• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.831-836
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• 2013

Platinized counter electrode is common in most of the dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) researches because of its high catalytic activity and corrosion stability against iodine in the electrolyte. Platinum (Pt) film coating on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) glass surface by using alcoholic solution of hexachloroplatinic acid ($H_2PtCl_6$), paste containing Pt precursors or sputtering are widely used techniques. This paper presents a novel application of Pt ink containing nanoparticles for making platinized counter electrode for DSSC. The characteristics of Pt films coated on FTO glass surface by different chemical methods were compared along with the performance parameters of the DSSCs made by using the films as counter electrodes. The samples coated with Pt inks were sintered at $300^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes whereas Pt-film and Pt-paste were sintered at $400^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes. The Pt ink diluted in n-hexane was found to a promising candidate for the preparation of platinized counter electrode. The ink may also be applicable for DSSC on flexible substrates after optimization its sintering temperature.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.2496-2503
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• 2018

The short-term stability of high efficiency polymer : nonfullerene solar cells was investigated by employing a quick (ten cycles) current density-voltage (J-V) cycling method. Polymer : nonfullerene solar cells with initial power conversion efficiency (PCE) of >10% were fabricated using bulk heterojunction (BHJ) films of poly[(2,6-(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5b']dithiophene))-alt-(5,5-(1',3'-di-2-thienyl-5,7'-bis(2-ethylhexyl)benzo[1',2'-c:4',5'-c']dithiophene-4,8-dione))] (PBDB-T) and 3,9-bis(2-methylene-((3-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-6/7-methyl)-indanone))-5,5,11,11-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-dithieno[2,3-d:2',3'-d']-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene (IT-M). One set of the BHJ (PBDB-T : IT-M) films was thermally annealed at $160^{\circ}C$ for 30min, while another set was used without any thermal treatment after spin-coating. The quick J-V scan (cycling) measurement disclosed that the PCE decay was relatively slower for the annealed BHJ layers than the unannealed (as-cast) BHJ layers. As a result, after ten cycles, the annealed BHJ layers delivered higher PCE than the unannealed BHJ layers due to higher and more stable trend in fill factor. The present quick J-V cycling method is simple but expected to be useful for the prediction of short-term stability in organic solar cells.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.804-815
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• 2019

화석연료의 고갈 및 지구 온난화 등 환경문제에 대응하기 위해 세계는 화석연료를 대신할 에너지에 대한 연구를 진행하였고, 그중 바이오매스가 대체에너지로써 주목받고 있다. 바이오매스는 재생 가능하고 탄소 중립(carbon neutral)적인 특성이 있으나 수분함량이 많고 낮은 에너지밀도를 가지므로 에너지 생산 시스템에 이용하기 위해서는 열화학적 변환 공정이 필요하다. 그중 하나인 가스화는 바이오매스로부터 수소, 일산화탄소, 메탄 등으로 구성된 합성가스(syngas)를 생성시켜 연료로써 이용할 수 있도록 해준다. 그러나 가스화 과정 중에 발생되는 타르와 입자상 물질은 배관, 연소 엔진, 발전 터빈 등에서 막힘 현상을 일으켜 공정 효율을 감소시키는 문제를 야기하므로 제거가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 가스화 공정에서 발생되는 타르를 비롯한 입자물질에 대해 제거 효율이 뛰어난 필터를 사용하였으며, 타르로부터 필터 눈 막힘 현상을 방지하기 위해 pre-coating 기술을 적용하였다. pre-coating에 사용된 물질로써는 소석회와 활성탄(wood char)을 사용하였으며, 타르 및 입자에 대한 제거효율이 소석회 코팅의 경우 86 %, 활성탄(wood char)의 경우 80 %로 나타났다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.213-213
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• 2012

