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Charge and Discharge Characteristics of Microencapsulated Hydrogen Storage Alloy Electrodes for Secondary Batteries (마이크로캡슐화한 축전지용 수소저장합금 전극의 충·방전 특성)

  • CHOI, Seong-Soo;CHOI, Byung-Jin;YE, Byung-Joon;KIM, Dai-Ryong
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.45-54
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    • 1992
  • An applicability microencapsulation, using electroless copper plating, of hydrogen storage alloy powder as an anode material for nickel-hydrogen secondary batteries was investigated. Alloys employed were $LaNi_{4.7}Al_{0.3}$ and $MmNi_{4.5}Al_{0.5}$(Mm=mischmetal) which have an appropriate equilibrium pressure and capacity. The microencapsulation of the alloy powder was found to accelerate initial activation of electrodes and to increase capacity which is about 285mAh/g for $LaNi_{4.7}Al_{0.3}$. In addition, other charge and discharge characteristics, such as polarization and flatness of charge and discharge potential, were improved due to the role of copper layer as a microcurrent collector and an oxidation barrier of the alloy powder. $MmNi_{4.5}Al_{0.5}$ alloy showed lower capacity than $LaNi_{4.7}Al_{0.3}$ because of higher equilibrium pressure. Cyclic characteristics of both alloys were somewhat poor because of mainly shedding and partial oxidation of alloy powder during the cycling. However, it was considered that the microencapsulation method is effective to improve the performances of the hydrogen storage alloy electrodes.

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pH Effects on Properties of Electroless Nickel Plating on Injected ABS by MmSH (순간금형가열법에 의해 제작된 ABS의 pH 변화에 따른 무전해 Ni 도금 특성)

  • Song Tae-Hwan;Park So-Yeon;Lee Jong-Kwon;Ryoo Kul-Kul;Lee Yoon-Bae
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2004.06a
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    • pp.69-71
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    • 2004
  • 새로운 기술인 Momentary mold surface heating(MmSH)은 기존의 사출성형법으로 제조된 Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene(ABS)의 단점을 개선한 사출성형법이다. MmSH로 제조된 ABS와 기존의 사출성형법으로 제조된 ABS의 도금특성을 도금욕 pH 변화에 따라 연구하였다. Sodium hypophosphite가 첨가된 무전해 Ni 도금욕의 PH가 증가할수록 도금 두께가 증가하였고 기존의 사출성형법으로 제조된 ABS의 경우 pH 5이상에서 4B의 밀착력을 가졌다. MmSH로 제조된 ABS의 경우 pH 6이상에서 5B인 12.3N/25mm 이상의 가장 우수한 밀착력을 나타내었다.

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Interfacial Adhesion Energy of Ni-P Electroless-plating Contact for Buried Contact Silicon Solar Cell using 4-point Bending Test System (4점굽힘시험법을 이용한 함몰전극형 Si 태양전지의 무전해 Ni-P 전극 계면 접착력 평가)

  • Kim, Jeong-Kyu;Lee, Eun-Kyung;Kim, Mi-Sung;Lim, Jae-Hong;Lee, Kyu-Hwan;Park, Young-Bae
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2012
  • In order to develop electroless-plated Nickel Phosphate (Ni-P) as a contact material for high efficient low-cost silicon solar cells, we evaluated the effect of ambient thermal annealing on the degradation behavior of interfacial adhesion energy between electroless-plated Ni-P and silicon solar cell wafers by applying 4-point bending test method. Measured interfacial adhesion energies decreased from 14.83 to 10.83 J/$m^2$ after annealing at 300 and $600^{\circ}C$, respectively. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis suggested that the bonding interface was degraded by environmental residual oxygen, in which the oxidation inhibit the stable formation of Ni silicide phase between electroless-plated Ni-P and silicon interface.

Partial Oxidation of Methane in Palladium-silver Alloy Membrane Reactor (팔라듐-은 막반응기를 이용한 메탄의 부분산화반응)

  • Choi, Tae-Ho;Kim, Kwang-Je;Moon, Sang-Jin;Suh, Jung-Chul;Baek, Young-Soon
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.641-647
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    • 2005
  • The partial oxidation of methane is one of important processes for hydrogen production. As a membrane reactor, palladium-silver (Pd-Ag) alloy membrane prepared by electroless plating technique was employed for partial oxidation of methane. The experimental variables were reaction temperature, $O_2/CH_4$ mole ratio, $CH_4$ feed rate, and $N_2$ sweep gas flow rate. The methane conversions increased with the reaction temperatures in the range of 350 to $730^{\circ}C$. The highest methane conversion and CO selectivity were obtained at the condition of $O_2/CH_4$ mole ratio of 0.5 and $730^{\circ}C$ using commercially available nickel/alumina catalyst. The Pd-Ag membrane reactor showed higher methane conversions, 10~40% higher, compared to those in a traditional reactor.

