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A Comparative Study on Electrochemical Impedance Analysis of Solid Carbon Fuels in Direct Carbon Fuel Cell (직접탄소 연료전지에서 고체 탄소 연료에 따른 전기화학 임피던스 비교 연구)

  • Cho, Jaemin;Eom, Seongyong;Lee, Gwangseob;Ahn, Seongyool;Kim, Duckjool;Choi, Gyungmin
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.620-628
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    • 2014
  • Direct Carbon Fuel Cell(DCFC) is one of new power generation that the chemical energy of solid carbon can be converted into electrical energy directly. At the high temperature, the electrochemical reaction of the carbon takes place and the carbon reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide as followed overall reaction ($C+O_2{\rightarrow}CO_2$). However, in case of using the raw coals as a fuel of DCFC, the volatile matter containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen produces at operating temperature. In this study, the electrochemical reaction of Adaro coal was compared with Graphite. This work focused on the electrochemical reaction of two kinds of solid carbon by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy(EIS). The EIS results were estimated by equivalent circuit analysis. The constant phase element(CPE) was applied in Randle circuit to explain an electrode and fuel interface. The correlation between the fuel characteristic and electrochemical results was discussed by elements of equivalent circuit of each fuel.

Investigation of Polypyrrole Coatings Containing Nanosized Metal Oxides for Corrosion Protection of AA2024 Al Alloy

  • Fekri, F.;Shahidi, M.;Foroughi, M.M.;Kazemipour, M.
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.148-158
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    • 2019
  • The corrosion protection of AA2024 PPy coated samples doping with nanosized metal oxides, including $TiO_2$ and $CeO_2$ nanoparticles and $Nd_2O_3$ nanorods, during exposure to the solutions of 0.1 M $H_2SO_4$ and 3.5% NaCl was evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and linear polarization resistance (LPR) techniques. The nanorods of $Nd_2O_3$ were synthesized by cathodic pulse electrochemical deposition technique. The barrier properties of the different PPy coatings containing nanosized metal oxides immersed in $H_2SO_4$ solution were ranked as follows: $Nd_2O_3$ > $TiO_2$ > $CeO_2$. Therefore, the $Nd_2O_3$ coating sample provided the highest corrosion protection at any time of immersion up to 72 hours after immersing in $H_2SO_4$ solution. On the other hand, the $CeO_2$ coating sample displayed the best anticorrosive properties among the other coating samples after immersion in NaCl solution up to 28 days. This is due to the inhibition effect of cerium ions on aluminum alloys at near-neutral solutions.

Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Nano-Tube Electrode (탄소나노튜브 전극의 전기화학적 특성)

  • Lee Dong-Yoon;Koo Bo-Kun;Lee Won-Jae;Song Jae-Sung;Kim Hyun-Ju
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.139-143
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    • 2005
  • For application of carbon nano-tube (CNT) as a counter electrode materials of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), the electrochemical behavior of CNT electrode was studied, employing cyclic-voltammetry (C-V) and impedance spectroscopy. Fabrication of CNT-paste and formation of CNT-counter electrode for characteristic measurement have been carried out using ball-milling and doctor blade process, respectively. Unit cell for measurements was assembled using Pt electrode, CNT electrode, and iodine-embedded electrolyte. Field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) was used for structural investigation of CNT powder and electrode. Sheet resistance of electrode was measured with 4-point probe method. Electrochemical properties of electrode, C-V and impedance spectrum, were studied, employing potentiogalvanostat (EG&G 273A) and lock in amplifier (EG&G 5210). As a results, the sheet resistance of CNT electrode is almost similar to that of F-doped SnO2 (FTO) coated glass substrate as approximately 10 ohm/sq. From C-V and impedance spectroscopy measurements, it was found that CNT electrode has high reaction rate and low interface reaction resistance between CNT surface and electrolyte. These results provides that CNT electrode were superior to that of conventional Pt electrode. Particularly, the reaction rate in the CNT electrode is about thrice high than Pt electrode. Therefore. CNT electrode is to be good candidate material for counter electrode in DSSC.

Modeling of Lithium Battery Cells for Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles

  • Shin, Dong-Hyun;Jeong, Jin-Beom;Kim, Tae-Hoon;Kim, Hee-Jun
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.429-436
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    • 2013
  • Online simulations are utilized to reduce time and cost in the development and performance optimization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) systems. One of the most important factors in an online simulation is the accuracy of the model. In particular, a model of a battery should accurately reflect the properties of an actual battery. However, precise dynamic modeling of high-capacity battery systems, which significantly affects the performance of a PHEV, is difficult because of its nonlinear electrochemical characteristics. In this study, a dynamic model of a high-capacity battery cell for a PHEV is developed through the extraction of the equivalent impedance parameters using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Based on the extracted parameters, a battery cell model is implemented using MATLAB/Simulink, and charging/discharging profiles are executed for comparative verification. Based on the obtained results, the model is optimized for a high-capacity battery cell for a PHEV. The simulation results show good agreement with the experimental results, thereby validating the developed model and verifying its accuracy.

Resolution of a Multi-Step Electron Transfer Reaction by Time Resolved Impedance Measurements: Sulfur Reduction in Nonaqueous Media

  • Park, Jin-Bum;Chang, Byoung-Yong;Yoo, Jung-Suk;Hong, Sung-Young;Park, Su-Moon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.1523-1530
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    • 2007
  • The first reduction peak of the cyclic voltammogram (CV) for sulfur reduction in dimethyl sulfoxide has been studied using time resolved Fourier transform electrochemical impedance spectroscopic (FTEIS) analysis of small potential step chronoamperometric currents. The FTEIS analysis results reveal that the impedance signals obtained during short potential steps can be resolved into electron transfer reactions of two different time constants in a high frequency region. The FTEIS method provides snap shots of impedance profiles during an earlier phase of the reaction, leading to time resolved EIS measurements. Our results obtained by the FTEIS analysis are consistent with a series of electron transfer and chemical equilibrium steps of a complex reaction, making up an ECE (electrochemical-chemical-electrochemical) mechanism postulated from the results of computer simulation.

Voltammetry of Constant Phase Elements: Analyzing Scan Rate Effects

  • Hyeonsu Je;Kwok-Fan Chow;Byoung-Yong Chang
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.427-435
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    • 2024
  • Here we introduce a new method for characterizing the constant phase element (CPE) in electrochemical systems using cyclic voltammetry (CV), presenting an alternative to the conventional electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) approach. While CV is recognized for its diagnostic capabilities in electrochemical analysis, it traditionally encounters difficulties in accurately measuring CPE systems due to a lack of clear linearity with scan rates, unlike capacitors. Our research demonstrates a linear relationship between current and scan rate on a log-log plot, enabling the calculation of n and Y0 values for CPE from the slopes of these linear relationships. For validation of our method, it is applied to two kinds of capacitors and the results agree with those measured by EIS. Although EIS is known to be accurate in measuring CPE systems, our alternative approach offers a timely and reasonably precise diagnostic tool, balancing between ease of use and accuracy, especially beneficial for preliminary assessments before conducting further in-depth analysis.