• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.33-36
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• 2005

Effect of heating rate was studied on consolidation of the low-temperature-sinterable PMN-PT-BT powder by varying the heating rate from 5, 10, to $20^{circ}C/min$. Slow rate of $5^{circ}C/min$ showed more homogeneous microstructure than high rate of 10 or $20^{circ}C/min$ due to low PbO (m.p. $886^{circ}C$) evaporation at 850^{circ}C$. It showed sintered density of $7.93 g/cm^{3}$, room temperature dielectric constant of 15300, and dissipation factor of $0.92\%$.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.12
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• pp.1408-1416
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• 1995

Microstructure and ferroelectric properties of sol-gel derived PZT(52/48) and PT interlayered PZT(52/48) thin films on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates were investigated. Films were fabricated using Acetylacetone chelated PT and PZT(52/48) sols. PZT(52/48) thin films annealed at $700^{\circ}C$ for 20 min showed the rosette structure with the size of 1.2~1.6${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and the pyrochlore phse was contained. PT interlayered PZT thin films, which is inserted by PbTiO3 thin layer with the thickness of 130 $\AA$ between PZT thin film and electrode, consisted of a single perovskite phase after annealing above 55$0^{\circ}C$. They exhibited the uniform and columnar grains of 0.1~0.16${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, which are applicable for microelectronic device including non-volatile memory. Typical P-E hysteresis loops could be obtained from PT interlayered PZT thin film at as low as the annealing temperature of 50$0^{\circ}C$. Ferroelectric properties of PT interlayered PZT thin films were improved as increasing annealing temperature up to $700^{\circ}C$, and then deteriorated at 75$0^{\circ}C$. PZT(52/48) and PT interlayered PZT(52/48) thin film annealed at $700^{\circ}C$ for 20 min displayed Ps=38.8$\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$, Pr=10.0$\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$, Ec=65.3 kV/cm and Ps=28.5$\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$, Pr=9.8$\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$, Ec=76.1 kV/cm, respectively.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.117-125
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• 1998

Crystallization behavior of platinum minerals within Pt-Sb-Bi bearing ore magmas and mineralogical properties of the existing minerals were investigated at 1,00$0^{\circ}C$ by synthetic experiment. High purity reagents were used as starting materials and silica tubings as containers. Reaction products were analysed by reflecting microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron probe microanalysis, and micro-hardness test. Stable minerals at 1,00$0^{\circ}C$ are platinum, electron probe microanalysis, and micro-hardness test. Stable minerals at $1,000^{\circ}C$ are platinum, stump-flite (PtSb) and geversite (PtSb2). They are in equilibrium with liquid (ore magma). Platinum contains considerable amount of Sb of 7.5 at.%, whereas Bi only up to 0.9 at.%. Pure stumpflite is hexagonal with space group P63/mmc, and unit cell parameters are a=4.1318(6), c=5.483(1)$\AA$. VHN50=417(2)$\AA$. Geversite has cubic structure with space group Pa3. Cell parameters are a=6.4373(2)$\AA$ and Vicker hardness values VHN50=663.5 (566~766). Both stumpflite and geversite show solid solution and their end-members are Pt48.8Sb40.7-Bi10.5, and Pt33.7-Sb59.8Bi6.5, respectively. Although stumpflite (m.p. $1,043^{\circ}C$) and unnamed PtBi (m.p. 7$65^{\circ}C$) do not form a complete solid solution at $1,000^{\circ}C$, they are known, at $600^{\circ}C$, to form a continuous solid solution. Geversit (m.p. $1,226^{\circ}C$) also forms complete solid solution with insizwaite (m.p. $660^{\circ}C$). Unit cell dimensions of the minerals above increases with the amount of Bi substituting for Sb.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.143-151
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• 1994

On PT/Ti/Si substrates, PZT thln fllms are deposited at $300^{\circ}C$ by rf magnetron sputtering uslng a $(PbZr_{52}, Ti_{48})O_{3}$ composltc cerarnlc target. To abtaln, the stable phase, perovskltc structure, furnace annealmg techmque had been cmplo:~d In PbO amb~ent for the $550^{\circ}C$-$750^{\circ}C$ temperature ranges. On Pt(250$\AA$)/Ti(500$\AA$)/Si, Pt(1000)$\AA$/Ti(500$\AA$)/Si substrates, effects of Ti layer and Pt thickness are studled. Though thickness of the Pt layer 1s 1000$\AA$). oxygen diffusion is not prevented and accelerated by Ti layer actlng for oxygen sink sites durmg furnace annealing. The upper TI layer 1s transformed Into TIOX by oxyen dlffuslon and lower Ti layer Into silicide with in-diffused Pt. The formation of TiOx layer seems to affect the orlentatton of the PZT layer. Furnace annealed f~lm shows ferroelectr~c and electrical properties wth a remanent polarlzation of 3.3$\mu A /\textrm{cm}^2$, , coerclve fleld of 0.15MV/cm, a=571 (10kHz), leakage current 32.65$\mu A /\textrm{cm}^2$, , breakdown voltage of 0.4OMV/cm.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.31 no.10
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• pp.955-965
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• 2014

Transport phenomena of reactant and product are directly linked to intrinsic inhomogeneous random configurations of catalyst layer (CL) that consist of ionomer, carbon-supported catalyst (Pt/C), and pores. Hence, electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of Pt/C is dominated by geometrical morphology of mass transport path. Undoubtedly these ECSAs are key factor of total fuel cell efficiency. In this study, non-deterministic micro-scale CLs were randomly generated by Monte Carlo method and implemented with the percolation process. To ensure valid inference about Pt/C catalyst utilization, 600 samples were chosen as the number of necessary samples with 95% confidence level. Statistic results of 600 samples generated under particular condition (20vol% Pt/C, 30vol% ionomer, 50vol% pore, and 20nm particle diameter) reveal only 18.2%~81.0% of Pt/C can construct ECSAs with mean value of 53.8%. This study indicates that the catalyst utilization in fuel cell CLs cannot be identical notwithstanding the same design condition.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.541-545
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• 1998

