• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.27-30
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• 2003

The effect of fabrication method of catalytic layer on electrode performance has been investigated. Brush, spray gun and screen printer were used as fabrication tool and catalytic layers were formed by several methods in screen printing. Direct screen printing on polymer membrane, screen printing on carbon paper, and their combined method were applied. In the electrode fabricated by the screen printing method, Pt loading of Pt/C catalysts could be cut down to 50%, compared with results by the brushing and spraying methods. The best result of electrode was obtained as 0.6 V, at 1 A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ when catalytic layer was formed by the combined way.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2001

Placing a hydrogen conducting, methanol impermeable metallic barrier like palladium (Pd) is a well-known method for preventing methanol crossover through solid polymer electrolyte for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC). Applying a bias potential between the anode and the barrier can further develop this concept so that the hydrogen transfer rate is enhanced. Since hydrogen diffuses in Pd as atomic form while it moves through nafion electrolyte as ion, it has to be reduced or oxidized whenever it passes the interface formed by Pd and the electrolyte. We performed experiments to measure the hydrogen transport through the Pd membrane placed in Nafion electrolyte of hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell (PEMFC). Applying a bias potential between the hydrogen electrode of the cell and the Pd membrane facilitated the hydrogen passage through the Pd membrane. The results show that the cell current measured with the Pd membrane placed reached almost 40 % the value measured with the cell without Pd membrane. It was found that the current flown through the bias path is only a few percent of the cell current.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.101-104
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• 2017

In this investigation, synchrotron X-ray imaging was used to investigate the water distribution inside newly developed gas diffusion media in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In-situ radiography was used to reveal the relationship between the structure of the microporous layer (MPL) and the water flow in a newly developed MPL equipped with randomly arranged holes. A strong influence of these holes on the overall water transport was found. This contribution provides a brief overview to some of our recent activities on this research field.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.125.1-125.1
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• 2010

A high efficiency polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack was developed for pressurized pure hydrogen and oxygen supplying conditions. The design objective for the cell stack was to maximize the electric efficiency and to minimize exhaust-gas emissions from it simultaneously. To achieve this objective, the cell stack was designed to use pure hydrogen and oxygen as fuel and oxidant, respectively, and to be operated under high gas inlet pressures and in a stage-wise dead-end operation mode. Major components constituting the cell stack, such as membrane electrode assembly, bipolar-plate, and gasket, have been developed to meet a target durability even in severe operating conditions: high gas inlet pressures and usage of pure oxygen. A high-power fuel cell stack was assembled using these components to verify the performance. The cell stack showed a good performance in terms of the efficiency and maximum power output.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2004

고분자 전해질 연료전지의 성능은 촉매 지지 물질의 특성에 의존한다. 본 연구에서는 백금 촉매의 지지체로서 CNF(carbon nanofibre)와 CNT(carbon nanotube)를 사용하였다. CNF와 CNT는 기상화학증착법과 메카노케미컬 공정에 의해 처리된 촉매를 이용하여 합성되었다. 백금은 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 적용을 위하여 CNF와 CNT로 지지되었다. 그 결과, 65 nm의 직경을 가지는 twisted CNF로 준비된 MEA가 가장 우수한 I-V 특성을 나타내는 것이 확인되었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.173-184
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• 2010

미생물 연료전지는 신재생에너지로서 미생물이 유기물을 분해하는 신진대사 과정을 통해서 전기에너지를 생성한다. 각종 유기물이 풍부한 폐수를 이용하여 전력을 생산할 뿐 아니라, 슬러지 발생량도 감축할 수 있는 미래 전도유망한 친환경에너지이다. 하지만 이를 상용화하기 위해서는 전지 내부에서 발생하는 모든 저항요소들을 감소시켜 더 높은 전력밀도를 생산해야 될 필요가 있다. 예를 들어 신진대사가 활발한 미생물의 종류, 미생물과 전극의 효과적인 전자전달 과정, 전극의 재료 및 형태 등의 개선을 통하여 전력밀도를 높일 수 있다. 특히, 고분자 전해질 분리막의 성능개선은 산화, 환원전극조를 완벽히 분리할 뿐만 아니라, 환원전극으로의 수소이온 전도도를 높여 내부저항을 줄일 수 있는 핵심 요소이다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2012

