$ lattice is seen to cause a lattice expansion, increasing the average size of the nanoparticles. The fundamental phonon vibration modes of $SnO_2$ lattice suffer a broadening, and surface modes associated to particle size shift gradually with the increase of In content. Incorporation of In drastically enhances the PL emission of $SnO_2$ nanoparticles associated to deep electronic defect levels. Although In incorporation reduces the band gap energy of $SnO_2$ crystallites only marginally, it affects drastically their dye degradation behaviors under UV illumination. While the UV degradation of methylene blue (MB) by undoped $SnO_2$ nanoparticles occurs through the production of intermediate byproducts such as azure A, azure B, and azure C, direct mineralization of MB takes place for In-doped $SnO_2$ nanoparticles.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2021

The evaluation of the corrosion resistance of titanium with a TiO2 nanotubes top layer was carried out (TiO2 NT). These nanostructures were evolved into anatase nanoparticles without heat treatment in an aqueous medium, which is a novel phenomenon. This work analyzes the layer between the nanotube bottom and the substrate, which is thin and still susceptible to corrosion. The bottom of TiO2 nanotubes having Fluor resulting from the synthesis process changed between amorphous to crystalline anatase with a crystallite size of about 4 nm, which influenced the corrosion rates. Four kinds of samples were evaluated. A) NT by Ti anodizing; B) NTSB for Ti plates, either modifying its surface or anodizing the modified surface; C) NT-480 for anodized Ti and heat-treated (480℃) for reaching the anatase phase; D) NTSB-480 for Ti plates, first, modifying its surface using sandblast, after that, anodizing the modified surface, and finally, heat-treated to 480℃ to compare with samples having induced crystallization and passivation. Four electrochemical techniques were used to evaluate the corrosion rates. The surfaces having TiO2 nanotubes with a sandblast pre-treatment had the highest resistance to corrosion.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2023년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.93-94
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• 2023

Through the industrial revolution that began in the 18th century, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased rapidly as humans used fossil energy such as coal and oil as fuel for steam engines and factory machines. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted while producing cement, the main material of concrete used in construction, is large enough to account for 5-8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. In this study, Non cement-based matrix were used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cement production. Red mud is an industrial by-product generated in the manufacturing process of aluminum hydroxide using bauxite, and more than 120 million tons are produced worldwide. In addition, red mud is a porous material that can be physically adsorbed, and causes a photocatalytic reaction of TiO₂ to remove harmful substances such as nitrogen oxide formaldehyde in the air and chemically adsorbs ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. Therefore, this study aims to examine the physical properties of the matrix by mixing red mud, an industrial by-product with good adsorption performance, into the Non cement-based matrix.

• 공업화학
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.445-451
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• 2010

광범위하게 사용되는 $TiO_2$는 자외선 영역 하에서는 상당히 효율적인 광반응 활성을 보이나 가시광 영역에서는 활성이 없는 단점을 가지고 있다는 것은 잘 알려져 있는 사실이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 광촉매가 가지는 문제점을 보완하고자 하였다. 즉, $TiO_2$와 함께 가시광선 영역에서 전자전이를 보일 수 있는 전이금속 등을 활용하여 광반응을 저해하는 전자와 정공과의 재결합을 방지하고, 자외선 영역뿐만 아니라 가시광선 영역까지 넓은 파장 범위에서 광촉매 활성을 가질 수 있는 광촉매를 제조하였다. 이를 위하여 이온교환방법을 이용하여 H형 강산성 이온교환수지에 $TiO_2$ 전구체를 담지 시킨 다음, 전이금속 전구체 등을 담지 시키고 탄화/활성화 과정을 거쳐 전이금속과 이산화티탄이 동시에 존재하는 2종 광촉매(Ti-M-SCM)를 제조하였다. 또한 제조된 Ti-M-SCM의 광분해 효율을 평가하기 위하여 유동식 반응기에서 휴믹산을 대상으로 하여 파장 254 nm와 365 nm 하에서의 광분해 반응을 실시하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.240-246
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• 2002

