• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.1734-1740
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• 2012

Voltammetric characterization of hydrophilic anion transfer processes across a 66 microhole array interface between the water and polyvinylchloride-2-nitrophenyloctylether gel layer is demonstrated. Since the transfer of hydrophilic anions including $Br^-$, $NO_3{^-}$, $I^-$, $SCN^-$ and $ClO_4{^-}$ across the liquid/gel interface usually sets the potential window within a negative potential region, a highly hydrophobic organic electrolyte, tetraoctylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, providing a wider potential window was incorporated into the gel phase. The transfer reaction of perchlorate anions across the microhole-water/gel interface was first studied using cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. The full voltammetric response of perchlorate anion transfer was then used as a reference for evaluating the half-wave transfer potentials, the formal transfer potentials and the formal Gibbs transfer energies of more hydrophilic anions such as $Br^-$, $NO_3{^-}$, $I^-$, and $SCN^-$. The current response associated with the perchlorate anion transfer across the micro-water/gel interface versus the perchlorate concentration was also demonstrated for sensing applications.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2018

In this technical note, I report the analysis of electrochemical impedance data measured with potential sweeping. Even though the instruments for voltammetric impedance measurements have been developed for decades using different approaches, their applications are limited due to the lack of well-established protocols to easily analyze voltammetry data. To fill this gap, the singular point of the specific potential is considered that is only determined by the standard/formal potential and the transfer coefficient and is independent of the kinetics and experimental parameters (including revertability) of faradaic reactions. Taking the advantage of its inertness, I suggest an approach employing the singular point as a reference to obtain general electrochemical information. As all the concepts and methods are verified with numerical simulations, this technique is expected to be applied for complex reactions involving electrochemical and chemical reaction mechanisms.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.581-588
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• 2018

본 논문은 편극화된 물/1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCE) 계면에서 세포티암(cefotiam, CTM) 항생제 약물의 전이 반응을 전기화학적 방법으로 조사하였다. CTM 약물은 물의 pH에 따라 서로 다른 전하를 가지고 이온화되며 각 pH에서 이들 이온의 전이 반응을 연구함으로써 처음으로 CTM 약물이 좀 더 우세하게 물 또는 유기층에 분배되는 정도를 나타내는 상 분배 도표를 세웠다. 이를 바탕으로 CTM 약물의 형식 전이 전위값 및 형식 Gibbs 전이 에너지 값을 포함한 열역학적 정보와 함께 분배 계수를 포함한 중요한 약물동태학 정보를 얻었다. 특히 pH 3.0 수용액에서 양전하를 띠는 CTM 이온의 전이 반응을 순환전압전류법으로 조사한 결과 CTM 농도에 따라 측정한 전류 값이 비례하여 증가한다는 점을 확인하였다. 이를 바탕으로 CTM 이온을 정량 분석 가능한 센서를 개발하였다. 휴대성과 이동성을 보완하기 위해 polyethylene terephthalate 필름에 마이크로홀을 만들어 지지체로 사용하고, 1,2-DCE 유기용매를 polyvinylchloride-2-nitrophenyloctylether (PVC-NPOE) 유기성 젤로 대체하여 도포하는 방식으로 센서를 제작하였다. 상기 센서를 이용하여 CTM 약물을 $1{\mu}M$에서 $10{\mu}M$까지 정량 분석할 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.863-866
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• 2011

The electrode reaction of $Eu^{3+}$ in a LiCl-KCl eutectic melt has been re-examined using cyclic voltammetry (CV). In this work, for the first time, the kinetic details of a $Eu^{3+}/Eu^{2+}$ redox system have been completely elucidated, along with the thermodynamic property, through a curve fitting applied to experimental CV data, which were obtained in a wide scan rate range of 0.5 to 10 V/s. The simulated results showed an excellent fit to all experimental CV data simultaneously, even though the curve fittings were performed within a large dynamic range of initial transfer coefficient values, formal potentials, and standard rate constants. As a result, a proper formal potential, transfer coefficient, and standard rate constant for the $Eu^{3+}/Eu^{2+}$ redox system were successfully extracted using the CV curve fitting.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3649-3653
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• 2013

As anode fabrication with different materials has been proven to be a successful alternative for enhancing power generation in the microbial fuel cells, a new approach to improved performance of MFCs with the use of menadione/carbon powder composite-modified carbon cloth anode has been explored in this study. Menadione has formal potential to easily accept electrons from the outer membrane cytochromes of electroactive bacteria that can directly interact with the solid surface. Surface bound menadione was able to maintain an electrical wiring with the trans-membrane electron transfer pathways to facilitate extracellular electron transfer to the electrode. In a single chamber air cathode MFC inoculated with aerobic sludge, maximum power density of $1250{\pm}35mWm^{-2}$ was achieved, which was 25% higher than that of an unmodified anode. The observed high power density and improved coulomb efficiency of 61% were ascribed to the efficient electron shuttling via the immobilized menadione.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.437-440
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• 2003