Phosphoric acid-doped poly (2,5-benzimidazole) (DABPBI) was prepared by condensation polymerization of 3,4-diaminobenzoic acid for high temperature proton electrolyte membrane fuel cells. The membranes were casted directly using a hot-press unit and characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, conductivity measurement, scanning electron microscopy and tensile test. The proton conductivities of DABPBI are observed to be 0.062 and 0.018 $S{\cdot}cm^{-1}$ under 30 and 1% relative humidity, respectively at a temperature of $120^{\circ}C$ which is appreciably higher than that of Nafion 115 under similar conditions. The DABPBI membrane has demonstrated excellent thermo- mechanical properties and proton conductivity suggesting its suitability as a high temperature membrane.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.90.2-90.2
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• 2010

The coated metallic bipolar plates are getting attractive due to their good feasibility of mass production, low contact resistance, high electrical/thermal conductivity, low gas permeability and good mechanical strength comparing with graphite materials. Yet, metallic bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane(PEM) fuel cells typically require coatings for corrosion protection. Other requirements for the corrosion protective coatings include low electrical contact resistance between metallic bipolar plate and gas diffusion layer, good mechanical robustness, low mechanical and fabrication cost. The authors have evaluated a number of protective coatings deposited on stainless steel substrate by electroplating. The coated metallic bipolar plates are investigated with an electrochemical polarization tests, salt dipping tests, adhesion tests for corrosion resistance and then the contact resistance was measured. The results showed that the selective samples electroplated with optimized method, satisfied the DOE target for corrosion resistance and contact resistance, and also were very stabilized in the typical fuel cell environments in the long-term.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2002

The characteristics of the AISI bipolar plates have been investigated to replace the expensive graphite bipolar plates. It was found from the contact resistance evaluation of graphites, composites, and AISI that the contact resistance of AISI was the lowest, but it could approach to that of composites at higher compression forces. The single cell operation using the AISI bipolar plates revealed that the lower performance of the AISI single cell compared to the graphite one was due to not only the higher contact resistance but the flooding effect caused by high wettability of AISI. The performance of the AISI single cell could be improved if the channels were modified appropriately. The large size AISI single cell was operated to investigated the size effect on the performance.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.174-183
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• 2022

높은 에너지 밀도와 고순도 수소 생산의 측면에서 고분자 전해질 연료전지와 수전해가 주목받고 있다. 고분자 전해질 연료전지 및 수전해를 위한 촉매층은 귀금속 계열의 전기 촉매와 이오노머 바인더로 구성되어 있는 다공성 전극이다. 이 중 이오노머 바인더는 촉매층 내 이온 전도를 위한 3차원 네트워크 형성과 전극 반응에 필요한 또는 생성되는 물질들의 이동을 위한 기공 형성에 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 상용 과불소계 이오노머의 활용 측면에서 이오노머의 함량, 이오노머의 물성, 그리고 이를 분산시킬 분산 매체에 촉매층의 성능 및 내구성이 크게 달라진다. 현재까지 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 촉매층을 위한 이오노머의 활용 방법은 많은 연구가 진행되어왔으나 고분자 전해질 수전해 적용 방면에서는 촉매층 연구가 다소 미비한 실정이다. 본 총설에서는 현재까지 보고된 연료전지 측면에서의 이오노머 바인더 활용 연구결과를 요약하였으며, 수소 경제 시대의 가속화를 위해서 고분자 전해질 수전해 핵심요소 중 하나인 촉매층용 이오노머 바인더에 관한 연구에 유용한 정보를 제공하고자 한다.