• 공업화학
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.243-252
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• 2021

전기자동차(EV) 및 중대형 에너지 저장 장치(ESS)의 활용을 위한 차세대 에너지 저장 장치에 대한 요구가 증가함에 따라, 높은 출력 및 안정성 등의 특성을 갖는 리튬 이온 전지 개발이 시급한 과제로 떠오르고 있다. 리튬 이온 이차 전지의 성능은 주로 전극 재료의 물리/화학적 특성에 의해 결정되는데, TiO₂는 우수한 안정성 및 높은 안정성, 친환경적 특성으로 인해 현재 상용화된 탄소계 음극재를 대체할 수 있는 물질로 높은 관심을 받고 있다. 특히, 양극산화를 통해 제조된 자기 정렬된 TiO₂ 마이크로 및 나노 구조는 차세대 리튬 이온 이차 전지의 유망한 음극 소재 물질로 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 본 총설 논문에서는 양극산화를 통한 TiO₂ 나노 튜브 및 마이크로콘 구조 메커니즘 및 구조 발달에 영향을 미치는 인자에 대한 설명을 다루었다. 또한, TiO₂의 낮은 전기전도도 및 용량 한계를 극복하기 위한 TiO₂ 기반 복합체를 리튬 이온 이차 전지의 음극재로 활용한 연구를 소개하였다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.38-48
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• 2020

기존에 건조되어 있거나, 신규로 건조되고 있는 선저를 검사하기 위해선 전문 잠수부가 직접 수중 하부에서 육안으로 검사를 한다. 하지만 직접 사람이 하는 일이기 때문에 인명사고, 충돌사고 등 많은 위험이 뒤따른다. 이를 해결하기 위해 Visual Inspection을 위한 선박 검사용 수중 드론 개발이 필요하다. 수중 드론에 적용되는 기술과 각 부품의 용도와 제작 과정, 펌웨어 개발과 같은 제작 방법에 관해 기술하였으며 수중에서 드론 자체의 주행 능력과 크롤러를 이용한 주행 능력을 측정하여 차이를 비교해보고 위치 추적 장치 테스트를 통해 실제 위치와의 오차를 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 제작된 수중 드론을 작업 현장에서 사용하였을 때 인명사고를 예방하고 경제적 효과와 안정성을 얻을 것으로 기대된다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.211-220
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• 2021

한국의 대심도 (>40m 깊이) 터널 공사 시에 터널 붕괴 사고가 종종 일어나고 있으며, 도심지 지하공간의 얕은 심도에 인공적으로 조성된 지반에는 자연 공동뿐만 아니라 상수도관, 하수도관, 전력구 및 지하철 건설로 인한 인위적인 공동들이 복잡하게 분포되어 있다. 대심도 터널 굴착을 위해서는 이러한 다공질의 특성을 보이는 다양한 지반의 특성 및 지질구조가 지반의 안전에 미치는 영향을 이해하여야 한다. 본 연구는 국내외 사례를 바탕으로 한국의 대심도 굴착에서 암반의 위험 산정을 위한 위험 인자를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 대심도 터널 굴착시 지반의 안정성에 영향을 주는 총 7개의 카테고리들과 총 38개의 인자들이 도출되었다. 가중치가 상대적으로 높은 인자들은 단층 및 단층점토, 차응력, 암종, 지하수 및 머드 유입, 암석의 일축압축강도, 터널 단면의 크기, 터널 상부 암반의 두께, 카르스트 및 계곡지형, 습곡, 석회암의 협재, 지하수위 변동, 터널 심도, 암맥, RQD, 절리 특성, 이방성, 암반파열(rockburst) 등으로 나타났다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.627-636
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• 2022

In nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities the removal of cobalt from radioactive liquid waste is needed to reduce the radioactivity concentration in effluents. In liquid wastes containing strong organic complexing agents such as EDTA cobalt removal can be problematic due to the high stability of the Co-EDTA complex. In this study, the removal of cobalt from NaNO₃ solutions using antimony oxide (Sb₂O₃) synthesized from potassium hexahydroxoantimonate was investigated in the absence and presence of EDTA. The uptake studies on the ion exchange material were conducted both in the dark (absence of UV-light) and under UV-C irradiation. Ca²⁺ or Ni²⁺ were included in the experiments as competing cations to test the selectivity of the ion exchanger. Results show that UV-C irradiation noticeably enhances the cobalt sorption efficiency on the antimony oxide. It was shown that nickel decreased the sorption of cobalt to a higher extent than calcium. Finally, the sorption data collected for Co²⁺ on antimony oxide was modeled using six different isotherm models. The Sips model was found to be the most suitable model to describe the sorption process. The Dubinin-Radushkevich model was further used to calculate the adsorption energy, which was found to be 6.2 kJ mol^-1.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2022

사물인터넷(IoT)의 발달과 함께 관련 네트워크 인프라는 외부 해킹과 같은 위협을 보호할 수 있는 새로운 기술이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구는 블록체인 합의 알고리즘을 기반으로 IoT 네트워크를 보호할 수 있는 L-PBFT 합의 알고리즘을 제안한다. 소규모 네트워크에 적합한 블록체인(Private) 모델을 설계하고, 초소형/저전력 IoT 장치를 대상으로 처리 성능을 테스트하고 안정성을 검증했다. 성능 분석 결과 L-PBFT는 노드 수가 적어도 합의 알고리즘의 동작(최소 14%, 최대 29%)을 준수하고, 기존 보안 프로토콜과 다른 신뢰 네트워크(보안 채널 분리)를 구축함을 증명하였다. 본 연구는 4차 산업 융합연구로써 향후 IoT 장치 보안 제품 개발에 도움이 되는 기반 기술이 될 것이다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.369-378
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• 2022

The recycling of solid waste materials to fabricate carbon-based electrode materials is of great interest for low-cost green supercapacitors. In this study, porous carbon foam (PCF) was prepared from waste floral foam (WFF) as an electrode material for supercapacitors. WFF was directly carbonized at various temperatures of 600, 800, and 1,000 ℃ under an inert atmosphere. The WFF-derived PCF (C-WFF) was found to have a specific surface area of 458.99 m²/g with multi-modal pore structures. The supercapacitive behavior of the prepared C-WFF was evaluated using a three-electrode system in a 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte. As a result, the prepared C-WFF as an active material showed a high specific capacitance of 206 F/g at 1 A/g, a rate capability of 36.4 % at 20 A/g, a specific power density of 2,500 W/kg at an energy density of 2.68 Wh/kg, and a cycle stability of 99.96 % at 20 A/g after 10,000 cycles. These results indicate that the C-WFF prepared from WFF could be a promising candidate as an electrode material for high-performance green supercapacitors.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제81권6호
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• pp.665-675
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• 2022

The safety problems of giant hydraulic structures such as dams caused by terrorist attacks, earthquakes, and wars often have an important impact on a country's economy and people's livelihood. For the national defense department, timely and effective assessment of damage to or impending damage to dams and other structures is an important issue related to the safety of people's lives and property. In the field of damage assessment and vulnerability analysis, it is usually necessary to give the damage assessment results within a few minutes to determine the physical damage (crack length, crater size, etc.) and functional damage (decreased power generation capacity, dam stability descent, etc.), so that other defense and security departments can take corresponding measures to control potential other hazards. Although traditional numerical calculation methods can accurately calculate the crack length and crater size under certain combat conditions, it usually takes a long time and is not suitable for rapid damage assessment. In order to solve similar problems, this article combines simulation calculation methods with machine learning technology interdisciplinary. First, the common concrete gravity dam shape was selected as the simulation calculation object, and XFEM (Extended Finite Element Method) was used to simulate and calculate 19 cracks with different initial positions. Then, an LSTM (Long-Short Term Memory) machine learning model was established. 15 crack paths were selected as the training set and others were set for test. At last, the LSTM model was trained by the training set, and the prediction results on the crack path were compared with the test set. The results show that this method can be used to predict the crack propagation path rapidly and accurately. In general, this article explores the application of machine learning related technologies in the field of mechanics. It has broad application prospects in the fields of damage assessment and vulnerability analysis.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2022