It has been known that quantum confinement effect of CdSe nanocrystal was observed by increasing the number of deposition cycle using successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. Here, we report on thermally-induced quantum confinement effect of CdSe at the given cycle number using spin-coating technology. A cation precursor solution containing $0.3\;M\;Cd(NO_3)_2{\cdot}4H_2O$ is spun onto a $TiO_2$ nanoparticulate film, which is followed by spinning an anion precursor solution containing $0.3\;M\;Na_2\;SeSO_3$ to complete one cycle. The cycle is repeated up to 10 cycles, where the spin-coated $TiO_2$ film at each cycle is heated at temperature ranging from $100^{\circ}C$ to $250^{\circ}C$. The CdSe-sensitized $TiO_2$ nanostructured film is contacted with polysulfide redox electrolyte to construct photoelectrochemical solar cell. Photovoltaic performance is significantly dependent on the heat-treatment temperature. Incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) increases with increasing temperature, where the onset of the absorption increases from 600 nm for the $100^{\circ}C$- to 700 nm for the $150^{\circ}C$- and to 800 nm for the $200^{\circ}C$- and the $250^{\circ}C$-heat treatment. This is an indicative of quantum size effect. According to Tauc plot, the band gap energy decreases from 2.09 eV to 1.93 eV and to 1.76 eV as the temperature increases from $100^{\circ}C$ to $150^{\circ}C$ and to $200^{\circ}C$ (also $250^{\circ}C$), respectively. In addition, the size of CdSe increases gradually from 4.4 nm to 12.8 nm as the temperature increases from $100^{\circ}C$ to $250^{\circ}C$. From the differential thermogravimetric analysis, the increased size in CdSe by increasing the temperature at the same deposition condition is found to be attributed to the increase in energy for crystallization with $dH=240cal/^{\circ}C$. Due to the thermally induced quantum confinement effect, the conversion efficiency is substantially improved from 0.48% to 1.8% with increasing the heat-treatment temperature from $100^{\circ}C$ to $200^{\circ}C$.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.61-61
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• 2011

Polymer solar cells have become one of the rising next generation solar cells due to their potential for lightweight and bendable plastic solar modules. Recently, the power conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells has reached ~8 %, which can make ~6 % plastic solar modules when it comes to the modular aperture ratio of ~80 %. Although this efficiency is far behind that of conventional inorganic solar cells, the plastic solar modules are expected to create new energy market into which the inorganic solar modules could not make inroads. In the near future, the plastic solar modules can be integrated with consumer electronics that should overcome the regulation of energy consumption. For this application, the polymer solar cells should be fabricated in a variety of module shapes, which can be resolved by employing conventional and/or advanced coating and molding technologies of plastics products. In this tutorial, the fundamental aspect of polymer solar cells will be briefly introduced and then recent trends in terms of materials and devices will be reviewed together with showing recent results in organic nanoelectronics laboratory.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2011

Galvanized steel has gone through a chemical process to keep it from corroding. The steel gets coated in layers of zinc because rust will not attack this protective metal. For countless outdoor, marine, or industrial applications, galvanized steel is an essential fabrication component. The reduction of the corrosion rate of zinc is an important topic. In the past, a very popular way to reduce the corrosion rate of zinc was to use chemical conversion layers based on $Cr^{+6}$. However, a significant problem that has arisen is that the use of chromium salts is now restricted because of environmental protection legislation. Therefore, it is very important to develop new zinc surface treatments that are environmentally friendly to improve the corrosion resistance of zinc and adhesion with a final organic protective layer. In this study, a Urethane solution (only Urethane 20 wt.%; S-700) and an organic/inorganic solution with Si (Si polysilicate 10 wt.% + Urethane 10 wt.%; LRO-317) are used. Based on the salt spray test of 72 h, S-700 and LRO-317 had a superior effect for the corrosion resistance on EGI and HDGI, respectively.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2013

In the past, a very popular method for reducing the corrosion on zinc involved the use of chemical conversion layer coatings based on $Cr^{+6}$. However, there is an important problem with using chromium salts as a result of restrictive environmental protection legislation. This study investigated the optimum condition for galvanized steel using an organic/inorganic solution with a Ti composition. In the case of a fixed heat treatment time, the corrosion resistance values of LR-0727(1) and LR-0727(2) were improved as the heat treatment temperature increased, and the optimum minimum temperature decreased with the heat treatment time. At the optimum heat treatment condition of two coating solutions, the heat treatment time of the LR-0727(1) solution was shorter than LR-0727(2) for the same heat treatment temperature. LR-0727(1) coated specimens did not show desquamation, and all of the specimens showed a good adhesive property. In contrast, in the case of the LR-0727(2) coated specimens, desquamation arose. Therefore, the adhesive property of LR-0727(1) was superior to that of LR-0727(2). The pencil hardness had a 3H average for all of the coating solutions and heat treatment conditions. In the case of a corrosion resistance test with boiling water, the coated specimens of LR-0727(1) were discolored, but LR-0727(2) was not. Finally, LR-0727(1) was more moisture proof than LR-0727(2).

