• Composites Research
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.132-137
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• 2016

Based on mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA), a novel technique to fabricate carbon nanowire (CNW) arrays is presented for a possible use of porous carbon electrode in electrochemical energy storage applications. PDA can give more porosity and nitrogen-doping effect to carbon electrodes, since it has high graphitic carbon yield characteristic and rich amine functionalities. Using such outstanding properties, the applicability of PDA for electrochemical energy storage devices was investigated. To achieve this, the decoration of the CNW arrays on carbon fiber surface was performed to increase the surface area for storage of electrical charge and the chemical active sites. Here, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire (NW) arrays were hydrothermally grown on the carbon fiber surface and then, PDA was coated on ZnO NWs. Finally, high temperature annealing was performed to carbonize PDA coating layers. For higher energy density, manganese oxide ($MnO_x$) nanoparticles (NPs), were deposited on the carbonized PDA NW arrays. The enlarged surface area induced by carbon nanowire arrays led to a 4.7-fold enhancement in areal capacitance compared to that of bare carbon fibers. The capacitance of nanowire-decorated electrodes reached up to $105.7mF/cm^2$, which is 59 times higher than that of pristine carbon fibers.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2012

A superconductor flywheel energy storage system (SFES) is an electro-mechanical battery which transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy for storage, and vice versa. A 35 kWh class SFES module was designed and constructed as part of a 100kWh/1MW class SFES composed of three 35 kWh class SFES modules. The 35 kWh class SFES is composed of a main frame, superconductor bearings, a composite flywheel, a motor/generator, electro-magnetic bearings, and a permanent magnet bearing. The high energy density composite flywheel is levitated by the permanent magnet bearing and superconductor bearings, while being spun by the motor/generator, and the electro-magnetic bearings are activated while passing through the critical speeds. Each of the main components was designed to provide maximum performance within a space-limited compact frame. The 35 kWh class SFES is designed to store 35 kWh, with a 350 kW charge/discharge capacity, in the 8,000 ~ 12,000 rpm operational speed range.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.392.1-392.1
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• 2016

Nowadays, research interest in developing the wearable devices are growing remarkably. Portable consumer electronic systems are becoming lightweight, flexible and even wearable. In fact, wearable electronics require energy storage device with thin, foldable, stretchable and conformable properties. Accordingly, developing the flexible energy storage devices with desirable abilities has become the main focus of research area. Among various energy storage devices, supercapacitors have been considered as an attractive next generation energy storage device owing to their advantageous properties of high power density, rapid charge-discharge rate, long-cycle life and high safety. The energy being stored in pseudocapacitors is relatively higher compared to the electrochemical double-layer capacitors, which is due to the continuous redox reactions generated in the electrode materials of pseudocapacitors. Generally, transition metal oxides/hydroxide (such as $Co_3O_4$, $Ni(OH)_2$, $NiFe_2O_4$, $MnO_2$, $CoWO_4$, $NiWO_4$, etc.) with controlled nanostructures (NSs) are used as electrode materials to improve energy storage properties in pseudocapacitors. Therefore, different growth methods have been used to synthesize these NSs. Of various growth methods, electrochemical deposition is considered to be a simple and low-cost method to facilely integrate the various NSs on conductive electrodes. Herein, we synthesized amorphous $NiWO_4$ NSs on cost-effective conductive textiles by a facile electrochemical deposition. The as-grown amorphous $NiWO_4$ NSs served as a flexible and efficient electrode for energy storage applications.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권5호
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• pp.33-39
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• 1998

