• Carbon letters
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.167-170
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• 2011

Petroleum pitch-based activated carbons (ACs) were obtained in this work from a combination of pretreatment with different amounts of potassium permanganate ($KMnO_4$) and chemical activation with potassium hydroxide. The surface characteristics of the pitch after the $KMnO_4$ pretreatment were characterized by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The structural characteristics of the pitch after the $KMnO_4$ pretreatment were determined by means of X-ray diffraction. The influence of the $KMnO_4$ treatment on the textural properties of the petroleum pitch-based ACs was investigated by means of $N_2$/77K adsorption isotherms. The investigation also involved the use of the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller equation and the Dubinin-Radushkevich method. The FT-IR results show that the pretreatment promotes the formation of surface oxygen functionalities and leads to an increase of the interplanar distance ($d_{002}$) of the functional groups induced between carbon layers. Moreover, the specific surface area of the pitch-based ACs increases in proportion to the amount of $KMnO_4$ pretreatment and reaches its highest value of 2334 $m^2$/g with 2 g of $KMnO_4$ because the surface oxygen groups of the pitch act as an active site during chemical activation.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.20-28
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• 2017

피치계 탄소섬유를 함유한 모르타르의 직접인장강도는 평균압축강도의 1/27~1/22에 해당하였다. 동일 양의 PAN계 탄소섬유를 함유한 모르타르의 직접인장강도가 1/15임에 비하여, 낮은 수준으로 나타났다. 이 때, 무보강 기준시편의 직접인장강도는 1/29 수준이었다. 피치계 탄소섬유를 함유한 모르타르의 휨인장강도는 평균압축강도에 비해, 약 1/12 수준으로 나타났고, PAN계 탄소섬유를 함유한 모르타르와 무보강 모르타르는 각각 1/10, 1/13.5의 수준으로 나타났다. 피치계 탄소섬유를 혼입한 모르타르의 인장성능은 무보강 모르타르와 PAN계 탄소섬유를 혼입한 모르타르의 중간 수준으로 나타났다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.304-310
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• 2010

To manufacture a carbon/carbon composite the coal tar pitch was used as the matrix precursor and the PAN (polyacrylonitrile)-based carbon fiber was used as the reinforcing material to weave 3-directional preform. For pressure carbonization HIP equipment was used to produce a maximum temperature of $1000^{\circ}C$ and a maximum pressure of 100 MPa. The carbonization was induced by altering the dwell temperature between $250^{\circ}C$ and $420^{\circ}C$, which is an ideal temperature for the moderate growth of the mesophase nucleus that forms within the molten pitch during the pressure carbonization process. The application of high pressure during the carbonization process inhibits the mesophase growth and leads to the formation of spherical carbon particles that are approximately 30 nm in size. Most particles were spherical, but some particles were irregularly shaped. The spread of the carbon particles was larger on the surface of the carbon fiber than in the interior of the matrix pocket.

• 한국기계연구소 소보
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• 통권15호
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• pp.57-66
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• 1985

Fibers with a high degree of axial preferred orientation can be obtained from mesophase pitch. Prior to cabonization, the pitch fibers must be rendered in fusible so that their orientation is preserved. The stabilization of the pitch fibers was heated at temperature between $250^{circ}C$ and $300^{circ}C$ and a treatment time 5 to 80minutes. Oxidized fibers heated $1800^{circ}C$without stretching. Pitch based carbon fiber have a young's modulus as high as 304GN/$m^2$. The structure of the pitch cased carbon fiber is determining factor for the mechanical properties of the produced fibers. The structure depending on the pitch precursor as well as on the oxidation time.

• Carbon letters
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• 제24권
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• pp.36-40
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• 2017

Polyacrylonitrile/pitch nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning as a precursor for a gas sensor material. Pitch nanofibers were properly fabricated by incorporating polyacrylonitrile as an electrospinning supplement component. Polyacrylonitrile/pitch nanofibers were activated with steam at various temperatures followed by subsequent carbonization to make carbon nanofibers with a highly conductive graphitic structure. Steam activation was effective in facilitating gas adsorption onto the carbon nanofibers due to the increased surface area. The carbon nanofibers activated at $800^{\circ}C$ had a larger surface area and a lower micro pore fraction resulting in a higher variation in electrical resistance for improved CO gas sensing properties.

