• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.69-70
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• 2003

10 wt.% of PAN was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and 1 wt. % of the multi wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was evenly dispersed in PAN solution by using ultrasonic miner. The 1 wt.% addition of MWCNT increased the specific capacitance by two times more from 82 to 160 F/g. The specific capacitance of carbon nanofiber(CNF)/carbon nanotube(CNT) composite capacitors was about 90 F/g at the current density of 500 mA/g. This value is even larger than the capacitance from the CNF electrode at the current density of 5 mA. The relatively high capacitance at the high current density is a practical importance for applications to supercapacitor in motor vehicle.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.214.2-214.2
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• 2011

In this work, porous carbon based electrodes are prepared by carbonization using poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/carbon nanotube (CNT) composites to further increase the specific capacitance for supercapacitors. Electrode materials investigate the aspects of specific capacitance, pore size distribution and surface area: influence of carbonization temperatures of PVDF/CNT composites. The electrochemical properties are investigated by cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectra, and galvanostatic charge-discharge performance with in $TEABF_4$ (tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate)/acetonitrile as non-aqueous electrolyte. From the results, the highest value of specific capacitance of ~101 $F{\cdot}g^{-1}$ is obtained for the samples carbonized at $600^{\circ}C$. Furthermore, pore size of samples control be low 7 nm through carbonization process. It is suggested that micropores significantly contribute to the specific capacitance, resulting from improved charge transfer.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.446-449
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• 2008

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) with multiple organic layers were fabricated to obtain and to evaluate an equivalent resistance and an equivalent capacitance of OLED device. The staircase voltage with an increasing period and a constant period was designed and applied to the OLED. The resistance of OLED was found to decrease from $270\;k{\Omega}$ to $2\;K{\Omega}$ as applied voltage increased after turn on. The equivalent capacitance of OLED maintained unchanged at low voltage level and deceased after showing peak value as the applied voltage increased.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.270-276
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• 2010

In this paper, a capacitance estimation scheme for DC-link capacitors for single-phase AC/DC PWM converters is proposed. Under the no-load condition, a controlled AC current (30[Hz]) is injected into the input side, which then causes AC voltage ripples at the DC output side. Or, a controlled AC voltage can be directly injected into the DC output side. By extracting the AC voltage/current and power components on the DC output side using digital filters, the capacitance value can be calculated, where the recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm is used. The proposed methods can be simply implemented with software only and additional hardware is not required. From the experiment results, a high accuracy estimation of capacitances less than 0.85% has been obtained.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.97-99
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• 1998

This paper presents a numerical study of the behavior of the transformer winding, when stressed by the standard impulse voltage. The mathematical model of the transformer takes several points into the account. Capacitance of not adjacent winding as well as adjacent winding, eddy current loss caused by self and mutual inductance given as the functions of frequency. Not like the previous approach where calculation of capacitance is performed, in average sense. In this paper, capacitance of both adjacent and not adjacent winding is calculated using the numerical approach(B.E.M.), so they can get the more accurate value of capacitance. Because of frequency dependency of inductance, numerical-laplace-transform technique is required. Finally, to validate this approach, a simple test winding is simulated.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 2000

RC oscillation method was applied to study the condenser characteristics of two metal sticks insulated by vinyl tube and used in the dielectric constant determinations of most soils. Its capacitance as influenced by the contacted ambient materials was measured as relative capacitance of the sensor sticks compared with the standard one on the RC oscillation circuit. According to the equivalent circuit of the sensor stick set, the measured capacitance was composed of a basic capacitance connected in parallel with sensor stick capacitance, which was composed of lineally connected vinyl tube capacitances and the sensing part capacitance. The dielectric constant (U) of the contacted ambient moist soil located in the sensing part around the sticks interrelated with the other parameters as following equation. $$\frac{1}{C-B}=\frac{k}{U}+Z$$ where C is the output total relative capacitance, B is the hidden and fixed basic relative capacitance, k is a constant related with U, and Z is a constant for the insulating vinyl tube capacitances determined by its thickness and dielectric constant. The constant k is determined by the spacing and length of sensor sticks. The Z value is theoretically an invariable constant, but it may become considerably bigger than the determined in lab if air tube is formed on the surface of sensor sticks by some shocks on them after their installation in soil. Due to the unstability of lab Z value, it may be better to revise it after sensor stick's installation in soil and no shaking shocks should be applied on them.

