• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.801-804
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• 2002

Electrochemical capacitors are becoming attractive energy storage systems particularly for applications involving high power requirements such as hybrid systems consisting of batteries and electrochemical capacitors for electric vehicle propulsion. Both of amorphous cobalt oxide and manganese dioxide were prepared by sol-gel process reported in our previous work. Nanostructured supramolecular oligomer of 1,5-diaminoanthraquinone(DAAQ) coated metal oxides were successfully prepared by electrochemical oxidation from an acidic non-aqueous medium. We established process parameters of the technique for the formation of nano-structured materials. Furthermore, improved the capacitive properties of the nano structured metal oxide electrodes using controlled solution chemistry. $CoO_2$ and $MnO_2$-based composite electrode showed relatively good electrochemical behaviors in acidic electrolyte system with respect to specific capacity and scan rate dependency.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.27-28
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 수퍼커패시터 에너지 저장장치의 동작을 예측할 수 있는 시뮬레이터를 구현하고 실험하였으며, 수퍼커패시터 시뮬레이터의 동작 및 제어 방법에 대하여 서술한다. 수퍼커패시터는 수초에서 수분 내의 동작 시간을 가지고 있기에 수퍼커패시터의 충전 또는 방전 동작은 빠른 시간에 이루어지게 된다. 충 방전 수행에 따라 증감되는 수퍼커패시터의 전압을 예측하여 제어하는 수퍼커패시터 시뮬레이터를 제안한다. 수퍼커패시터 시뮬레이터 동작은 대기모드인 CV모드와 충 방전모드인 SC모드로 구분된다. CV모드에서는 충 방전모드가 수행되지 않기에 수퍼커패시터 시뮬레이터가 대기하고 있는 상태이고, SC모드에서는 충 방전 동작이 수행됨에 따라 수퍼커패시터의 전압이 변화되는데 증감되는 전압의 크기를 제어하는 알고리즘이 필요하다. 충 방전 시 발생하는 DC 전류를 측정하여 계산과정을 통해 수퍼커패시터에서 변화되는 전압을 예측하여 SC모드에서 충 방전이 안정적으로 동작함을 실험을 통해 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.497-498
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 풍력발전의 불규칙한 출력을 안정화하기 위해 수퍼커패시터의 에너지 저장장치를 통해 계통으로 유입되는 전력을 완화시키는 제어에 대하여 서술한다. 풍력발전은 친환경 에너지원이지만, 바람에 의해 출력이 불규칙하게 변하는 단점이 있다. 5kW 소규모 풍력발전 시뮬레이터와 3kW 수퍼커패시터 에너지 저장장치를 이용하여 단주기의 불규칙한 출력을 완화시켜 계통으로 안정적인 전력을 공급한다. 풍력발전 시뮬레이터의 불규칙한 출력을 100%에서 30%로 감소시켰으며, 제안한 불규칙한 출력 완화 방법의 타당성을 실험을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1184-1187
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• 2003

Electrochemical capacitors are becoming attractive energy storage systems particularly for applications involving high power requirements such as hybrid systems consisting of batteries and electrochemical capacitors for electric vehicle propulsion. A new type electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) was constructed by using carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and DAAQ(1,5-diaminoanthraquinone) electrode. Carbonaceous materials are found in variety forms such as graphite, diamond, carbon fibers etc. While all the carbon nanofibers include impurities such as amorphous carbon, nanoparticles, catalytic metals and incompletely grown carbons. We have eliminated of Ni particles and some carbonaceous particles in nitric acid. Nitric acid treated CNFs could be covered with very thin DAAQ oligomer from the results of CV and TG analyses and SEM images. DAAQ oligomer film exhibited a specific capacity as 45-50 Ah/kg in 4M $H_2SO_4$. We established Process Parameters of the technique for the formation of nano-structured materials. Furthermore, improved the capacitive properties of the nano structured CNFs electrodes using controlled solution chemistry. As a result, CNFs coated by DAAQ composite electrode showed relatively good electrochemical behaviors in acidic electrolyte system with respect to specific capacity and scan rate dependency.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.479-485
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• 2022

The power of energy storage devices is characterized by capacitance and the internal resistance. The capacitance is measured on an assumption that the charges are stored at the electrode interface and the electric double layer behaves like an ideal capacitor. However, in most cases, the electric double layer is not ideal so a constant phase element (CPE) is used instead of a capacitor to describe the practical observations. Nevertheless, another problem with the use of the CPE is that CPE does not give capacitance directly. Fortunately, a few methods were suggested to evaluate the effective capacitance in the literature. However, those methods may not be suitable for supercapacitors which are modeled as an equivalent circuit of a CPE and resistor connected in series because the time constant of the equivalent circuit is not clearly studied. In this report, in order to study the time constant of the CPE and find its equivalent capacitor, AC and DC methods are utilized in a complementary manner. As a result, the time constants in the AC and DC domains are compared with digital simulation and a proper equation is presented to calculate the effective capacitance of a supercapacitor, which is extended to an electrochemical system where faradaic and ohmic processes are accompanied by imperfect charge accumulation process.