Electroless Nickel Plating of Alumiun Mirrors for Off-Axis Telescope System

  • Kim, Sanghyuk;Pak, Soojong;Kim, Geon Hee;Lee, Gil Jae;Lee, Jong-Ho;Lee, Su-Min;Chang, Seunghyuk;Im, Myungshin;Lee, Hyuckee
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.83.1-83.1
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    • 2013
  • 선형비점수차를 완벽하게 제거한 비축반사경 이론을 천체 관측용 분광기의 전단 광학계 등에 응용하면 색수차가 없는 기기 제작이 가능하다. 이러한 비축 반사경은 DTM(Diamond Turning Machine)을 이용하여 알루미늄으로 만들면 제작 시간이 단축된다. 그러나 DTM을 이용해 알루미늄과 같이 무른 금속을 가공할 경우 툴마크가 발생하게 된다. 툴마크는 회절현상을 발생시키며 이러한 회절현상은 알루미늄 반사경을 이용한 광학계 개발에 제약이 된다. 툴마크는 DTM 가공 이후 연마를 통해 제거할 수 있지만 알루미늄의 무른 특성으로 인해 연마 과정에서 반사경의 형상이 변할 가능성이 크다. 이러한 알루미늄 반사경의 형상 변화를 최소화하기 위한 방법으로는 알루미늄 반사경 표면에 무전해니켈도금을 하는 것이다. 하지만 도금 과정에서 반사경의 형상이 변할 가능성이 있기 때문에 두가지 방법을 사용하여 툴마크를 제거할 계획이다. 첫 번째 방법은 DTM 가공된 알루미늄 반사경을 5 um의 무전해니켈도금 이후 연마하여 툴마크를 제거하고 반사율 증가를 위해 그 위에 다시 알루미늄 코팅을 하는 방법니다. 두 번째 방법은 100 um의 무전해니켈도금 이후 DTM 가공을 하고 다시 연마를 통해 툴마크를 제거하는 방법이다. 이번 발표에서는 툴마크를 제거하기 위한 2가지 방법의 장단점을 확인하고 툴마크를 제거한 알루미늄 반사경을 제작하기 위한 과정을 설명하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 비축 반사경은 서울대학교 창의연구단의 광학/적외선 카메라 CQUEAN의 차세대 모델에 적용할 계획이다.

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Exploratory research on ultra-long polymer optical fiber-based corrosion sensing for buried metal pipelines

  • Luo, Dong;Li, Yuanyuan;Yang, Hangzhou;Sun, Hao;Chen, Hongbin
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.507-520
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    • 2020
  • In order to achieve effective corrosion monitoring of buried metal pipelines, a Novel nondestructive Testing (NDT) methodology using ultra-long (250 mm) Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) sensors coated with the Fe-C alloy film is proposed in this study. The theoretical principle is investigated to clarify the monitoring mechanism of this method, and the detailed fabrication process of this novel POF sensor is presented. To validate the feasibility of this novel POF sensor, exploratory research of the proposed method was performed using simulated corrosion tests. For simplicity, the geometric shape of the buried pipeline was simulated as a round hot-rolled plain steel bar. A thin nickel layer was applied as the inner plated layer, and the Fe-C alloy film was coated using an electroless plating technique to precisely control the thickness of the alloy film. In the end, systematic sensitivity analysis on corrosion severity was further performed with experimental studies on three sensors fabricated with different metal layer thicknesses of 25 ㎛, 30 ㎛ and 35 ㎛. The experimental observation demonstrated that the sensor coated with 25 ㎛ Fe-C alloy film presented the highest effectiveness with the corrosion sensitivity of 0.3364 mV/g at Δm = 9.32 × 10-4 g in Stage I and 0.0121 mV/g in Stage III. The research findings indicate that the detection accuracy of the novel POF sensor proposed in this study is satisfying. Moreover, the simple fabrication of the high-sensitivity sensor makes it cost-effective and suitable for the on-site corrosion monitoring of buried metal pipelines.