The quality and antioxidant characteristics of apios (Apios americana Medikus) according to different harvest periods and steaming treatment were investigated. The quality and antioxidant characteristics of apios were significantly different depending on harvest periods. Total starch contents was higher in 1st harvesting period as 62.32 g/100 g than other harvesting period. The water binding capacity and water solubility index was higher in 1^st harvesting period as 228.65 and 11.29% than other harvesting period. The sucrose and total free sugar contents were 3.64~8.67 and 4.49~9.54 g/100 g, respectively. Total polyphenol and flavonoid contents of apios was the highest 2^nd and 4^th harvesting period at 4.21 mg GAE/g and 611.11 ㎍ CE/g, respectively. DPPH radical scavenging activity was higher in 1st harvesting period as 84.96 mg TE/100 g than other harvesting period, and decreased as the harvest periods were delayed. ABTS radical scavenging activity and ferric-reducing antioxidant power were 43.81~47.89 mg TE/g and 231.20~264.07 mM/100 g, and increased to 50.58~51.44 mg TE/g and 342.55~384.29 mM/100 g after heat treatment. As a result, it is thought that studies on change of quality and physicochemical characteristics according to cultivation characteristics should be preceded for cultivation stability of apios.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.453-461
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• 2022

A chemically sintered and binder-free paste of TiO₂ nanoparticles (NPs) was prepared using a binary-liquid mixture of 1-octanol and CCl₄. The 1:1 (v/v) complex of CCl₄ and 1-octanol easily interacted chemically with the TiO₂ NPs and induced the formation of a highly viscous paste. The as-prepared binary-liquid paste (P_BL)-based TiO₂ film exhibited the complete removal of the binary-liquid and residuals with the subsequent low-temperature sintering (~150℃) and UV-O₃ treatment. This facilitated the fabrication of TiO₂ photoanodes for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (f-DSSCs). For comparison purposes, pure 1-octanol-based TiO₂ paste (P_O) with moderate viscosity was prepared. The P_BL-based TiO₂ film exhibited strong adhesion and high mechanical stability with the conducting oxide coated glass and plastic substrates compared to the P_O-based film. The corresponding low-temperature sintered P_BL-based f-DSSC showed a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.5%, while it was 2.0% for P_O-based f-DSSC. The P_BL-based low- and high-temperature (500℃) sintered glass-based rigid DSSCs exhibited the PCE of 6.0 and 6.3%, respectively, while this value was 7.1% for a 500℃ sintered rigid DSSC based on a commercial (or conventional) paste.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2022

Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are environmentally friendly, large-capacity power generation devices operated at approximately 650℃. If MCFCs are to be commercialized by improving their competitiveness, their cell life should be increased by operating them at lower temperatures. However, a decrease in the operating temperature causes a reduction in the cell performance because of the reduction in the electrochemical reaction rate. The cell performance can be improved by introducing a coating on the cathode of the cell. A coating with a high surface area expands the triple phase boundaries (TPBs) where the gas and electrolyte meet on the electrode surface. And the expansion of TPBs enhances the oxygen reduction reaction of the cathode. Therefore, the cell performance can be improved by increasing the reaction area, which can be achieved by coating nanosized LiCoO₂ particles on the cathode. However, although a coating improves the cell performance, a thick coating makes gas difficult to diffuse into the pore of the coating and thus reduces the cell performance. In addition, LiCoO₂-coated cathode cell exhibits stable cell performance because the coating layer maintains a uniform thickness under MCFC operating conditions. Therefore, the performance and stability of MCFCs can be improved by applying a LiCoO₂ coating with an appropriate thickness on the cathode.