• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.519-525
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• 2010

Ethanol was used as reductant to remove $NO_x$ over Ag/$Al_2O_3$ catalyst via SCR from stationary emission source. Among the tested hydrocarbon reductants, ethanol showed highest de-$NO_x$ performance over the Ag/$Al_2O_3$ catalyst. De-$NO_x$ efficiency of about 83% was obtained in the condition of GHSV 20,000 $hr^{-1}$, $NO_x$ 200 ppm, CO 200 ppm, $O_2$ 13%, $H_2O$ 5% and mole ratio of ethanol/$NO_x$ = 2 between temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ and $400^{\circ}C$. While $SO_2$ presence in the $NO_x$ exhaust suppressed the catalytic activity, catalyst with acid (0.7% $H_2SO_4$) treatment of catalyst showed higher catalytic activity, where In-Situ DRIFT showed S presence over catalyst surface was increased after acid treatment of catalyst. From in-situ DRIFT and SCR results, it was concluded that sulfur presence over the surface of Ag/$Al_2O_3$ catalyst was the dominant factor to control the de-$NO_x$ reaction yield via HC-SCR from the exhausted gas including $SO_2$.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.250-257
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• 2016

Octahedral $Co_3O_4$/carbon nanofiber (CNF) composites are fabricated using electrospinning and hydrothermal methods. Their morphological characteristics, chemical bonding states, and electrochemical properties are used to demonstrate the improved photovoltaic properties of the samples. Octahedral $Co_3O_4$ grown on CNFs is based on metallic Co nanoparticles acting as seeds in the CNFs, which seeds are directly related to the high performance of DSSCs. The octahedral $Co_3O_4$/CNFs composites exhibit high photocurrent density ($12.73mA/m^2$), superb fill factor (62.1 %), and excellent power conversion efficiency (5.61 %) compared to those characteristics of commercial $Co_3O_4$, conventional CNFs, and metallic Co-seed/CNFs. These results can be described as stemmnig from the synergistic effect of the porous and graphitized matrix formed by catalytic graphitization using the metal cobalt catalyst on CNFs, which leads to an increase in the catalytic activity for the reduction of triiodide ions. Therefore, octahedral $Co_3O_4$/CNFs composites can be used as a counter electrode for Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cells.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.1912-1920
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• 2011

The $SnO_2$ with a particle size of about 300 nm instead of Ni is used in this study to overcome rapid catalytic deactivation by the formation of a $NiAl_2O_4$ spinal structure on the conventional Ni/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ catalyst and simultaneously impregnated the catalyst with potassium (K). The $SnO_2-K_2O$ impregnated Zeolite Y catalyst ($SnO_2-K_2O$/ZY) exhibited significantly higher ethanol reforming reactivity that that achieved with $SnO_2$ 100 and $SnO_2$ 30 wt %/ZY catalysts. The main products from ethanol steam reforming (ESR) over the $SnO_2$-$K_2O$/ZY catalyst were $H_2$, $CO_2$, and $CH_4$, with no evidence of any CO molecule formation. The $H_2$ production and ethanol conversion were maximized at 89% and 100%, respectively, over $SnO_2$ 30 wt %-$K_2O$ 3.0 wt %/ZY at 600 $^{\circ}C$ for 1 h at a $CH_3CH_2OH:H_2O$ ratio of 1:1 and a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 12,700 $h^{-1}$. No catalytic deactivation occurred for up to 73 h. This result is attributable to the easier and weaker of reduction of Sn components and acidities over $SnO_2-K_2O$/ZY catalyst, respectively, than those of Ni/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ catalysts.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.526-535
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• 2016

Recently, fine dust in atmosphere have been considerably issued as a harmful element for human. Nitrogen oxide ($NO_x$) exhausted from diesel engines and power plants has been disclosed as a main source of secondary production of fine dust. In order to prevent exhausting these nitrogenous compounds into atmosphere, a treatment system with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst with ammonia as a reductant has been used in various industries. Urea solution has been widely studied to supply ammonia into a SCR catalytic reactor, safely. However, the conversion of urea solution to ammonia has several challenges, especially on a slow conversion velocity. In the present study, a fast urea conversion system including a plasma burner was suggested and designed to evaluate the performances of urea conversion and initial operation time. A designed lab-scale facility has a plasma burner, urea nozzle, mixer, and SCR catalyst which is for hydrolysis of isocyane. Flow rate of methane that is a fuel of the plasma burner was varied to control temperatures in the urea conversion facility. From experimental results, it is found that urea can be converted into ammonia using high temperature condition of above $400^{\circ}C$. In the designed test facility, it is found that ammonia can be produced within 1 min from urea injection and the result shows prospect commercialization of proposed technology in the SCR facilities.