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2015

Carbon fibers are prepared by stabilizing pitch fibers accompanying electron beam (E-beam) irradiation. The carbon fibers pretreated by E-beam irradiation achieve a higher stabilization index than the carbon fibers that are only heat-stabilized. In addition, the carbon fibers subjected to E-beam irradiation in the stabilization step exhibit a comparable tensile strength to that of general purpose carbon fibers. The carbon fibers pretreated with an absorbed dose of 3000 kGy have a tensile strength of 0.54 GPa for a similar fiber diameter. Elemental, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analyses indicate that E-beam irradiation is an efficient oxidation and dehydrogenation treatment for pitch fibers by showing that the intensity of the aliphatic C-H stretching and aromatic $CH_2$ bending (out-of-plane) bands significantly decrease and carbonyl and carboxylic groups form.

• Carbon letters
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.94-98
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• 2013

Isotropic pitch fibers were stabilized and carbonized for preparing carbon fibers. To optimize the duration and temperature during the stabilization process, a thermogravimetric analysis was conducted. Stabilized fibers were carbonized at 1000, 1500, and $2000^{\circ}C$ in a furnace under a nitrogen atmosphere. An elemental analysis confirmed that the carbon content increased with an increase in the carbonization temperature. Although short graphitic-like layers were observed with carbon fibers heat-treated at 1500 and $2000^{\circ}C$, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction revealed no significant effect of the carbonization temperature on the crystalline structure of the carbon fibers, indicating the limit of developing an ordered structure of isotropic pitch-based carbon fibers. The electrical conductivity of the carbonized fiber reached $3.9{\times}10^4$ S/m with the carbonization temperature increasing to $2000^{\circ}C$ using a four-point method.

• 공업화학
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 리튬이차전지의 초기 효율과 율속 특성의 향상을 위해 피치계 소프트 카본 음극재의 요구 물성 및 제조 공정변수에 대한 실험을 진행하였다. 피치는 석유계 잔사유를 사용하여 공정 온도를 변수로 합성하였다. 공정온도를 각각 360, 370, $410^{\circ}C$에서 3 h 진행하여, 86, 98, $152^{\circ}C$의 연화점을 갖는 피치를 제조하였다. 피치의 원소분석과 열적 특성을 EA 분석과 TGA 분석을 통해 고찰한 결과, 높은 연화점을 갖는 경우 낮은 H/C 및 발달된 열적안정성을 관찰할 수 있었다. 얻어진 피치를 $1,200^{\circ}C$에서 1 h 동안 탄화 열처리 공정을 진행하여 소프트 카본계 음극재를 제조하였다. XRD 분석을 통해 결정 구조를 고찰한 결과, 연화점이 높은 피치에서 제조된 소프트 카본은 상대적으로 고비점의 성분들로 구성되어 탄화 열처리공정 시 증발 성분의 감소 및 고리화에 참여하는 성분들의 증가로 인하여 결정성이 증가하였음을 고찰할 수 있었다. 결정성이 향상된 소프트 카본계 음극재에서 향상된 초기 효율과 율속 특성의 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 향상된 초기 효율 및 율속 특성은 소프트 카본계 음극재의 발달된 결정 구조에서 기인하는 메커니즘에 대하여 논의하였다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2005

Carbon composites were prepared with pitch-based round, C, hollow-type carbon fibers and pitch matrix. The thermal conductivities parallel and perpendicular to the fiber axis were measured by steady-state method. It was found that the thermal conductivities depended on the cross-sectional forms of the reinforcing fibers as well as the reinforcing orientation and carbon fiber precusors. Especially, mesophase pitch-based hollow carbon fiber-carbon composites had the most excellent thermal anisotropy, which was above 100.

• Carbon letters
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• 제1권3_4호
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• pp.165-169
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• 2001

The C-type mesophase pitch-based carbon fiber (C-MPCF) was prepared throuch C-type spinnerette and compared the mechanical properties to those of round type mesophase pitch fiber (R-MPCF) and C-type isotropic pitch fiber (C-iPCF). The tensile strength and modulus of C-MPCF were about 18.6% and 35.7% higher than those of R-MPCF. The tensile strength of C-MPCF was 62% higher than that of C-iPCF of the same $8{\mu}m$ thickness because of more linear transverse texture, which could be easily converted to graphitic crystallinity during heat treatment. The torsional rigidity of C-MPCF was 2.37 times higher than that of R-MPCF. The electrical resistivity of C-MPCF was $8{\mu}{\Omega}{\cdot}m$. The C-iPCF shows far lower electrical resistivity than R-iPCF as well as the mesophase carbon fiber because of better alignment of texture to the fiber axis.