• 한국재료학회지
• /
• 제32권11호
• /
• pp.508-514
• /
• 2022

Piezoelectric composite films which are enabled by inorganic piezoelectric nanomaterials-embedded polymer, have attracted enormous attention as a sustainable power source for low powered electronics, because of their ease of fabrication and flexible nature. However, the absorption of applied stress by the soft polymeric matrices is a major issue that must be solved to expand the fields of piezoelectric composite applications. Herein, a flexible and porous piezoelectric composite (piezoelectric sponge) comprised of BaTiO₃ nanoparticles and polydimethylsiloxane was developed using template method to enhance the energy conversion efficiency by minimizing the stress that vanishes into the polymer matrix. In the porous structure, effective stress transfer can occur between the piezoelectric active materials in compression mode due to direct contact between the ceramic particles embedded in the pore-polymer interface. The piezoelectric sponge with 30 wt% of BaTiO₃ particles generated an open-circuit voltage of ~12 V and a short-circuit current of ~150 nA. A finite element method-based simulation was conducted to theoretically back up that the piezoelectric output performance was effectively improved by introducing the sponge structure. Furthermore, to demonstrate the feasibility of pressure detecting applications using the BaTiO₃ particles-embedded piezoelectric sponge, the composite was arranged in a 3 × 3 array and integrated into a single pressure sensor. The fabricated sensor array successfully detected the shape of the applied pressure. This work can provide a cost-effective, biocompatible, and structural strategy for realizing piezoelectric composite-based energy harvesters and self-powered sensors with improved energy conversion efficiency.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
• /
• 제3권1호
• /
• pp.21-30
• /
• 2015

Ceramic foams are prepared as positive images corresponding to a plastic foam structure which exhibits high porosities (85-90%). This structure makes the ceramic foams attractive as a catalyst in a dry reforming process, because it could reduce a high pressure drop problem. This problem causes low mass and heat transfers in the process. Furthermore, the reactants would shortly contact to catalyst surface, thus low conversion could occur. Therefore, this research addressed the preparation of dry reforming catalysts using a sol-gel catalyst preparation via a polymeric sponge method. The specific objectives of this work are to investigate the effects of polymer foam structure (such as porosity, pore sizes, and cell characteristics) on a catalyst performance and to observe the influences of catalyst preparation parameters to yield a replica of the original structure of polymeric foam. To accomplish these objectives industrial waste foams, polyurethane (PU) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) foams, were used as a polymeric template. Results indicated that the porosity of the polyurethane and polyvinyl alcohol foams were about 99% and 97%. Their average cell sizes were approximate 200 and 50 micrometres, respectively. The cell characteristics of polymer foams exhibited the character of a high permeability material that can be able to dip with ceramic slurry, which was synthesized with various viscosities, during a catalyst preparation step. Next, morphology of ceramic foams was explored using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and catalyst properties, such as; temperature profile of catalyst reduction, metal dispersion, and surface area, were also characterized by $H_2-TPR$ and $H_2-TPD$ techniques, and BET, respectively. From the results, it was found that metal-particle dispersion was relatively high about 5.89%, whereas the surface area of ceramic foam catalysts was $64.52m^2/g$. Finally, the catalytic behaviour toward hydrogen production through the dry reforming of methane using a fixed-bed reactor was evaluated under certain operating conditions. The approaches from this research provide a direction for further improvement of marketable environmental friendly catalyst production.

• 한국세라믹학회지
• /
• 제36권9호
• /
• pp.954-964
• /
• 1999

The effect of fabrication variables and microstructures on the compressive strength of open cell alumina zirconia and silicon nitride ceramics fabricated by polymeric sponge method was investigated. Bulk density and compressive strength of open cell ceramics were mainly affected by coating characteristics of ceramic slurry on polymeric sponge that controlled a shape thickness and defect of the struts. Sintering temperature was optimized for enhancement of strut strength and compressive strength of open cell ceramics. Relative density and compressive strength behaviors were relatively well matched with the predicted values. Open cell ceramics of lower relative density below 0.1 prepared by first relatively well matched with the predicted values. Open cell ceramics of lower relative density below 0.1 prepared by first coating of ceramic slurry had thin triangular prismatic struts that were often broken or longitudinally cracked. With an application of second coating of slurry shape of struts was transformed into thickner cylindrical one and defects in struts were healed but the relative density increased over 0.2 Open cell zirconia had both the highest bulk density and compressive strength and alumina had the lowest compressive strength while silicon nitrides showed relatively high compressive strength and the lowest density. Based upon the analysis open cell silicon nitride was expected to be one of potential structural ceramics with light weight.

