• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 1990

Pure titanium rods were oxidized by anodic oxidation, furnace oxidation and flame oxidation and used as a electrode in the photodecomposition of water. The maximum photoelectrochemical conversion efficiency(${\eta}$) was found for flame oxidized electrode ($1200^{\circ}C$ for 2 min in air), 0.8 %. Anodically oxidized electrodes have minimum photoelectrochemical conversion efficiencies, 0.3 %. Furnace oxidized electrode ($800^{\circ}C$ for 10min in air) has 0.5% phtoelectrochemical efficiency and shows a band-gap energy of about 2.9eV. The efficiency shows a parallelism with the presence of the metallic interstitial compound $TiO_{O+X}$(X < 0.33) at the metal-semiconductor interface, the thickness of the sub oxide layer and that of the external rutile scale.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1262-1268
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• 1995

Photoelectrochemical properties of p-GaAs electrode have been investigated. I-V characteristic shows that the cathodic photocurrent is observed at -0.7 V vs. SCE. The photoresponse at near 870~880nm wavelength indicates that the photogenerated carriers contibuted to the observed current. The maximum converson efficiency of 35% is obtained for a Xe lamp light source at 400nm. In C-V relation, capacitance peaks appeared at the frequencies of 100Hz and 300Hz due to the activation of the interfacial states which exist at the energy level corresponding to the one-third of the GaAs band gap. The difference of about 1.1V between flatband potential (Vfb) from the Mott-Schottky method and onset voltage from I-V curve is observed due to the trap of carriers at the interfacial states in the boundary between GaAs and electrolyte. In case of WO3 deposited p-GaAs electrode, higher positive onset current and photocurent density are obtained. This can be explained by the fact that carriers are generated by light penetrated into the WO3 thin flm as well as p-GaAs substrate and then move into the electrolyte effectively.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.70-70
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• 2013

As the costs of carbon-footprinetd fuels grow continuously and simultaneously atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration increases, solar fuels are receiving growing attention as alternative clean energy carriers. These fuels include molecular hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide produced from water, and hydrocarbons converted from carbon dioxide. For high efficiency solar fuel production, not only light absorbers (oxide semiconductors, Si, inorganic complexes, etc) should absorb most sunlight, but also charge separation and interfacial charge transfers need to occur efficiently. With this in mind, this talk will introduce the fundamentals of solar fuel production and artificial photosynthesis, and then discuss in detail on photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting and CO2 conversion. This talk largely divides into two section: PEC water oxidation and PEC CO2 reduction. The former is very important for proton-coupled electron transfer to CO2. For this oxidation, a variety of oxide semiconductors have been tested including TiO2, ZnO, WO3, BiVO4, and Fe2O3. Although they are essentially capable of oxidizing water into molecular oxygen, the efficiency is very low primarily because of high overpotentials and slow kinetics. This challenge has been overcome by coupling with oxygen evolving catalysts (OECs) and/or doping donor elements. In the latter, surface-modified p-Si electrodes are fabricated to absorb visible light and catalyze the CO2 reduction. For modification, metal nanoparticles are electrodeposited on the p-Si and their PEC performance is compared.

• 분석과학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.72-77
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• 1996

감응제 rose bengal과 초감응제 $I^-$를 포함하는 광전기화학쎌을 이용하여 태양에너지를 전기적 에너지로 전환할 때 광전류는 안정화되고 지속적이지만 장시간의 광조사시에는 서서히 감소한다. 염료용액을 분광학적 및 전기화학적으로 분석한 결과 rose bengal과 $I^-$의 광촉매 반응에 의하여 $I_2$가 생성되고 $I_2$가 빛이 없는 조건하에서도 rose bengal과 반응하여 염료 농도를 감소 시키는것이 확인되었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.567-573
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• 1997

Photoinduced electron transfer from the charge-transfer excited states of Ru(tpy)(bpy(COOH)₂)$CN^+$, Ru(tpy)(bpy(COOH)₂)$Cl^+$, Ru(tpy)(bpy(COOH)₂)H₂+O², and Ru(tpy)(bqu(COOH)₂)$Cl^+$ to the conduction band of TiO₂ has been studied through photoelectrochemical methods. Ru(tpy)(bpy(COOH)₂)$CN^+$ produced the highest current density and open-circuit photovoltage, whereas Ru(tpy)(bqy(COOH)₂)$Cl^+$ produced the lowest values. A potential barrier was employed to explain the experimental result that the rate of the electron transfer increases with increasing the energy difference between the donor and acceptor. A sensitizer with a high current density yielded a high photovoltage and a high conversion efficiency. The reduction rate of the oxidized sensitizer decreased with the increases in the reduction potential of the sensitizer, resulting in a poor stability of a photoelectrochemical cell.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.137-146
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• 2023

