• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2005

Proton conducting solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) membranes have been used in many energy technological applications such as water electolysis, fuel cells, redox-flow battery, and other electrochemical devices. The availability of stable membranes with good electrochemical characteristics as proton conductivity at high temperatures above 80 $^{\circ}C$ and low cost are very important for its applications. However, the presently available perfluorinated ionomers are not applicable because of high manufacturing cost and high temperature use to the decrease in the proton conductivity and mechanical strength. In order to make up for the weak points, the block copolymer (BPSf) of polysulfone and poly (phenylene sulfide sulfone) were synthesized and sulfonated. The electrolyte membranes were prepared with phosphotungstic acid (HPA)/sulfonated BPSf via solution blending. This study would be desirable to investigate the interaction between the HPA and sulfonated polysulfone. The results showed that the characteristics of SPSf/HPA blend membrane was a better than Nafion at high temperature, 100 $^{\circ}C$. These membranes proved to have a high proton conductivity, $6.29{\times}10-2$ S/cm, a water content, 23.9%, and a ion exchange capacity, 1.97 meq./g dry membrane. Moreover, some of the membranes kept their high thermal and mechanical stability.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.306-308
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• 2007

Poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether (PEGDME)/fumed silica/ 1-methyl -3-propylimidazolium iodide (MPII)/$I_2$ mixtures were used as polymer electrolytes in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The contents of MPII were changed and the concentration of $I_2$ was fixed at 0.1 mole% with respect to the MPII. The maximum ionic conductivity was obtained at [EG]:[MPII]:[$I_2$]=10:1.5:0.15. It was supposed that the maximum of ionic conductivities would match with that of cell efficiencies, if the ionic conductivity is a rate determining step in the sol id state DSSCs. However, the maximum composition did not show the maximum solar cell performance, indicating the mismatch between ionic conductivity and cell performance. This suggests that the ionic conductivity may not be the rate controlling step in determining the cell efficiency in these experimental conditions, whereas other parameters such as the electron recombination might play an important role. Thus, we tried to modify the surface of the $TiO_2$ particles by coating a thin metal oxide such as $Al_2O_3$ or $Nb_2O_5$ layer to prevent electron recombination. As a result, the maximum of the cell efficiency was shifted to that of the ionic conductivity. The peak shifts were also attempted to be explained by the diffusion coefficient and the lifetime of electrons in the $TiO_2$ layer.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2004

Poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)와 epoxy diacrylate(EDA) 및 금속염인 LiClO_4$를 블렌드하고 자외선 가교시킴으로써 이온전도특성을 나타내는 고체 전해질을 제조하고, 제조된 전해질의 이온 전도도를 블렌드조성 염농도 및 온도 변화에 따가 측정하였다. PEO/EDA의 조성비가 70/30 wt%이고 ethylene $oxide/Li^+$의 몰비가 10인 전해질이 $25^{\circ}C$에서 $1.2{\times}10^{-5} S/cm$에 달하는 높은 이온전도도를 나타내었다. 제조된 전해질 필름은 투명하였으며 고무와 같은 탄성을 나타내었다. DSC, XRD 및 편광현미경을 이용한 모폴로지 분석으로부터 에폭시 사슬이 PEO의 결정화를 억제함으로써 완전히 무정형인 블렌드를 제조할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.416-421
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• 2023

Multifunctional composite materials capable of both load-carrying and energy functions are promising innovative candidates for the advancement of contemporary technologies owing to their relative feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and optimized performance. Carbon fiber (CF)-based structural batteries utilize the graphitic inherent structure to enable the employment of carbon fibers as electrodes, current collectors, and reinforcement, while the matrix system is an ion-conduction and load transfer medium. Although it is possible to enhance performance through the modification of constituents, there remains a need for a systematic design methodology scheme to streamline the commercialization of structural batteries. In this work, a bi-phasic epoxy-based ionic liquid (IL) modified structural battery electrolyte (SBE) was developed via thermally initiated phase separation. The polymer's morphological, mechanical, and electrochemical characteristics were studied. In addition, the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) between CF/SBE was investigated via microdroplet tests. The results accentuated the significance of considering IFSS and matrix plasticity in designing composite structural batteries. This approach is expected to lay the foundation for realizing smart structures with optimized performance while minimizing the need for extensive trial and error, by paving the way for a streamlined computational design scheme in the future.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2006

