• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.264-271
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• 2021

Porous carbons have been widely used as electrode material for supercapacitors. However, commercial porous carbons, such as activated carbons, have low electrochemical performance. Nitrogen-doping is one of the most promising strategies to improve electrochemical performance of porous carbons. In this study, nitrogen self-doped porous carbon (NPC) is prepared from melamine foam by carbonization to improve the supercapacitive performance. The prepared NPC is characterized in terms of the chemical structures and elements, morphology, pore structures, and electrochemical performance. The results of the N₂ physisorption measurement, X-ray diffraction, and Raman analyses reveal that the prepared NPC has bimodal pore structures and pseudo-graphite structures with nitrogen functionality. The NPC-based electrode exhibits a gravimetric capacitance of 153 F g^-1 at 1 A g^-1, a rate capability of 73.2 % at 10 A g^-1, and an outstanding cycling ability of 97.85 % after 10,000 cycles at 10 A g^-1. Thus, the NPC prepared in this study can be applied as electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.562-568
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• 2009

Electrospinning is a technique that produces sub-micron sized continuous fibers by electric force from polymer solutions or melts. Due to its versatile manufacturability and the cost effectiveness, this method has been recently adopted for the fabrication of one-dimensional materials. Here, we fabricated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymer fibers, from which uniform carbon fibers with diameters of 100-200 nm were obtained after carbonization at 800 $^{\circ}C$ in N$_2$. Special emphasis was directed to the influence of the phase separated polymer solution on the morphology and the microstructure of the resulting carbon fiber. The addition of poly(stylene-co-acrylonitile) (SAN) makes the polymer solution phase separated, which allows for the formation of internal pores by its selective elimination after electrospinning. XPS and Raman Spectroscopy were used to confirm the surface composition and the degree of carbonization. At the PAN:SAN = 50:50 in vol%, the uniform carbon fibers with diameters of 300$\sim$500 nm and surface area of 131.6 m$^2$g$^{-1}$ were obtained.

• 공업화학
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.106-110
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• 2023

리그닌(lignin)은 고분자와 혼합될 수 있고 탄화도 가능하므로 효용성이 크다. 본 실험에서는, 탄화에 유리한 고분자인 폴리아크릴로나이트릴(polyacrylonitrile, PAN)과 리그닌을 혼합하여 탄소 전구체(precursor)로 제조하고, 탄화(carbonization)하여 안정한 탄소 필름이 제어된 탄화 과정을 통해 제조되었다. 얻어진 탄화 소재의 형태적, 전기적 특성들이 분석되었으며, 흡착 성능이 실험적으로 제시되었다. 탄소 전구체 복합소재의 형성은 적외선 분광기(Fourier-transform infrared, FT-IR)를 통해 확인하였고, 생성된 탄소 필름의 외형적 특성은 주사전자현미경(scanning electron microscope, SEM)을 이용하여 고찰하였다. 이를 통해 전구체 필름의 구조적 안정성이 탄화 이후에도 유지됨을 확인하였으며, 필름 내부에 존재하는 리그닌의 흔적도 고찰할 수 있었다. 탄소 필름의 미세 구조는 라만(Raman) 분광기를 통해 분석하였으며, 표면적 및 기공 구조는 BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) 법으로 측정하여, 비교적 균일한 기공이 형성됨을 확인하였다. 탄소 시료의 전기적 특성도 고찰하여, 흡착 소재로서 사용 가능함을 확인하였고, 흡착(adsorption) 테스트를 통해 금속 양이온을 효율적으로 제거할 수 있음을 증명하였다. 본 연구는 해당 분야 향후 연구에 중요한 정보를 제공할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.206-213
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• 2015