티타늄 나프테네이트를 출발 원료로 사용하고 스핀코팅-열분해법을 이용하여 소다-라임-실리카 슬라이드 유리기판 위에 $TiO_2$ 박막을 제조하였다. 도포된 박막은 $500^{\circ}C$로 10분간 공기분위기에서 전열처리를 행하였고, 최종 열처리는 500, 550과 $600^{\circ}C$로 30분간 공기분위기에서 각각 행하였다. X-선 회절분석법을 이용하여 박막의 결정화도를 조사하였고, 전계 방출 주사형 전자 현미경과 원자간력 현미경을 이용하여 $TiO_2$ 박막의 표면미세구조와 표면 거칠기를 조사하였다. 550 과 $600^{\circ}C$로 최종 열처리한 박막의 X-선 회절분석 결과, 아나타제 상만이 존재하였다. 500과 $550^{\circ}C$로 열처리한 박막의 표면은 균질하였으나, 열처리온도가 $600^{\circ}C$로 증가함에 따라서, 박막의 표면에는 바늘모양의 상이 3차원적으로 성장하였다. 모든 박막에 있어서 가시영역에서의 투과율은 500nm에서 90% 이상의 높은 값을 나타냈다. 박막의 광촉매특성을 조사하기 위하여 stearic acid가 코팅된 박막에 365nm 파장의 UV를 2.4mW/$\textrm{cm}^2$의 강도로 조사하여 C-H모드에 대한 IR 흡수단의 변화를 관찰하였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1073-1081
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• 2000

가시광 영역에서 투명한 $TiO_2$ 졸을 이용하여 수중 humic acid의 광분해 특성을 고찰하였다. $TiO_2$ 졸은 $TiCl_4$ 용액의 가수분해 침전물인 $TiO(OH)_2$를 $H_2O_2$와 반응시켜 titanium peroxo solution (TPS)을 제조한 후, 이 용액을 온도와 시간의 함수로 열처리하여 제조하였다. Humic acid의 광분해를 위하여 사용된 졸의 적정 농도는 100ppm 전 후이었으며, photoluminescence(PL)를 이용하여 결정되었다. $TiO_2$ 졸의 humic acid에 대한 광촉매 효능은 TPS를 $100^{\circ}C$에서 12시간 이상 열처리한 졸을 이용할 때 가장 높았으며, 상용되고 있는 Degussa P25 보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 상용의 분말로부터 유도된 현탁 반응은 처리수가 $TiO_2$로 인해 높은 탁도를 나타내는 반면, TPS로부터 유래한 졸은 거의 탁도를 나타내지 않고 높은 투명성을 보였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.379-383
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• 2012

$TiO_2$ thin films consisting of positively charged poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)(PDDA) and negatively charged titanium(IV) bis(ammonium lactato) dihydroxide(TALH) were successfully fabricated on glass beads by a layer-by-layer(LBL) self-assembly method. The glass beads used here showed a positive charge in an acid range and negative charge in an alkaline range. The glass beads coated with the coating sequence of(PDDA/TALH)n showed a change in the surface morphology as a function of the number of bilayers. When the number of bilayers(n) of the(PDDA/TALH) thin film was 20, Ti element was observed on the surface of the coated glass beads. The thin films coated onto the glass beads had a main peak of the (101) crystal face and were highly crystallized with XRD diffraction peaks of anatase-type $TiO_2$ according to an XRD analysis. In addition, the $TiO_2$ thin films showed photocatalytic properties such that they could decompose a methyl orange solution under illumination with UV light. As the number of bilayers of the(PDDA/TALH) thin film increased, the photocatalytic property of the $TiO_2$-coated glass beads increased with the increase in the thin film thickness. The surface morphologies and optical properties of glass beads coated with $TiO_2$ thin films with different coating numbers were measured by field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD) and by UV-Vis spectrophotometry(UV-vis).