In a mediator-aided microbial fuel cell, the choice of a proper mediator is one of the most important factors for the development of a better fuel cell system as it transfers electrons from bacteria to the electrode. The electrochemical behaviors within the lipid layer of two representative mediators, thionin and safranine O both of which exhibit reversible electron transfer reactions, were compared with the fuel cell efficiency. Thionin was found to be much more effective than safranine O though it has lower negative formal potential. Cyclic voltammetric and fluorescence spectroscopic analyses indicated that both mediators easily penetrated the lipid layer to pick up the electrons produced inside bacteria. While thionin could pass through the lipid layer, the gradual accumulation of safranine O was observed within the layer. This restricted dynamic behavior of safranine O led to the poor fuel cell operation despite its good negative formal potential.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.506-512
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• 2017

편극화된 물/1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCE) 계면에서 이온화가 가능한 테트라사이클린(tetracycline, TC) 화학종 전이 반응을 순환전압전류법과 시차펄스전위법을 이용하여 조사하였다. 물의 pH 변화에 따라 전하 상태가 다른 TC 이온 화학종이 물/1,2-DCE 계면에서 전이하는 전위 값을 측정하여 TC 이온의 상 분배 도표를 얻었다. 이를 통해 각 pH에 따라 수용액 또는 유기 용액 층에서 좀 더 우세한 TC 이온 화학종 형태를 확인하였다. 이와 함께 상기 계면에서 TC 전이 반응의 형식 전이 전위, 분배 계수 및 Gibbs 에너지 값을 포함한 열역학적 정보를 얻었다. 또한 TC 이온을 정량 분석 가능한 센서로 제작하기 위해 고분자 박막에 단일 마이크로 홀을 만들고 유기성의 polyvinylchloride-2-nitrophenyloctylether (PVC-NPOE) 젤을 도포하여 물/젤 계면을 형성하였다. 물/1,2-DCE 계면에서 TC 이온의 전이 반응과 매우 유사하게 수용액의 pH가 4.0일 때 TC 이온의 농도 변화에 따라 전류 값이 증가하는 것을 순환전압전류법으로 관찰하였다. 시차펄스벗김전위법을 이용하여 상기 물/젤 계면에서 완충 수용액에 존재하는 TC 화학종을 $5{\mu}M$까지 검출할 수 있었으며, $5{\mu}M$에서 $30{\mu}M$까지 정량분석 할 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.582-588
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• 2009

Direct electron transfer of hemoglobin (Hb) in the chitosan (CTS) and $TiO_2$ nanoparticles (nano-$TiO_2$) composite films was achieved by using a room temperature ionic liquid of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ($BMIMPF_6$) modified carbon paste electrode (CILE) as the basal electrode. UV-Vis and FT-IR spectroscopy indicated that Hb in the film retained the native structure. Electrochemical investigation indicated that a pair of well-defined quasi-reversible redox peaks of Hb heme Fe(III)/Fe(II) was obtained with the formal potential located at -0.340 V (νs. SCE) in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution (PBS). The electrochemical parameters such as the electron transfer coefficient (α), the electron transfer number (n) and the standard electron transfer rate constant ($k_s$) were got as 0.422, 0.93 and 0.117 $s^{-1}$, respectively. The fabricated CTS/nano-$TiO_2$/Hb/CILE showed good electrocatalytic ability to the reduction of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$), which exhibited a potential application in fabricating a new kind of third generation biosensor.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.96-100
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• 2017

Iridium(III) bis(2-phenylpyridinato-$N,C^{2^{\prime}}$)acetylacetonate ($(ppy)_2Ir(acac)$), a green dopant used in organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs), was subjected to electrochemical characterization to estimate its formal oxidation potential ($E^{o^{\prime}}$), HOMO energy level ($E_{HOMO}$), electron transfer rate constant ($k^{o^{\prime}}$), and diffusion coefficient ($D_o$). The employed combination of voltammetric methods, i.e., cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronocoulometry (CC), and the Nicholson method, provided meaningful insights into the electron transfer kinetics of $(ppy)_2Ir(acac)$, allowing the determination of $k^{o^{\prime}}$ and $D_o$. The quasi-reversible oxidation of $(ppy)_2Ir(acac)$ furnished information on $E^{o^{\prime}}$ and $E_{HOMO}$, allowing the latter parameter to be easily estimated by electrochemical methods without relying on expensive and complex ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopic (UPS) measurements.

• 폴리머
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.782-788
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• 2001

$[Ru(v-bpy)_3]^{2+}$와 vinylbenzoic acid(vba)의 공중합 피막전극에 dopamine을 반응시켜 수식된 전극을 제작하고 이 고분자의 중합속도와 산화-환원 및 전자전달 특성을 연구하였다. 두 단량체의 몰비가 5:2일 때 공중합속도 상수는 $1.84{ imes}10^{-2}s^{-1}$이고 중합된 피막상에서 두 성분비는 5:1.68이였다. GC/p-$[Ru(V-bpy)_3]^{2+}$/vba-dopamine형의 수식된 전극에서 hydroquinone=quinone+$2H^+2e^-$의 전극반응에 의한 형식전위는 인산염완충용액(pH=7.10)에서 0.17 V이며, 전기촉매반응에서 속도상수($K_{ch}{Gamma}$)는 $2.58{ imes}10^5cms^{-1}$로서 수식되기 전보다 2.41배 큰 값이다. EQCM법에 의한 산화-환원과정에서 질량변화는 수식되기 전보다 $3.28{ imes}10^3$$gmol^{-1}$ 더 크다.