Effect of Stabilizer on Corrosion and Cavitation Damage in the Sea Water of Electroless Nickel Plating Layer (무전해 니켈도금 층의 해수 내 부식과 캐비테이션 손상에 대한 안정제 효과)

  • Park, Il-Cho;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2018.06a
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    • pp.107-107
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    • 2018
  • 무전해 니켈도금 용액의 성분은 Ni(II)염, 환원제, 적합한 금속 배위 리간드, 안정제 및 특정 특성 요구에 대한 첨가제를 포함한다. 일반적으로 도금 욕에는 미량의 안정제가 함유되어 있다. 만약 적절한 안정화 시스템이 없는 도금 욕에서 도금 공정 시 도금 시작 직후에 많은 양의 니켈 플레이크(Ni flake)가 생성되어 빠르게 도금 용액이 분해되어 더 이상 도금이 어렵게 된다. 그러나 무전해 도금 욕에서 안정제의 역할 및 도금 층에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 여전히 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 $Pb^{2+}$ 안정제 농도가 도금 층에 미치는 영향과 캐비테이션 침식 실험을 통해 그 내구성을 평가하고자 하였다. 무전해 니켈코팅을 위한 모재는 회주철(FC250)을 $19.5mm{\times}19.5mm{\times}5mm$의 크기로 가공하였다. 회주철의 인장강도는 $330N/mm^2$이며, 그 성분 조성(wt.%)은 3.23 C, 1.64 Si, 0.84 Mn, 0.016 P, 0.013 S 그리고 나머지는 Fe이다. 시험편은 SiC 페이퍼 #1200까지 연마하여 시험편의 표면 거칠기는 $1.6-2.1{\mu}m$ 범위 내로 제작하였다. 무전해 도금 전 시험편은 탈지를 위해 상온의 아세톤 용액에서 3분간 초음파 세척하고, $90^{\circ}C$의 알카리 수용액으로 5분간 세척하였다. 그리고 표면 활성화를 위한 산세척은 5% 황산용액에서 30초 동안 실시하였다. 도금조로 500mL 비커를 사용하였으며, 모든 시험편은 2시간 동안 무전해 니켈도금을 실시하였다. 그리고 니켈도금 층의 내식성과 내구성을 평가하기 위해 전기화학적 분극 실험을 통한 타펠분석과 ASTM G32 규정에 의거한 캐비테이션 침식 실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 안정제 농도가 도금 속도와 도금 층의 성분 변화에 크게 영향을 미쳤으며, 그에 따라 도금 층의 내식성과 내구성이 크게 변화되었다.

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Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Behaviors of Electroless Nickel-loaded Carbon Fibers-reinforced Epoxy Matrix Composites (무전해 니켈도금된 탄소섬유강화 에폭시기지 복합재료의 전자파 차폐특성)

  • Hong, Myung-Sun;Bae, Kyong-Min;Lee, Hae-Seong;Park, Soo-Jin;An, Kay-Hyeok;Kang, Shin-Jae;Kim, Byung-Joo
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.672-678
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    • 2011
  • In this work, carbon fibers were electrolessly Ni-plated in order to investigate the effect of metal plating on the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (EMI-SE) of Ni-coated carbon fibers-reinforced epoxy matrix composites. The surfaces of carbon fibers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Electric resistance of the composites was tested using a 4-point-probe electric resistivity tester. The EMI-SE of the composites was evaluated by means of the reflection and adsorption methods. From the results, it was found that the EMI-SE of the composites enhanced with increasing Ni plating time and content. In high frequency region, the EMI-SE didn't show further increasing with high Ni content (Ni-CF 10 min) compared to the Ni-CF 5 min sample. In conclusion, Ni content on the carbon fibers can be a key factor to determine the EMI-SE of the composites, but there can be an optimized metal content at a specific electromagnetic frequency region in this system.

Study of Air-Breathing Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Using Metal-Coated Polycarbonate as a Material for Bipolar Plates (도금된 폴리카보네이트 분리판을 이용한 공기 호흡형 고분자 전해질막 연료전지에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Taehyun;Lee, Yoon Ho;Chang, Ikwhang;Ji, Sanghoon;Paek, Jun Yeol;Cha, Suk Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.155-161
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    • 2013
  • In this study, a metal-plated polycarbonate was adopted as a material for bipolar plates in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The coated layers included 40-${\mu}m$-thick copper, 10-${\mu}m$-thick nickel, and 0.3-${\mu}m$-thick gold that respectively played the roles of current conduction, adhesion between copper and gold, and minimization of surface corrosion. The maximum power of the air-breathing PEMFC with polycarbonate bipolar plates was $120mW/cm^2$, which was similar to that of graphite bipolar plates. Finally, the maximum power of a 12-cell stack of polycarbonate bipolar plates was $132.7mW/cm^2$, and it had an operating time of 12 h. Therefore, this was considered a suitable material for bipolar plates in PEMFCs.