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2017년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.148-148
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• 2017

Surface modification is a type of mechanical manipulation skills to achieve extensive aims including corrosion control, exterior appearance, abrasion resistance, electrical insulation and electrical conductivity of substrate materials by generating a protective surface using electrical, physical and chemical treatment on the surface of parts made from metallic materials. Such surface modification includes plating, anodizing, chemical conversion treatment, painting, lining, coating and surface hardening; this study conducted cavitation experiment to assess improvement of durability using anodizing. In order to observe surface characteristics with applied current density, the electrolyte temperature, concentration was maintained at constant condition. To prevent hindrance of stable growth of oxide layer due to local temperature increase during the experiment, stirring was maintained at constant speed. In addition, using galvanostatic method, it was maintained at processing time of 40minutes for 10 to $30mA/cm^2$. The cavitation experiment was carried out with an ultra sonic vibratory apparatus using piezo-electric effect with modified ASTM-G32. The peak-to-peak amplitude was $30{\mu}m$ and the distance between the horn tip and specimen was 1mm. The specimen after the experiment was cleaned in an ultrasonic bath, dried in a vacuum oven for more than 24 hours, and weighed with an electric balance. The surface damage morphology was observed with 3D analysis microscope. As a result of the study, differences were observed surface hardness and anti-cavitation characteristics depending on the development of oxide film with the anodizing process time.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.774-780
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 저온에서 매립지 가스(LFG)하에서 메탄의 완전 산화 특성 분석을 위한 고성능 Pd 코팅 $La_{0.1}Sr_{0.9}Co_{0.2}Fe_{0.8}O_{3-{\delta}}$ (LSCF-1928)촉매를 개발하였다. LSCF-1928 촉매를 분말형과 중공사형으로 성형한 후 중공사형의 표면을 무전해도금법으로 Pd를 코팅하였다. 성형된 촉매는 TPR을 통해 촉매에 흡착 된 산소종과 그 흡착 량을 분석하였고, SEM을 통해 중공사형 기공구조를 확인하였으며, XRD를 통해 촉매의 안정성을 확인하였다. 메탄 산화 실험 결과 LSCF-1928 촉매의 메탄 완전산화 온도는 $475^{\circ}C$ 이었으나, Pd코팅 된 LSCF-1928 촉매는 이보다 낮았으며, $O_2$ 전화 율 또한 일반 LSCF-1928 촉매보다 Pd 코팅 LSCF-1928 촉매가 높았음을 확인하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2018

분진과 질소 산화물을 동시에 처리할 수 있는 이원적 기능을 가진 촉매 필터는 산업체 적용에 많은 장점을 갖고 있다. 통기성이 높은 시트 형 세라믹 필터를 촉매 필터 소재로 활용하면 배기가스 처리 공정의 타당성을 더욱 높일 것이다. 그러나 시트 필터는 두께가 얇아서 촉매 지지층에 촉매를 부착할 수 있는 공간이 부족하므로 효과적인 촉매필터를 제조하기가 쉽지 않다. 본 연구에서는 국산 시트 필터를 사용하여 촉매 필터를 제조하고 실험실 장치에서 제조된 촉매 필터의 NO 환원 성능이 평가되었다. 현재 시판되고 있는 시트 필터로 촉매 필터를 제조할 경우 여과속도 $2m\;s^{-1}$에서 700 ppm NO 농도에 대한 NO 전환율이 92% 이하로써 촉매 필터 재료로써 좋은 특성을 나타내지 못했다. 이와 같이 저조한 특성을 보이는 이유는 시트 필터의 촉매 지지층의 기공이 균일하지 못하여 필요 이상의 큰 기공이 존재하기 대문으로 해석되었다. 필터에 존재하는 큰 기공의 사이즈를 줄이기 위하여 필터를 제조하는 원재료에 작은 입자를 혼합하여 시트 필터의 기공을 줄이는 효과를 통하여 NO 전환율 96% 이상을 달성하였다. 또한 촉매 지지체로써 큰 입자의 $TiO_2$를 혼합하여 촉매층의 기공을 팽창시켜서 개선된 촉매 필터는 상용 요구에 충족되는 98% 이상의 NO 전환율을 보였다. 위 두 경우 모두 촉매층 내에 존재할 수 있는 큰 기공을 효과적으로 메워서 적절한 촉매층이 형성되면 촉매 필터의 성능이 향상되는 결과를 보인 것이다. 따라서 이와 같이 통기도가 우수한 장점을 가진 시트 필터가 촉매 필터의 소재로 잘 활용될 수 있음을 보였다.