• 공업화학
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.925-934
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• 1994

유지 수소화용 폐촉매로부터 니켈을 추출 분리하여 수소화 촉매로 재생하였다. 입수한 폐촉매로부터는 약 21.8% Ni, 0.7% Mg 및 소량의 Al, Fe와 Zn이 검출되었다. 폐촉매로부터 무기산을 이용하여 니켈 성분을 추출할 때는 염산>질산>황산의 순서로 추출률이 감소하였으며, 질산으로 추출할 경우 3N의 농도로 3시간 정도 추출하는 것이 적합하였다. 용해도차를 이용한 금속 불순물의 침전 분리 제거에 있어서 니켈 회수율을 최대화 하려면 pH 6.5~9.0의 조건이 좋으나 부분적으로 불순물 공침이 생긴다. 니켈의 회수율이 약간 떨어지더라도 pH 7.0~9.0에서 니켈을 분리하여 금속 불순물의 대부분을 제거하면 촉매 제조에 효과적이었다. 폐촉매로부터 추출 처리하여 얻은 nickel을 규조토에 담지시켜 습식환원법으로 제조한 촉매는 촉매 내 금속 불순물의 제거율이 높은 경우, 시약으로 실험실에서 제조한 촉매와 대동소이한 대두유 경화반응 특성을 나타내었다. 이 때 담체의 비표면적은 반응에 영향을 미치지 않았다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.89-92
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• 2007

Partail oxidation(POX) of n-butane was investigated in this research by employing ceria-promoted Ni/calcium hydroxyapatite catalysts ($Ce_xNi_{2.5}Ca_{10}(OH)_2(PO_4)_6$ ; x = $0.1{\sim}0.3$) which had recently been reported to exhibit good catalytic performance in POX of methane and propane. The experiments were carried out with changing ceria content, $O_2/n-C_4H_{10}$ ratio and temperature. As the $O_2/n-C_4H_{10}$ feed ratio increased up to 2.75, n-$C_4H_{10}$ conversion and $H_2$ yield increased and the selectivity of methane and other hydrocarbons decreased. But with $O_2/n-C_4H_{10}$ = 3.0, $n-C_4H_{10}$ conversion and $H_2$ yield decreased. This is considered due to that too much oxygen may inhibit the reduction of Ni or induce the oxidation of Ni, which results in poor catalytic activity. The optimum $O_2/n-C_4H_{10}$ ratio lay between 2.50 and 2.75. $Ce_{0.1}Ni_{2.5}Ca_{10}(OH)_2(PO_4)_6$ showed the highest $n-C_4H_{10}$ conversion and $H-2$ yield on the whole. In durability tests, higher hydrogen yield and better catalyst stability were obtained with the $O_2/n-C_4H_{10}$ ratio of 2.75 than with the ratio of 2.5.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2001

Photo catalytic characteristics of nano-sized TiO$_2$ powder with rutile phase produced using homogeneous precipitation process at low temperatures (HPPLT) were compared with those of commercial P-25 powder by Degussa Co. The TiO$_2$ powder by HPPLT showed very higher photoactivity in the removal rate, showing lower pH values in the solution, than the P-25 powder when eliminating metal ions such as Pb and Cu from aqueous metal-EDTA solutions. This can be inferred the more rapid photo-oxidation or -reduction of metal ions from the aqueous solution, together with relatively higher efficiencies in the use of electron-hole pair formed on the surface of TiO$_2$ particle, under UV light irradiation. Also, in the view of the TiO$_2$ particle morphology, compared to the well-dispersed spherical P-25 particle, the agglomerated TiO$_2$ particle by HPPL T consists of acicular typed primary particle with the thickness ranged of 3∼7 nm, which would be more effective to the photocatalytic reactions without electron-hole recombination on the surface of the TiO$_2$ particle under the UV light irradiation. It is, therefore, thought that the higher photo activity of the rutile TiO$_2$ powder by HPPLT in the aqueous solutions resulted from having its higher specific surface area as well as acicular shape primary particle with very thin thickness.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.212-212
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• 2011

