• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.191-195
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• 2015

To improve its textural properties as a support for platinum catalyst, carbon aerogel was chemically activated with KOH as a chemical agent. Carbon-supported platinum catalyst was subsequently prepared using the prepared carbon supports(carbon aerogel(CA), activated carbon aerogel(ACA), and commercial activated carbon(AC)) by an incipient wetness impregnation. The prepared carbon-supported platinum catalysts were applied to decalin dehydrogenation for hydrogen production. Both initial hydrogen evolution rate and total hydrogen evolution amount were increased in the order of Pt/CA < Pt/AC < Pt/ACA. This means that the chemical activation process served to improve the catalytic activity of carbon-supported platinum catalyst in this reaction. The high surface area and the well-developed mesoporous structure of activated carbon aerogel obtained from the activation process facilitated the high dispersion of platinum in the Pt/ACA catalyst. Therefore, it is concluded that the enhanced catalytic activity of Pt/ACA catalyst in decalin dehydrogenation was due to the high platinum surface area that originated from the high dispersion of platinum.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.660-666
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• 2010

Carbon aerogels are promising materials as electrodes for electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs). An optimum process is presented for synthesis of nanoporous carbon aerogels via pyrolyzing resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) organic aerogels, which could be cost-effectively manufactured from RF wet gels. The major reactions between resorcinol and formaldehyde include an addition reaction to form hydroxymethyl derivatives ($-CH_2OH$), and then a condensation reaction of the hydroxymethyl derivatives ($-CH_2-$)- and methylene ether ($-CH_2OCH_2-$) bridged compounds. The textural properties of carbon aerogels obtained were characterized by nitrogen adsorption/desorption analysis and SEM and TEM. The application of the resultant carbon for electrodes of electric double layers capacitor (EDLC) in organic TEABF4/ACN electrolyte indicated that the ESR, as low as 55 $m{\Omega}$, was smaller than for commercially activated carbons. And EDLC with carbon Aerogel electrodes has an excellent stable more than for commercially activated carbons.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2014

In this study, carbon aerogel (CA) was synthesized using a soft-template method, and the optimum conditions for the adsorption of carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) by the carbon aerogel were evaluated by controlling the activation temperature. KOH was used as the activation agent at a KOH/CA activation ratio of 4:1. Three types of activated CAs were synthesized at activation temperatures of $800^{\circ}C$(CA-K-800), $900^{\circ}C$(CA-K-900), and $1000^{\circ}C$(CA-K-1000), and their surface and pore characteristics along with the $CO_2$ adsorption characteristics were examined. The results showed that with the increase in activation temperature from 800 to $900^{\circ}C$, the total pore volume and specific surface area sharply increased from 1.2165 to $1.2500cm^3/g$ and 1281 to $1526m^2/g$, respectively. However, the values for both these parameters decreased at temperatures above $1000^{\circ}C$. The best $CO_2$ adsorption capacity of 10.9 wt % was obtained for the CA-K-900 sample at 298 K and 1 bar. This result highlights the importance of the structural and textural characteristics of the carbon aerogel, prepared at different activation temperatures on $CO_2$ adsorption behaviors.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.278-287
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 2단계 촉매 분해공정 시스템을 이용하여 효과적으로 리그닌을 분해하였으며 리그닌 분해산물로 액상의 리그닌 오일, 촤, 가스가 생성되었다. 1차 촉매 분해공정에서는 MgO, CaO, Pt/C 촉매를 사용하였으며 Pt/C 촉매를 사용했을 때 가장 높은 리그닌 오일 수율(76.2 wt%) 및 가장 낮은 촤 수율(4.1 wt%)을 얻을 수 있었다. 리그닌 오일의 GC-MS/FID 분석을 통해 guaiacol, 4-ethylphenol, 4-methylguaiacol, 4-ethylguaiacol, syringol 등 18종류의 페놀화합물을 검출하였으며 Pt/C 조건에서 생산된 페놀화합물 수율이 97.8 mg/g lignin로 가장 높았다. 한편 MgO와 CaO에서 생산된 페놀화합물은 촉매에 흡착되어 상대적으로 낮은 수율을 보였다. Pt/C 조건에서 생산된 리그닌 오일을 다공성 구조를 가지는 Pd/activated carbon aerogel 촉매 하에서 추가 분해하였다. 2차 촉매 분해공정을 통해 상대적으로 선택성이 높은 4가지 페놀화합물(4-ethylguaiacol, 4-propylguaiacol, 4-ethylsyringol, 4-propylsyringol)을 0.89 - 1.82 wt% 수준으로 생산하였다.