전기이중층 커패시터 및 리튬이온 2차전지의 compact화 하기 위하여 격리막과 전해질의 기능을 동시에 갖는 겔 전해질에 대한 연구가 광범위하게 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구는 고분자 겔 전해질에 다량의 기공을 형성하여 전해질의 함침성을 높이기 위해 물리적 특성이 우수한 고분자 지지체 P(VdF-co-HFP)/PVP에 개공제 PVP를 이용하였으며, 가소제 PC와 EC, 그리고 지지전해질 $TEABF_4$를 이용하여 고분자 겔 전해질을 제조하였다. 분말활성탄 BP-20과 MSP-20, 전도성 개량제 Super P 및 결합제 P(VdF-co-HFP)와 PVP를 사용한 전극과 결합하여 단위셀을 제작하였고, 고분자 겔 전해질과 단위셀의 전기화학적 특성을 고찰하였다. PVP 첨가량에 따른 고분자 겔 전해질의 이온전도도는 7 wt%일 때 가장 우수한 이온전도도를 보였으나, 단위셀을 구성하여 전기화학적 특성을 분석한 결과 AC-ESR은 3 wt%일 때 가장 우수하였다. 또한 단위셀을 구성하여 전기화학적 특성 분석 결과 PC : EC = 33 : 33 wt%일 때 가장 우수하였다. 또한 PC를 단독 사용시 보다 PC와 EC의 혼합물을 가소제로 사용하였을 때 비정전용량 등 전기화학적 특성이 높았다. 고분자 겔 전해질의 두께에 따른 이온전도도는 $20{\mu}m$일때 가장 우수한 결과를 보였으나, 단위셀을 구성하여 전기화학적 특성 분석 결과 $50{\mu}m$일 때 가장 우수한 사이클 특성을 나타내었다. 고분자 겔 전해질과 전극사이를 열 압착한 단위셀은 31.41 F/g의 높은 비정전용량과 안정한 전기화학적 특성을 나타내었다. 따라서 P(VdF-co-HFP : PVP = 20 : 3 및 PC : EC = 44 : 22 wt%로 제조된 EDLC용 고분자 겔 전해질의 최적 조성비는 23 : 66 : 11 wt%이었으며, 두께 $50{\mu}m$일 때 $3.17{\times}10^{-3}S/cm$의 이온전도도를 나타내었다. 이 때 단위셀의 전기화학적 특성은 DC-ESR $2.69{\Omega}$, 비정전용량 28 F/g 및 쿨롱 효율 100%이었다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2013

이온성 액체 전해질염 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ($EMIBF_4$)과 용매 acrylonitrile (ACN) 및 propylene carbonate (PC)와 각각 혼합한 용액에 poly(ethylene glycol)diacrylate (PEGDA)를 45-60 wt.% 첨가하고 자외선 조사를 통해 경화시켜 고체 고분자 전해질 필름을 제조하였다. 이 고체 고분자 전해질 필름을 분리막으로 채택하고 활성탄 전극을 사용하는 수퍼커패시터를 제조하여 그 전기화학적 특성을 사이클릭 볼타메트리와 임피던스 방법으로 조사하였다. 결과적으로 PEGDA를 45 wt.% 첨가하여 제조한 고체 고분자 전해질 필름을 채택한 경우가 스캔속도 $20mVs^{-1}$에서 $46Fg^{-1}$의 가장 우수한 축전용량을 나타내는데, 이것은 PEGDA의 저함량 때문에 상대적으로 자외선 경화가 약하게 진행되어 고분자 전해질 필름의 유연성이 충분히 확보되므로 필름 내 이온전도가 가장 활발히 진행될 수 있었기 때문이다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.213-221
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• 2011