In addition to the catalysts' activity and selectivity, the deactivation of catalysts during use is of practical importance. It is crucial to understand the phenomena of the deactivation to predict the loss of activity during catalyst usage so that the high operational costs associated with catalyst replacement can be reduced. In this study, the activity of Ru catalysts, such as nanoparticles (3~6 nm) and polycrystalline thin film (50 nm), have been investigated under CO oxidation and oxidative/reductive reaction conditions at various temperatures with the ambient pressure X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS). With APXPS, the surface oxides on the catalyst are measured and monitored in-situ. It was found that the Ru film exhibited faster oxidation-and-reduction compared to that of nanoparticles showing mild oxidative-and-reductive characteristics. Additionally, the larger Ru nanoparticles showed a higher degree of oxide formation at all temperatures, suggesting a higher stability of the oxide. These observations are in agreement with the catalytic activity of Ru catalysts. The loss of activity of Ru films is correlated with bulk oxide formation, which is inactive in CO oxidation. The Ru nanoparticle, however, does not exhibit deactivation under similar conditions, suggesting that its surface is covered with a highly active ultrathin surface oxide. Since the active oxide is more stable as nanoparticles than as a film, the nanoparticles showed mild oxidative/reductive behavior, as confirmed by APXPS results. We believe these simultaneous observations of both the surface oxide of Ru catalysts and the reactivity in real time enable us to pinpoint the deactivation phenomena more precisely and help in designing more efficient and stable catalytic systems.

• 공업화학
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.555-564
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• 2016

대기 중 이산화탄소의 재활용 기술과 재생에너지에 의한 물 분해 기술의 접목이 최근 가능해지면서 메탄올은 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 경제성이 유리하도록 메탄올 경제를 실현하기 위해서는 고활성 메탄올 합성 촉매를 제조하여야 하며, 이를 위해서는 논리적인 접근법이 필요하다. 공침법을 통해 제조하는 Cu/ZnO 기반의 촉매는 침전, 숙성, 여과, 세척, 건조, 소성, 환원 등의 복잡한 단계로 제조되며, 100년의 역사를 가지고 있음에도 불구하고 최근에야 침전 화학과 촉매 나노구조에 대한 기초적인 이해가 이루어지고 있다. 이에 본 고에서는 단계별로 합성 변수가 침전, 소성, 환원상태 물질의 물성에 미치는 영향에 대한 최근 결과들을 리뷰하고, 화학적 기억 효과라고 부르는 이들 물성들과 최종 촉매의 활성 사이의 관련성을 논의하였다. 제조 변수별 설명은 메탄올 합성을 위한 Cu/ZnO 기반 고활성 촉매를 제조하는 방법에 초점이 맞추어져 있다. 논의된 합성 전략은 공침법을 기반으로 하는 타 금속 또는 금속 산화물 담지 촉매의 제조에 활용 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 다양한 증진제에 따른 $CH_4-SCR$ 반응특성을 확인하기 위하여 $Pt/Al_2O_3$를 기본으로 한 촉매에 알칼리, 알칼리 토류 금속을 담지하여 습식함침법으로 제조한다. 본 연구를 통해 $Pt/Al_2O_3$ 촉매에 Na를 담지시킬 경우 Pt와 Na 원자간 electronegative gap의 발생으로 Pt의 valence state 변화를 일으키며, 금속상 Pt의 비율이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있다. 또한 Na 첨가를 최적화시켜 제조한 촉매의 금속상 Pt종은 촉매표면에서 NO species 흡착 증진과 환원제로 사용되는 $CH_4$의 $CO_2$로의 산화를 억제시킨다. 이때, Na/Pt의 mole ratio는 4.0이 최적화이며, $CH_4-SCR$ 효율이 가장 우수하다.