• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.320-324
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• 2021

Effects of growth variables and post-growth annealing on the optical, structural and electrical properties of magnetron-sputtered Ga_0.04Mg_0.10Zn_0.86O films are characterized in detail. It is observed that films grown from pure oxygen plasma showed high resistivity, ~10² Ω·cm, whereas films grown in Ar plasma showed much lower resistivity, 2.0 × 10^-2 ~ 1.0 × 10^-1 Ω·cm. Post-growth annealing significantly improved the electrical resistivity, to 4.3 ~ 9.0 × 10^-3 Ω·cm for the vacuum annealed samples and to 1.3 ~ 3.0 × 10^-3 Ω·cm for the films annealed in Zn vapor. It is proposed that these phenomena may be attributed to the improved crystalline quality and to changes in the defect chemistry. It is suggested that growth within oxygen environments leads to suppression of oxygen vacancy (Vo) donors and formation of Zn vacancy (V_Zn) acceptors, resulting in highly resistive films. After annealing treatment, the activation of Ga donors is enhanced, Vo donors are annihilated, and crystalline quality is improved, increasing the electron mobility and the concentration. After annealing in Zn vapor, Zn interstitial donors are introduced, further increasing the electron concentration.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1298-1304
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• 2005

Citrobacter Amalonaticus strain JB101을 이용하여 과염소산염과 질산염이 동시에 존재할 때 두 전자수용체 간의 경쟁특성을 파악하고, MBR(membrane bioreactor)을 이용한 과염소산염 처리 가능성을 검토하였다. 과염소산 및 질산염에 대한 strain JB101의 비성장속도는 각각 0.27 및 0.58 $hr^{-1}$, 최대기질이용속도는 각각 35.1 mg $ClO_4^-/g$ protein-day 및 45.6 mg $NO_3^-/g$ protein-day이었다. 질산염은 과염소산염에 대한 경쟁적 저해제이었으며, strain JB101은 과염소산보다는 질산염을 전자수용체로 선호하였다. 유입 과염소산염 농도가 20 mg/L이였던 HCMBR에서는 막 면적당 부하 4.6 g $ClO_4^-/m^2-day$까지 과염소산염의 제거효율이 100%이었으나, 질산염 5 mg/L를 첨가하자 질산염은 완전히 제거되었으나 과염소산염 제거효율이 96.5%로 감소하였다. 유입 과염소산염 농도가 0.7 mg/L이였던 LCMBR에서는 부하 0.23 g $ClO_4^-/m^2-day$까지 과염소산염의 제거효율이 100%이었다. 두 MBR 모두 높은 부하에서는 막의 막힘현상이 문제로 제기되었다. 과염소산염에 대한 아세트산염 소모비는 LCMBR의 경우 $13.7{\sim}51.7$로 HCMBR의 $2.5{\sim}3.6$보다 높았으며, 이는 아세트산염이 산소를 전자수용체로 이용하여 소모되었기 때문이다. 따라서 전자공여체 첨가량은 유입수에 포함된 다른 전자수용체의 농도를 고려하여 결정하여야 한다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.75-85
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• 2012

Although, microbial arsenic mobilization by dissimilatory arsenate-reducing bacteria (DARB) and the practical use to the removal technology of arsenic from contaminated soil are expected, most previous research mainly has been focused on the geochemical circulation of arsenic. Therefore, in this review we summarized the previously reported DARB to grasp the characteristic for bioremediation of arsenic. Evidence of microbial growth on arsenate is presented based on isolate analyses, after which a summary of the physiology of the following arsenate-respiring bacteria is provided: Chrysiogenes arsenatis strain BAL-$1^T$, Sulfurospirillum barnesii, Desulfotomaculum strain Ben-RB, Desulfotomaculum auripigmentum strains OREX-4, GFAJ-1, Bacillus sp., Desulfitobacterium hafniense DCB-$2^T$, strain SES-3, Citrobacter sp. (TSA-1 and NC-1), Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum sp. nov., Shewanella sp., Chrysiogenes arsenatis BAL-$1^T$, Deferribacter desulfuricans. Among the DARB, Citrobacter sp. NC-1 is superior to other dissimilatory arsenate-reducing bacteria with respect to arsenate reduction, particularly at high concentrations as high as 60 mM. A gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, Citrobacter sp. NC-1, which was isolated from arsenic contaminated soil, can grow on glucose as an electron donor and arsenate as an electron acceptor. Strain NC-1 rapidly reduced arsenate at 5 mM to arsenite with concomitant cell growth, indicating that arsenate can act as the terminal electron acceptor for anaerobic respiration (dissimilatory arsenate reduction). To characterize the reductase systems in strain NC-1, arsenate and nitrate reduction activities were investigated with washed-cell suspensions and crude cell extracts from cells grown on arsenate or nitrate. These reductase activities were induced individually by the two electron acceptors. Tungstate, which is a typical inhibitory antagonist of molybdenum containing dissimilatory reductases, strongly inhibited the reduction of arsenate and nitrate in anaerobic growth cultures. These results suggest that strain NC-1 catalyzes the reduction of arsenate and nitrate by distinct terminal reductases containing a molybdenum cofactor. This may be advantageous during bioremediation processes where both contaminants are present. Moreover, a brief explanation of arsenic extraction from a model soil artificially contaminated with As (V) using a novel DARB (Citrobacter sp. NC-1) is given in this article. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of microbial arsenate reduction in the environment. The successful application and use of DARB should facilitate the effective bioremediation of arsenic contaminated sites.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.505-512
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• 2014