(PZT, PST, PT)/ YBCO structured have been grown on single crystal $LaAlO_3$ using in-situ Nb:YAG pulsed laser deposition technique. The optimum conditions of fabrication for high quality films have been established under various oxygen pressure. TBCO was used as a metallic electrode for polarizing ferroelectric thin fillms. Lattice mismatch of these materials were found to be with in 3%. As a result XRD patterns and rocking curves, (PZT, PST, PT)/ YBCO multiayered thin films on $LaAlO_3$ substrates showed preferred orientation to c-axis. For invastigation on electrical properties of ferroelectric thin films, remanent polaiztion $P_r$ and coercive field $E_c$ were measured for three samples. At each optimum condition, they showed the values of P_r=60 \mu C/cm^2 and E_c=240kV/ cm for PT, 30\mu C/cm^2 and 105kV/cm for PZT, 1.5\mu C/cm^2$ and 15kV/cm for PST. Frequency dependence of dielectric properties of ferroelectric thin fillms was also investigated. As a result, it showed the frequency dependence was relatively small in the range of 10Hz~10kHz.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.180-185
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• 2011

This study is aimed to increase the activity of cathodic catalysts for PEMFCs(Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells). we investigated the temperature effect of 20wt% Pt/C catalysts at five different temperatures. The catalysts were synthesized by using chemical reduction method. Before adding the formaldehyde as reducing agent, process was undergone for 2 hours at the room temperature (RT), $40^{\circ}C$, $60^{\circ}C$, $80^{\circ}C$ and $100^{\circ}C$, respectively. The performances of synthesize catalysts are compared. The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was studied on 20wt% Pt/C catalysts by using a glassy carbon electrode through cyclic voltammetric curves (CV) in a 1M H2SO4 solution. The ORR specific activities of 20wt% Pt/C catalysts increased to give a relative ORR catalytic activity ordering of $80^{\circ}C$ > $100^{\circ}C$ > $60^{\circ}C$ > $40^{\circ}C$ > RT. Electrochemical active surface area (EAS) was calculated with cyclic voltammetry analysis. Prepared Pt/C (at $80^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$) catalysts has higher ESA than other catalysts. Physical characterization was made by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The TEM images of the carbon supported platinum electrocatalysts ($80^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$) showed homogenous particle distribution with particle size of about 2~3.5 nm. We found that a higher reaction temperature resulted in more uniform particle distribution than lower reaction temperature and then the XRD results showed that the crystalline structure of the synthesized catalysts are seen FCC structure.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.443-446
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• 2006

Carbon-supported Platinum (Pt) is the potential electro-catalyst material for anodic and cathodic reactions in fuel cell. Catalytic activity of the metal strongly depends on the particle shape, size and distribution of the metal in the porous supportive network. Conventional preparation techniques based on wet impregnation and chemical reduction of the metal precursors often do not provide adequate control of particle size and shape. We have proposed a novel route for preparing nano sized Pt colloidal particles in solution by oxidation of ethylene glycol. These Pt nano particles were deposited on large surface area carbon support. The process of nano Pt colloid formation involves the oxidation of solvent ethylene glycol to mainly glycolic acid and the presence of its anion glycolate depends on the solution pH. In the process of colloidal Pt formation glycolate actsas stabilizer for the Pt colloidal particle and prevents the agglomeration of colloidal Pt particles. These mono disperse Pt particles in carbon support are found uniformly distributed in nearly spherical shape and the size distribution was narrow for both supported and unsupported metals. The average diameter of the Pt nano particle was controlled in the range off to 3 nm by optimizing reaction parameters. Transmission electron microscopy, CV and RRDE experiments were used to compliment the results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.285-288
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• 1997

Generally the high dielectric films, such as PZT(Pb(Z $r^{1-x}$ $Ti_{x}$ ) $O_3$) and BST(B $a_{l-x}$S $r_{x}$ Ti $O_3$) have been formed on the Pt thin films. However it is generally known that the dry etching of Pt is difficult because of its chemical stability. So, the dry etching of Pt remains at the preliminary work. Therefore, in this study, Pt etching mechanism was investigated with Ar/C $l_2$gas plasma by using XPS(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and QMS(Quadrupole mass spectrometry). Ion current density was measured with Ar/C $l_2$gas plasma by using single Langmuir probe. XPS results shoved that the atomic % of Cl element on the etched Pt sample increased with increasing Ar/(Ar+C $l_2$). And QMS results showed that the increase of Ar partial pressure in the plasma resulted in the improvement of C $l_2$dissociation and Cl redical formation and simultaniously the increase of ion bombardment effects.s.s.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.7
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• pp.687-692
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• 2002

Preparation of spherical single-perovskite phase PMN-PT powder was tried by surface modification of the precursor powder with magnesia sol. The ball-milled mixed powder was heat treated at 550$\^{C}$/l h to remove any volatiles. The calcined powder was treated with the magnesia sol of 0.3-1.0 wt% and followed by calcination at 800$\^{C}$/l h to give rise to single phase perovskite PMN-PT powders. The powder with a binary size of <0.3 ㎛ and -2 ㎛ was obtained for MgO(0.3), but the spherical, agglomerate-free powder of 0.5-0.8 ㎛ was obtained for MgO(0.6) as well as for MgO(1.0).