염료감응형 태양전지를 위한 겔 고분자 전해질막을 제조하였다. 고분자물질로는 Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)를 사용하였으며, 가소제로서 poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)을 첨가하였고, 전해질염 및 $I^-/I_3^-$의 공급원으로서 KI 및 $I_2$를 첨가하여 고분자 전해질막을 제조하였으며, 이와 같은 고분자 전해질막을 바탕으로 염료감응형 태양전지를 제조하였다. 고분자 전해질 내의 가소제로서의 PEG는 95%의 함량으로 주입되었으며, 전해질 내의 EO 1 mole 당 KI mole 수([KI]/[EO] 비)가 0.022, 0.044, 0.066 및 0.088이 되도록 KI가 주입되었다. 이러한 방식으로 제조된 겔 전해질막은 상온에서 왁스(wax) 형태를 보였다. 낮은 KI 함량의 영역에서는 KI 함량이 증가하면서 전해질막을 통한 이온전도도가 증가하였으며, [KI]/[EO]비가 0.066인 때에 이온전도도는 최대값을 보인 후 0.088로 증가하면서 이온전도도는 감소하였다. 염료감응형 태양전지에 있어서는 고분자 전해질막 내의 KI 함량이 증가하면서 $V_{OC}$는 지속적으로 감소하였다. 반면, $J_{SC}$의 경우 낮은 KI 함량의 범위에서는 KI 함량이 증가하면서 $J_{SC}$는 증가하였으며 [KI]/[EO]비가 0.044인 때에 $J_{SC}$가 최대값을 보인 후 그 이상의 높은 범위에서는 KI함량의 증가에 따라 $J_{SC}$는 감소하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.4041-4048
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• 2011

High molecular weight tetrasulfonated poly(arylene biphenylsulfone ether) (TsPBPSEH) copolymers containing up to four pendant sulfonate groups per repeat unit were synthesized via aromatic nucleophilic displacement condensation from 4,4'-bis(4-chloro-3-sulfonatophenylsulfonyl)biphenyl-2,2'-disulfonate (SBCSBPD), 4,4'-dichlorodiphenylsulfone (DCDPS) and 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphenol (6F-BPA). The synthesized copolymers were structurally characterized using $^1H$ NMR and FT-IR techniques. They were analytically pure, amorphous and were readily soluble in a wide range of organic solvents. Electrolyte membranes were successfully cast using the synthesized polymers with various sulfonation levels and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone. This new class of polymer membranes exhibited elevated thermal and physical stabilities and reduced swelling at high temperatures. An increase of acidic functional groups in the copolymer yielded high ion exchange capacity and moderate ionic conductivity values even at higher temperatures, which makes them potential ion conducting candidates.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.423.1-423.1
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• 2016

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) has drawn much attention due to its many advantages. PVDF shows high mechanical strength and flexibility, thermal stability, and good piezoelectricity enabling its application to various fields such as sensors, actuators, and energy transducers. Further studies have been conducted on PVDF in the form of thin films. The thin films exhibit different ionic conductivity according to the number of pores within the film, letting these films to be applied as electrolytes or separators of batteries. Porous PVDF membranes are also easily processed, usually made by using electrospinning. However, a large portion of researches were conducted using PVDF membranes produced by far field electrospinning, which is not a well-controlled experimental method. In this paper, we use near field electrospinning (NFES) process for more controlled, small-scaled, mesh type PVDF structures of nano to micro fibers fabricated by controlling process parameters and investigate the properties of such membranous structures. These membranes vary according to geometrical shape, pore density, and fiber thickness. We then measured the mechanical strength and piezoelectric characteristic of the structures. With various geometries in the fiber structures and various scales in the fibers, these types of structures can potentially lead to broader applications for stretchable electronics and dielectric electro active polymers.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2011

Mesoporous titanium dioxide ($TiO_2$) thin films were prepared using poly(vinyl chloride)-graft-poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVC-g-PVP) as a templating agent via sol-gel process. Grafting of PVC chains from PVC backbone was done by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technique. The successful grafting of PVP to synthesize PVC-g-PVP was checked by fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The carbonyl group interaction of PVC-g-PVP graft copolymer with $TiO_2$ was confirmed by FT-IR. The porous morphologies of the $TiO_2$ films genereated after calcination at $450^{\circ}C$ was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The mesoporous $TiO_2$ films with 580 nm in thickness were used as a photoelectrode for solid state dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) and showed an energy conversion efficiency of 1.05% at 100 $mW/cm^2$.