A new donor-accepter-donor-accepter-donor (D-A-D-A-D) type 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-thiophene-based acceptor unit 2,5-di(4-(5-bromo-4-octylthiophen-2-yl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazol-7-yl)thiophene ($DTBTTBr_2$) was synthesized. Copolymerized with fluorene and indeno[1,2-b]fluorene electron-rich moieties, two alternating narrow band gap (NBG) copolymers PF-DTBTT and PIF-DTBTT were prepared. And two copolymers exhibit broad and strong absorption in the range of 300-700 nm with optical band gap of about 1.75 eV. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy levels vary between -5.43 and -5.52 eV and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels range from -3.64 to -3.77 eV. Potential applications of the copolymers as electron donor material and $PC_{71}BM$ ([6,6]-phenyl-$C_{71}$ butyric acid methyl ester) as electron acceptors were investigated for photovoltaic solar cells (PSCs). Photovoltaic performances based on the blend of PF-DTBTT/$PC_{71}BM$ (w:w; 1:2) and PIF-DTBTT/$PC_{71}BM$ (w:w; 1:2) with devices configuration as ITO/PEDOT: PSS/blend/Ca/Al, show an incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of 2.34% and 2.56% with the open circuit voltage ($V_{oc}$) of 0.87 V and 0.90 V, short circuit current density ($J_{sc}$) of $6.02mA/cm^2$ and $6.12mA/cm^2$ under an AM1.5 simulator ($100mA/cm^2$). The photocurrent responses exhibit the onset wavelength extending up to 720 nm. These results indicate that the resulted narrow band gap copolymers are viable electron donor materials for polymer solar cells.

• 환경생물
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.264-271
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• 2016

본 연구는 엽록소 형광반응 (OJIP)분석을 통해 차광처리에 따른 정원 식물의 광 이용효율을 평가 및 분석하고자 하였다. 10종의 정원식물을 대상으로 50% 및 80% 차광 조건에서 엽록소 형광반응 분석을 실시하였으며, 75일 차광조건에서 가장 낮은 광이용 효율을 보였다. 차광처리 시 광계II 전자전달에너지플럭스 ($ET2_O/RC$)는 증가 경향을 보였으나 광계I 전자전달에너지플럭스($RE1_O/RC$) 및 PI 등 광이용 효율이 감소하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 광화학 매개변수 중 $F_V$, $FV/F_O$, $RE1_O/RC$, $ET2_O/RC$, $PI_{TOTAL\;ABS}$, $DF_{TOTAL\;ABS}$ 등 19개 parameter가 광화학 반응의 효율을 나타내는 중요한 요인으로 판단되었다. SFI평가를 통해 10종의 정원식물 중 수호초(I), 꽃범의꼬리(II), 무늬사초(II)등 3종의 식물이 내음성이 강한 것으로 판단되었다. 따라서 광화학 반응에 근거한 일조 스트레스지수(SFI)는 정원식물의 내음성 평가에 유용한 것으로 사료된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2012

열수구(Hydrothermal vent)는 빛이 없는 환경에서 생명체의 진화가 일어나는 독특한 환경을 유지하고 있다. 남태평양 Tonga의 Tofua arc의 열수구로부터 퇴적물을 채취하여 산화철[iron(III)], 황(elemental sulfur, $S^0$) 그리고 질산염을 전자수용체로 사용하고, 수소($H_2$), yeast extract를 전자공여체로 사용하여 배양에 의한 미생물의 다양성을 연구하였다. 배양 온도는 각각 $65^{\circ}C$와 $80^{\circ}C$였으며, 연속희석배양법과 16S rRNA 유전자의 PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis를 분석하고, 검출된 염기서열의 정보분석을 통하여 고세균을 동정하였다. 16S rRNA 유전자의 계통분류학적 분석 결과 배양된 대부분의 고세균은 Thermococcus 속(T. alcaliphilius, T. litoralis, T. celer, T. barossii, T. thoreducens, T. coalescens)에 속하며 그들과 98-99%의 상동성을 가지고 있었다. Thermococcus 속의 미생물들이 일반적으로 이용할 수 없는 질산염과 산화철을 전자수용체로 첨가한 배양에서 관찰되었으나, 이는 환원제로 첨가한 $Na_2S$의 산화물을 이용하여 성장한 것으로 추정된다. Thermococcus 속에 속하는 고세균 외의 다양한 고세균의 배양을 위해서는 $Na_2S$ 대신 다른 환원제를 사용하는 배양조건의 이용이 요구된다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.1169-1174
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• 2011