The BST (Ba$_{1-x}$ Sr$_{x}$TiO$_{3}$)(50/50) thin film has been grown by RF magnetron reactive sputtering and its characteristics such as crystallization, surface roughness, and electrical properties have been investigated with varying the film thickness. The crystallization and surface roughness of BST thin film are investigated by using XRD and AFM, respectively The BST thin film anealed at 800.deg. C for 2 min has pure perovskite structure and good surface roughness of 16.1.angs.. We estimate that the thickness and dielectric constant of interface layer between BST film and electrode are 3nm and 18.9, respectively, by measuring the capacitance with various film thickness. As the film thickness increases form 80nm to 240nm, the dielectric constant at 10kHz increases from 199 to 265 and the leakage current density at 200kV/cm decreases from 0.682.mu.A/cm$^{2}$ to 0.181 .mu.A/cm$^{2}$. In the case of 240nm-thick BST thin film, the charge storage density and leakage current density at 5V are 50.5fC/.mu.m$^{2}$ and 0.182.mu.A/cm$^{2}$, respectively. The values indicate that the BST thin film is a very useful dielectric material for the DRAM capacitor.or.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2018

In battery-operated systems, an isolated converter is used to interface the utility grid with the system to increase stability when charging and discharging batteries. Systems such as vehicle-to-grids (V2Gs), on-board chargers, and energy storage systems (ESSs) have recently become popular, and the roles of isolated converters have become important considerations in fabricating such devices. A fixed-frequency LLC converter, which is a type of isolated converter, presents the advantages of high efficiency and high power density by performing zero-voltage switching (ZVS) over wide frequency ranges. However, the magnetizing inductance of the LLC converter should be designed to enable ZVS in all switching devices. Therefore, in this study, the operating characteristics of the LLC circuit are analyzed, and an optimal design method for ZVS operation is established. Moreover, an 8 kW LLC high-efficiency and high-power-density resonant converter is designed and tested for ESS application. The LLC converter achieves 98% efficiency at rated power.

• 정보저장시스템학회논문집
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.96-99
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• 2006

In this research, a wafer-level transfer method of cantilever away on a conventional CMOS circuit has been developed for high density probe-based data storage. The transferred cantilevers were silicon nitride ($Si_3N_4$) cantilevers integrated with poly silicon heaters and piezoelectric sensors, called thermo-piezoelectric $Si_3N_4$ cantilevers. In this process, we did not use a SOI wafer but a conventional p-type wafer for the fabrication of the thermo-piezoelectric $Si_3N_4$ cantilever arrays. Furthermore, we have developed a very simple transfer process, requiring only one step of cantilever transfer process for the integration of the CMOS wafer and cantilevers. Using this process, we have fabricated a single thermo-piezoelectric $Si_3N_4$ cantilever, and recorded 65nm data bits on a PMMA film and confirmed a charge signal at 5nm of cantilever deflection. And we have successfully applied this method to transfer 34 by 34 thermo-piezoelectric $Si_3N_4$ cantilever arrays on a CMOS wafer. We obtained reading signals from one of the cantilevers.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2022

Carbon nanomaterials are considered to be the materials of choice for the fabrication of electrochemical energy storage devices due to their stability, cost-effectiveness, well-established processing techniques, and superior performance compared to other active materials. In the present work, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has been synthesized and used for the fabrication of a symmetric supercapacitor. The electrochemical performance of the fabricated supercapacitors with three different aqueous electrolytes namely 0.5 M H₂SO₄, 0.5 M H₃PO₄, and 1.0M Na₂SO₄ have been compared and analyzed. Among the three electrolytes, the highest areal specific capacitance of 14 mF/cm² was calculated at a scan rate of 5 mV/s observed with 0.5M H₃PO₄ electrolyte. The results were also confirmed from the charge/discharge results where the supercapacitor with 0.5M H₃PO₄ electrolyte delivered a specific capacitance of 11 mF/cm² at a current density of 0.16 mA/cm². In order to assess the stability of the supercapacitor with different electrolytes, the cells were subjected to continuous charge/discharge cycling and it was observed that acidic electrolytes showed excellent cyclic stability with no appreciable drop in specific capacitance as compared to the neutral electrolyte.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2024

