• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.1523-1530
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• 2007

The first reduction peak of the cyclic voltammogram (CV) for sulfur reduction in dimethyl sulfoxide has been studied using time resolved Fourier transform electrochemical impedance spectroscopic (FTEIS) analysis of small potential step chronoamperometric currents. The FTEIS analysis results reveal that the impedance signals obtained during short potential steps can be resolved into electron transfer reactions of two different time constants in a high frequency region. The FTEIS method provides snap shots of impedance profiles during an earlier phase of the reaction, leading to time resolved EIS measurements. Our results obtained by the FTEIS analysis are consistent with a series of electron transfer and chemical equilibrium steps of a complex reaction, making up an ECE (electrochemical-chemical-electrochemical) mechanism postulated from the results of computer simulation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.2743-2750
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• 2011

Lanthanide(III)-cored complex as a wavelength conversion material has been successfully designed and synthesized for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, for the first time, since light with a short wavelength has not been effectively used for generating electric power owing to the limited absorption of these DSSCs in the UV region. A black dye (BD) was chosen and used as a sensitizer, because BD has a relatively weak light absorption at shorter wavelengths. The overall conversion efficiency of the BD/WCM device was remarkably increased, even with the relatively small amount of WCM added to the device. The enhancement in $V_{oc}$ by WCM, like DCA, could be correlated with the suppression of electron recombination between the injected electrons and $I_3{^-}$ ions. Furthermore, the short-circuit current density was significantly increased by WCM with a strong UV light-harvesting effect. The energy transfer from the Eu(III)-cored complex to the $TiO_2$ film occurred via the dye, so the number of electrons injected into the $TiO_2$ surface increased, i.e., the short-circuit current density was increased. As a result, BD/WCM-sensitized solar cells exhibit superior device performance with the enhanced conversion efficiency by a factor of 1.22 under AM 1.5 sunlight: The photovoltaic performance of the BD/WCM-based DSSC exhibited remarkably high values, $J_{sc}$ of 17.72 mA/$cm^2$, $V_{oc}$ of 720 mV, and a conversion efficiency of 9.28% at 100 mW $cm^{-2}$, compared to a standard DSSC with $J_{sc}$ of 15.53 mA/$cm^2$, $V_{oc}$ of 689 mV, and a conversion efficiency of 7.58% at 100 mW $cm^{-2}$. Therefore, the Eu(III)-cored complex is a promising candidate as a new wavelength conversion coadsorbent for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells to improve UV light harvesting through energy transfer processes. The abstract should be a single paragraph which summaries the content of the article.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 동절기 소방배관의 동파방지를 위한 열선의 직선 시공과 감기 시공의 효과를 수치해석을 통하여 분석하였다. 두 시공법들의 효과 분석을 위하여 3차원 에너지방정식과 비정상 비압축성 Navier-Stokes 방적식의 비정상 해를 구하였다. 수치해석에서 물의 자연대류와 소방 배관의 열전도 방정식이 상호작용을 하므로 복합열전달 해석을 상용코드 ANSYS-FLUENT에서 제공하는 압력-속도 연성기법들 중의 하나인 SIMPLE 알고리즘을 이용하여 수행하였다. 수치해석을 통하여 시간에 따른 배관 내의 유동장 및 온도분포와 배관 내 물의 최대 및 최소온도 변화를 고찰하였다. 수치해석 결과 배관 단위 길이 당 투입열량이 동일한 경우에 감기 시공과 직선 시공의 동파방지 효과는 거의 동일함을 확인하였다. 따라서, 열선 손상과 단락 등을 고려하면 직선 시공이 더 나은 시공법이라 판단된다.