CdTe thin-film solar cell technology is well known that it can theoretically improve its conversion efficiency and manufacturing costs compared to the conventional silicon solar cell technology, due to its optical band gap energy (about 1.45eV) for solar energy absorption, high light absorption capability and low cost requirements for producing solar cells. Although the prior studies obtained the high light absorption, CdTe thin film solar cell has not been come up to the sufficient efficiency yet. So, doping method was selected for the improvement of the electrical characteristics in CdTe solar cells. Some elements including Cu, Ag, Cd and Te were generally used for the p-dopant as substitutional acceptors in CdTe thin film. In this study, the sputtering-deposited CdTe thin film was immersed in $AgNO_3$ solution for ion exchange method to dope Ag ions. The effects of immersion temperature and Ag-concentration were investigated on the optical properties and electrical characteristics of CdTe thin film by using Auger electron spectroscopy depth-profile, UV-visible spectrophotometer, and a Hall effect measurement system. The best optical and electrical characteristics were sucessfully obtained by Ag doping at high temperature and concentration. The larger and more uniform diffusion of Ag ions made increase of the Ag ion density in CdTe thin film to decrease the series resistance as well as mede the faster diffusion of light by the metal ions to enhance the light absorption.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.2279-2285
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• 2011

The geometries, electronic structures and absorption spectra of the two organic triphenylamine-based dyes TA-St-CA and TA-DM-CA, containing identical electron donors and acceptors but the different conjugated bridges, were studied by density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP and PBE1PBE levels, respectively. The influence of para-orientating methoxyl units on the electronic structures and light absorption properties of the dyes and the consequent photovoltaic performance of the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were investigated in detail. The results indicate that the introduction of the para-orientating methoxyl units into the conjugated bridge induces the increased absorption wavelength as well as the more negative EHOMO corresponding to the bigger driving force $(E_{I^-/I^-_3}-E_{HOMO})$ for dye reduction, which together improve the photovoltaic performance of TA-DM-CA, although there is a decline of the open circuit voltage caused by the more negative $E_{LUMO}$.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.432-442
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• 2011

Anodized tubular $TiO_2$ electrodes (ATTEs) with three noticeably different lengths are prepared to determine their optimum length for the photo-driven activity in the reaction of Cr(VI) reduction and hydrogen evolution. The ATTEs with ethylene glycol have longer $TiO_2$ tubes (7-15.6 ${\mu}m$) than those with hydrfluoric acid (0.6-0.8 ${\mu}m$). These samples, which differ only in the length of the tubes, with a wall thickness of ca. 20 nm, consist mainly of an anatase crystalline phase after heat treatment at $650^{\circ}C$, since the anatase crystallites at the tube walls do not undergo transformation into rutile phase, due to the constraints imposed by the wall thickness. Among them, the medium size (ca. 8 ${\mu}m$) tubes provide the optimum conditions, irrespective of the light intensity, which is explained in terms of the correlation between the amount of photons and the adsorbed electron acceptors and their location. Photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction leads to ca. 60% reduction of Cr(VI) even under 1 sun irradiation with the medium-sized anodized $TiO_2$ tubes, but only ca. 20% with the short- and long-sized tubes. For hydrogen evolution, tubes longer than 8 ${\mu}m$ do not exhibit better performance with any light intensity.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.9-17
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• 1997

This research aims to remove nitrogen in the piggery wastewater by combined process with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) and biofilm process. For the effective denitrification. anaerobic and anoxic reactors were connected to a reactor. The effluent of aerobix reactor was recycled equally with influent in the upper filter of anaerobic reactor for denitrification and outlet of UBF reactor was connected to the settling tank with $1.5{\;}{\ell}$ capacity and the settling sludge was repeatedly recycled to UASB zone. The organic loading rate of total reactor was operated from 0.4 to $3.1kgCOD/m^{3}/d$ and it was observed that the removal rate of TCOD was 80 to 95 percentage. Ammonia nitrogen was removed over 90 percentage in the less volumetric loading rate than $0.1{\;}kgN/m^{3}/d$. But because of non-limitation of organic materials, it was reduced to 70 percentage in the more volumetric loading rate than $0.6{\;}kgN/m^{3}/d$. But denitrification rate was observed 100 percentage in the all of loading rate. This is caused by the maintenance of optimum temperature, sufficient carbon source, and competition of electron acceptors. The results of COD mass balance at the $1.21{\;}kgCOD/m^{3}/d$ was observed with the 71.7% percentage of influent COD. It was revealed that the most part of organic materials was removed in the aerobic and the anaerobic reactor because 38.4 percentage was conversed into $CH_{4}$ gas and 11 percentage was removed in the aerobic reactor with cell synthesis and metabolism. Besides, 5.7% organics was used to denitrification reaction and 3.7% organics related to sulfate reduction.