Nanosized TiO₂ has been widely investigated in photoelectrochemical or photocatalytic applications due to their intrinsic properties such as suitable band position, high photocorrosion resistance, and surface area. In this study, to achieve the high efficiency in photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance, TiO₂ nanotubular structures were formed by anodization at various temperatures and times. The morphological and crystal structure of the anodized TiO₂ nanotubes (NTs) were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties and incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of the TiO₂ NTs were studied with different lengths and morphologies. From the detailed investigations, the optimum thickness of TiO₂ nanotubes was 3 ㎛. Moreover, we found that the optimum photocatalytic pollutant removal efficiency of TiO₂ nanotubes for photodegradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) under simulated solar light was 5.34 ㎛ of tube length.

• 공업화학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.88-99
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• 1992

광 전기분해시 양극으로 사용되는 산화티타늄 반도체 전극의 안정성을 증대시키고 효율향상을 위해서 순수한 티타늄 전극을 양극 산화법, 전기로 산화법, 불꽃 산화법으로 산화 피막을 제조하였으며 In을 Ti와 $TiO_2$소지에 전기도금을 한 후 전기로 산화법으로 혼합 산화물을 제조하였다. 또한 $Al_2O_3$ 와 NiO는 진공증착 방법을 이용하여 Ti 소지위에 증착시킨 후 전기로 산화법을 이용하여 혼합 산화물을 제조하였다. 에너지변환 효율(${\eta}$)은 인가전위에 따라서 다른 값을 갖는데 0.6V로 계산하여 보면 $1200^{\circ}C$의 불꽃으로 2분간 산화시킨 전극이 0.98%로 가장 큰 값을 가졌으며 양극 산화법으로 제조한 전극의 ${\eta}$는 0.14%로 작은 값을 보여 주었다. 한편 $800^{\circ}C$ 전기로에서 10분간 산화시킨 전극의 ${\eta}$는 0.57%로 띠간 에너지는 2.9eV로 나타났다. 한편 In을 Ti 및 $TiO_2$ 소지위에 전기도금시킨 전극의 ${\eta}$는 0.8%였으며 인가전위가 증가함에 따라서 ${\eta}$는 증가하였다. 그러나 $Al_2O_3$와 NiO를 Ti소지위에 진공증착시킨 전극의 ${\eta}$는 다른 전극들에 비해서 가장 낮은 값을 나타내었다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.123-126
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• 2011

Titanium dioxide ($TiO_2$) thin films were deposited by the sol-gel method with a surfactant-assisted mechanism. Its application for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) was investigated. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy techniques were used to characterize the surface characteristics of thin films. Photovoltaic-current density measurements were performed to determine the photoelectrochemical properties of the thin films and the performance of DSSCs. Energy conversion efficiency of about 6.1% was achieved for cells with conductive glass under illumination with AM 1.5 (100 $mWcm^{-2}$) simulated sunlight. Investigation showed higher photo-energy conversion efficiency for mesoporous $TiO_2$ nanocrystalline films used in DSSCs relative to commercially available Degussa P25 films.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.122-134
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• 2017

As a promising solution to global warming and growing energy demand, photocatalytic $CO_2$ conversion to useful fuels is widely studied to enhance the activity and selectivity of the $CO_2$ photoreduction reactions. In this review, an overview of fundamental aspects of the $CO_2$ reduction photocatalysts is provided. The recent development of the photocatalyst is also discussed, focusing on the mechanisms of light harvesting and charge transfer. Besides, this review sets its sight on inspiring new ideas toward a practical $CO_2$ conversion technology.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.572-575
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• 2000

The highly efficient photoelectric conversion of chlorophyll a (Chl a) monolayers and multilayers was investigated. Using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique, Chl a monolayers and multilayers were fabricated onto optically transparent electrode, such as ITO glass. The photocurrent could be observed according to the light illumination. The action spectrum of the Chl a LB films was well consistent with its absorption spectrum. The possible application of the proposed system as a constituent of the artificial color recognition device was suggested.