• 한국세라믹학회지
• /
• 제45권10호
• /
• pp.579-583
• /
• 2008

A porous $Al_2O_3$, scaffold coated with tricalcium phosphate(TCP) was fabricated by replica method using polyurethane(PU) foam as a fugitive material. Successive coatings of $Al_2O_3$ and hydroxyapatite(HAp) were applied via dip coating onto polyurethane foam, which has a slender and well interconnected network. A porous structure was obtained after sequentially burning out the foam and then sintering at $1500^{\circ}C$. The HAp phase was changed to TCP phase at high temperature. The scaffold showed excellent interconnected porosity with pore sizes ranging from $300{\sim}700{\mu}m$ in diameter. The inherent well interconnected structural feature of PU foam remained intact in the fabricated porous scaffold, where the PU foam material was entirely replaced by $Al_2O_3$ and TCP through a consecutive layering process. Thickness of the $Al_2O_3$ base and the TCP coating was about $7{\sim}10{\mu}m$ each. The TCP coating was homogeneously dispersed on the surface of the $Al_2O_3$ scaffold.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
• /
• 제40권10호
• /
• pp.865-871
• /
• 2016

조직 공학에서는 전통적인 인공지지체 제작 방식인 가스 발포, 염 침출, 스폰지 복제 그리고 동결주조 법 등이 이용되고 있다. 하지만 다양한 공극 형태 및 크기를 가지고 있어서 세포 상호 작용 효과 및 충분한 기계적 특성에 한계가 있다. 그러나 열 용해 적층 법은 조직공학에서 폴리머 재료를 이용하여 다양한 3차원 인공지지체를 제작할 수 있는 가장 적절한 기술이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 PCL 몰드를 제작하고 실리카와 알긴산 나트륨 염을 포함하는 세라믹 슬러리를 제조하여 몰드에 주입시켰으며, 1일 동안 자연 건조를 시켰다. 제작된 3차원 슬러리 몰드는 PCL 몰드의 제거 및 슬러리를 경화시키기 위해 $100^{\circ}C$의 오븐에서 2시간 열처리 되었고, 열처리 후에 $1100^{\circ}C$에서 소결되었다. 제작된 인공지지체는 주사전자현미경을 통해 관찰되었고, 압축 시험을 통해 알긴산 나트륨 염의 혼합량에 따른 인공지지체의 기계적 특성은 평가되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• 제49권2호
• /
• pp.250-255
• /
• 2011

본 연구는 막 분리 공정을 이용한 것으로 수소의 에너지원을 이용가능한 메탄을 정제하기 위해 바이오가스 중 이산화탄소와 메탄의 분리 및 황화수소의 제거하고자 한다. 막은 건/습식 상전이 법을 이용하여 중공사공 형태로 제조하고 표면 실리콘 코팅 후 모듈을 제조하였다. 제조된 중공사 막의 구조특성을 확인하기 위해 전자주사 현미경 관찰을 통하여 치밀한 표면과 망상구조의 비대칭 구조를 확인하였다. 압력과 온도가 증가함에 따라 이산화탄소의 투과도는 증가하였고, 이산화탄소와 메탄의 선택도 역시 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 혼합가스의 경우 압력 및 온도가 증가함에 따라 메탄 농도는 100%에 가까웠으며 이산화탄소와 황화수소의 제거효율도 증가하였다. Retentate 유량증가와 압력 온도감소에 따라 메탄 농도 감소 및 회수율이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.