최근 이차전지는 다양한 산업 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 특히 소형 및 경량의 특성으로 스마트폰, 노트북, 태블릿 등 다양한 휴대용 전자기기에서 높은 에너지 밀도와 충·방전 효율을 토대로 전기자동차와 에너지저장시스템(Energy Storage System, ESS)의 핵심 부품으로 사용되고 있다. 하지만 이차전지의 과도한 충·방전에 따른 수명감소, 파열, 손상, 화재 등의 문제점이 발생하고 있다. 따라서 BMS(Battery Management System)를 통하여 과도한 충·방전을 보호하고 성능을 향상시킨다. 하지만 실제 리튬이온 배터리를 사용하여 BMS의 차단 및 보호범위 설정하는 데 있어서 이차전지의 수명감소, 파열, 손상, 화재의 문제점이 따른다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 배터리 충방전기와 시뮬레이터를 활용하여 이차전지 중 사용이 높은 리튬이온 배터리와 납축전지의 충전 및 방전 특성을 살펴본다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.777-784
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• 2016

바나듐 전해질 산화-환원 흐름전지(vanadium redox flow batteries, VRFBs)는 간헐적 에너지 저장 시스템의 에너지 저장장치로 사용된다. VRFBs는 재료 및 동작조건에 따라 성능의 차이를 보이며, 각 성능특성에 따른 VRFBs개발이 요구된다. 본 연구에 사용된 단위셀은 반응면적 $25cm^2$이며, 전해액은 0.6의 충전상태를 나타낸다. 방전전류밀도를 0에서 $520mA/cm^2$ 까지 변화시키면서 동시에 전해질 유량도 5mL/min에서 60mL/min까지 변화시켰다. 동일한 입구 전해액 상태에 따른 방전 성능 평가를 위해 4개의 탱크를 사용한 비순환 시스템을 구축하였다. 본 논문은 유량 및 전류밀도의 변화에 대한 단자전압을 측정하였으며, $25cm^2$ 반응면적을 가지는 바나듐계 산화-환원 유동전지 시스템의 최대전류밀도에 대한 실험식을 도출하였다.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.440-450
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• 2021

수장고 및 전시 공간의 종합적 유해생물 관리를 위하여 실시간 온습도 센서 및 모듈을 이용한 환경 데이터 수집, 실내 부유 진균류 농도 및 곤충 유입 자료의 데이터 시각화를 부여 정림사지 박물관 유물 공간을 대상으로 실시하였다. 실시간 온습도 모니터링 시스템은 30분 단위로 측정 데이터를 수집하였으며 연동 애플리케이션을 통해 측정 데이터를 실시간으로 확인 가능하도록 하였다. 또한 측정된 온습도 데이터가 미리 설정한 범위를 초과하였을 경우, 푸시 알림을 담당자의 단말기로 전송하여 현황 정보를 제공함으로써 상시적 관리 체계를 구축하였다. 이를 통해 8월 중 유물 권장 온도 범위를 초과한 상황의 즉각적인 인지 및 조치가 가능하였다. 수장고 내부 공간에 따른 시기별 부유진균류 농도 데이터를 국립문화재연구소에서 제시한 생물학적 유해환경요인 권고기준(안) 기준으로 범례화하여 시각화한 결과, 수장고 1층과 2층 유물 공간 모두 위험 기준인 80 C.F.U./m³ 이하의 부유 진균류 농도가 유지되는 것이 확인되었다. 또한 곤충 유입 조사 결과, 수장고 내부에는 곤충이 포획되지 않았으며, 전시공간의 경우, 딱정그리마, 알락귀뚜라미, 알락꼽등이 등의 곤충이 포획되었다. 이를 바탕으로 구역별 포획 곤충의 개체 밀도에 따른 시각화를 실시한 결과, 곤충의 주요 유입 경로가 외부 출입구 및 화장실 구역임을 확인할 수 있었다.