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.141-141
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• 2018

Copper is one of the most abundant metals on earth. Its oxide (CuO) is an intrinsically p-type metal-oxide semiconductor with a bandgap ($E_g$) of 1.2-2.0 eV 1. Copper oxide nanomaterials are considered as promising materials for a wide range of applications e.g., lithium ion batteries, dye-sensitized solar cells, photocatalytic hydrogen production, photodetectors, and biogas sensors 2-7. Recently, high-density and uniform CuO nanostructures have been grown on Cu foils in alkaline solutions 3. In 2011, T. Soejima et al. proposed a facile process for the oxidation synthesis of CuO nanobelt arrays using $NH_3-H_2O_2$ aqueous solution 8. In 2017, G. Kaur et al. synthesized CuO nanostructures by treating Cu foils in $NH_4OH$ at room temperature for different treatment times 9. The surface treatment of Cu in alkaline aqueous solutions is a potential method for the mass fabrication of CuO nanostructures with high uniformity and density. It is interesting to compare the gas sensing properties among CuO nanomaterials synthesized by this approach and by others. Nevertheless, none of above studies investigated the gas sensing properties of as-synthesized CuO nanomaterials. In this study, CuO nanowalls versus nanoparticles were synthesized via the oxidation process of Cu foil in NH4OH solution at $50-70^{\circ}C$. The gas sensing properties of the as-prepared CuO nanoplates were examined with $C_2H_5OH$, $CH_3COCH_3$, and $NH_3$ at $200-360^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제22권E1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2006

The decomposition of gaseous $CH_3CHO$ was investigated by metal loaded $TiO_2$ (pure $TiO_2,\;Pt/TiO_2,\;Pd/TiO_2,\;Mn/TiO_2\;and\;Ag/TiO_2$) with $UV/TiO_2$ process and $UV/TiO_2/O_3$ process at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Metal loaded $TiO_2$ was prepared by photodeposition. Decomposition of $CH_3CHO$ was carried out in a flow-type photochemical reaction system using three 10W black light lamps ($300{\sim}400nm$) as a light source. The experimental results showed that the degradation rate of $CH_3CHO$ was increased with Pt and Ag on $TiO_2$ compared to pure $TiO_2$, but decreased with depositing Pd and Mn on pure $TiO_2$. The considerable increase in the degradation efficiency of the $CH_3CHO$ was found by a combination of photocatalysis and ozonation as compared to only by ozonation or photocatalysis. Loading of Pt on $TiO_2$ promoted conversion of gaseous ozone. The degradation rate of gaseous $CH_3CHO$ decreased with an increase of water vapor in the feed stream for the both $UV/TiO_2\;and\;UV/TiO_2/O_3$ processes. The pure $TiO_2$ was more affected by the water vapor than Pt loaded $TiO_2$.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2016

In this study $TiO_2$/reduced graphene oxide ($TiO_2/rGO$) bipyramid with tunable nanostructure was fabricated by two-step solvothermal process and subsequent heat-treatment in air. The as-synthesized anatase $TiO_2$ nanocrystals possessed morphological bipyramid with exposed dominantly by (101) facets. Polyethylenimine was utilized during the combination of $TiO_2$ and graphene oxide (GO) to tune the surface charge, hindering the restack of graphene during solvothermal process and resulting in 1 to 5 layers of rGO wrapped on $TiO_2$ surface. After a further calcination, a portion of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with a diameter about 2 nm were produced owing to the oxidizing and cutting of rGO on $TiO_2$. The as-prepared $TiO_2/rGO$ hybrid showed a highly photocatalytic activity, which is about 3.2 and 7.7 times enhancement for photodegradation of methyl orange with compared to pure $TiO_2$ and P25, respectively. We assume that the improvement of photocatalysis is attributed to the chemical bonding between rGO/CQDs and $TiO_2$ that accelerates photogenerated electron-hole pair separation, as well as enhances light harvest.