• Carbon letters
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• v.22
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• pp.70-80
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• 2017

Activated carbons (ACs) have been used as electrode materials of electric double-layer capacitors (EDLC) due to their high specific surface areas (SSA), stability, and ecological advantages. In order to make high-energy-density ACs for EDLC, petroleum pitch (PP) pre-carbonized at $500-1000^{\circ}C$ in $N_2$ gas for 1 h was used as the electrode material of the EDLC after KOH activation. As the pre-carbonization temperature increased, the SSA, pore volume and gravimetric capacitance tended to decrease, but the crystallinity and electrode density tended to increase, showing a maximum volumetric capacitance at a medium carbonization temperature. Therefore, it was possible to control the crystalline structure, SSA, and pore structure of AC by changing the pre-carbonization temperature. Because the electrode density increased with increasing of the pre-carbonization temperature, the highest volumetric capacitance of 28.4 F/cc was obtained from the PP pre-carbonized at $700^{\circ}C$, exhibiting a value over 150% of that of a commercial AC (MSP-20) for EDLC. Electrochemical activation was observed from the electrodes of PP as they were pre-carbonized at high temperatures above $700^{\circ}C$ and then activated by KOH. This process was found to have a significant effect on the specific capacitance and it was demonstrated that the higher charging voltage of EDLC was, the greater the electrochemical activation effect was.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.429-434
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• 2015

Resistance switching memory cells were fabricated using atomically dispersed Pt-$SiO_2$ thin film prepared via RF co-sputtering. The memory cell can switch between a low-resistance-state and a high-resistance-state reversibly and reproducibly through applying alternate voltage polarities. Percolated conducting paths are the origin of the low-resistance-state, while trapping electrons in the negative U-center in the Pt-$SiO_2$ interface cause the high-resistance-state. Intermediate resistance-states are obtained through controlling the compliance current, which can be applied to multi-level operation for high memory density. It is found that the resistance value is related to the capacitance of the memory cell: a 265-fold increase in resistance induces a 2.68-fold increase in capacitance. The exponential growth model of the conducting paths can explain the quantitative relationship of resistance-capacitance. The model states that the conducting path generated in the early stage requires a larger area than that generated in the last stage, which results in a larger decrease in the capacitance.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.83-88
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• 2003

This paper analyses a fault operation due to the effect of miller capacitance, which severely influences the performance of the IPMs based on computer-aided simulations, and also it presents a good solution to solve that problem. A miller capacitance existed between gate and collect is very closely related to the stray capacitance formed between gate and emitter, and the value of gate resistor. These relationships are proved by the computer-aided simulation. Based on the PSpice simulation results, a customized IPM employing an auxiliary circuit is presented to minimize a fault operation. And it is compared to the standard IPM by the experimental waveform. As a result, it is verified that a customized IPM has a voltage margin to prevent a fault operation approx. 3 [V].

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.221-227
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• 2017

A new approach to designing a broadband and highly efficient class-E power amplifier based on nonlinear shunt capacitance analysis is proposed. The nonlinear shunt capacitance method accurately extracts optimum class-E power amplifier parameters, including an external shunt capacitance and an output impedance, at different frequencies. The dependence of the former parameter on the frequency is considered to select an optimal value of external shunt capacitor. Then, upon determining the latter parameter, an output matching network is optimized to obtain the highest efficiency across the bandwidth of interest. An analytical approach is presented to design the broadband class-E power amplifier of a MOSFET transistor. The proposed method is experimentally verified by a 140-170 MHz class-E power amplifier design with maximum added power efficiency of 82% and output power of 34 dBm.