This study was carried out to use carbonized medium density fiberboard (MDF) for the replacement of sound absorbing material. Carbonization treatment was performed to improve sound absorption property for MDF at carbonizing temperatures of $500^{\circ}C$, $700^{\circ}C$, $900^{\circ}C$ and $1100^{\circ}C$. As the carbonization temperature increased, the results of the observation by scanning electron microscope (SEM) demonstrated that the fibers exhibited a more compressed morphology within the surface section of the MDF than those within the middle section of MDF. As the carbonizing temperature increased, the cavity increased. The sound absorption coefficient increased between the temperatures of $500^{\circ}C$ and $900^{\circ}C$, but decreased at a temperature of $1100^{\circ}C$. The sound absorption properties of the carbonized MDF and the non-carbonized MDF were compared. The maximum sound absorption coefficient of the carbonized MDF was 12.38%. This was almost double of the value of the non-carbonized MDF.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.298-305
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 2D-woven fabric에 결합재로 페놀수지를 사용하여 성형한 CFRP의 탄화거동을 관찰하였다. TMA분석 결과 적층 두께방향에서는 365-37$0^{\circ}C$ 법선방향에서는 118-12$8^{\circ}C$ 에서 치수변화가 일어났다. 각 온도 구간별로 광학현미경으로 관찰한 결과 CFRP제조시 형성된 크랙이나 기공은 열처리온도에 따라 성장하였으며, 400-50$0^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 새로운 많은 크랙이 형성되었다. 기공률과 밀도가 400-50$0^{\circ}C$ 에서 급격히 변화한 것을 볼 때 이 구간에서 복합재 내부에서 크랙이 형성 및 성장하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 CFRP를 탄화할 때 승온속도를 구간별로 조절할 필요성이 있는 것으로 판단되었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2011

Commercial PAN fibers were thermally stabilized at 220 or $240^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. Those fibers were further stabilized using radio-frequency (RF) capacitive plasma discharge during 5 or 15 min. From Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results, it was observed that an additional plasma treatment led to further stabilization of PAN fibers. After stabilization, carbonization was performed to investigate the final tensile properties of the fabricated carbon fibers (CFs). The results revealed that a combination of thermal and plasma treatment is a possible stabilization process for manufacturing CFs. Morphology of CFs was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. The morphology shows that the plasma stabilization performed by the RF large gap plasma discharge may damage the surface of the CF, so it is necessary to select a proper process condition to minimize the damage.

• Carbon letters
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• 제20권
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• pp.32-38
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• 2016

In this study, cellulose nanoplates (CNPs) were fabricated using cellulose nanocrystals obtained from commercial microcrystalline cellulose (MCC). Their pyrolysis behavior and the characteristics of the product carbonaceous materials were investigated. CNPs showed a relatively high char yield when compared with MCC due to sulfate functional groups introduced during the manufacturing process. In addition, pyrolyzed CNPs (CCNPs) showed more effective chemical activation behavior compared with MCC-induced carbonaceous materials. The activated CCNPs exhibited a microporous carbon structure with a high surface area of 1310.6 m²/g and numerous oxygen heteroatoms. The results of this study show the effects of morphology and the surface properties of cellulose-based nanomaterials on pyrolysis and the activation process.

• Carbon letters
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• 제2권3_4호
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• pp.192-201
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• 2001

The Carbon/Carbon composite was prepared from 3D carbon fiber preform and coal tar pitch as matrix precursor. In order to evaluate of ablative characteristics of the composite, liquid rocket system was employed Kerosene and liquid oxygen was used as propellants, operating at a nominal chamber pressure of 330 psi and a nominal mixture ratio (O/F) of 2.0. The results of an experimental evaluation were that high density composite exhibited high, while low density composites showed low erosion resistance. The erosion rate against heat flux was highly depended on the density of the materials. The morphology of eroded fiber showed differently according to collision angle with heat flux on the composite. The granular matrix which derived from carbonization pressure of 900 bar was more resistance to heat flux than well-developed flow type matrix.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.174-178
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• 2005

Chemical vapor deposition technique has been used to grow epitaxial SiC thin films on Si wafers using tetramethylsilane(TMS) precursor. The films were observed to grow along (110) direction of 3C-SiC at $800^{\circ}C$. The quality of the films was significantly influenced by the TMS flow rate and growth temperature. Nanocrystal SiC films were grown at flow rates of TMS 10 sccm with $H_2$ carrier gas of 100 sccm. The temperature and gas pressure in the reactor have a great influence on the crystallinity and morphology of the SiC film grown. The growth mechanism of the SiC film on the Si substrate without the carbonization process was discussed based on the experimental results.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2010

An experimental study for characteristics of soot were conducted at the post-flame region in jet diffusion flames, where carbon dioxide was used as additives in oxidizer stream. Light-extinction method was performed using He-Ne laser with wave length at 632.8nm for the measurement of relative soot density and soot volume fraction with dimensionless extinction coefficient, $K_e$ and mass specific extinction coefficient, ${\sigma}_s$. To increase of resolution, laser light was modified for sheet-form using concave, convex lenses and slit. C/H ratio was introduced for quantitative analysis of soot growth which is expressed by carbonization and dehydrogen. Also transmission electron microscopy(TEM) was used for observation of morphological shape. The results show that the relative soot density in the post-flame region was lower when carbon dioxide was added in oxidizer stream because of reduction of flame temperature.