• 멤브레인
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2019

화석연료 사용이 증가하면서 온실가스 및 대기오염가스 등의 환경오염 문제가 심각해졌다. 이를 해결하기 위한 신재생에너지, 친환경적인 대체에너지원을 찾기 위한 많은 연구가 이뤄지고 있다. 연료전지는 전기에너지를 발생하며 부산물로 물만이 생성되는 친환경 에너지 발생장치다. 특히, 전해질로 음이온 교환막을 사용하는 음이온 교환막 연료전지(Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell)는 높은 촉매의 활성으로 양이온 교환막 연료전지(Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell)와 다르게 저가의 금속 촉매를 사용할 수 있는 장점 때문에 관심이 높아지고 있다. 음이온 교환막으로써 요구되는 주요 특성은 높은 이온($OH^-$) 전도도 및 높은 pH의 구동조건에서의 안정성이다. 본 연구에서는 PPO계 고분자의 화학적 가교 반응을 이용해 얻어진 가교형 고분자 막의 낮은 기계적인 특성과 치수 안정성을 높이기 위해 보다 높은 분자량을 갖는 고분자 사용과 함께 가교율 증대를 통해 보다 높은 이온 전도도와 기계적인 성질, 높은 화학적인 안정성뿐만 아니라 실제 연료전지 구동조건에서 높은 셀 성능을 갖는 AEMFC용 고분자 전해질 막을 개발했다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.216-222
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• 2013

Durability characteristics of Gas Diffusion Layer(GDL) is one of the important issues for accomplishing commercialization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell(PEMFC). It is strongly related to the performances of PEMFC because one of the main functions of GDL is to work as a path of fuel, air and water. When the GDL does not work on their proposed functions due to the degradation of durability, mass transfer in PEMFC is disturbed and it might cause the flooding phenomenon. Thus, investigating the durability of GDL is important and understanding the GDL degradation process is needed. In this study, electrochemical degradation with carbon corrosion is introduced. The carbon corrosion experiment is carried out with GDLs which have different MPL penetration thicknesses. After the experiment, the amount of degradation of GDL is measured with various properties of GDL such as weight, thickness and performance of the PEMFC. The degraded GDL shows loss of their properties.

• 에너지공학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.309-317
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• 2011

연료의 물리의 특성에 따른 직접탄소 연료전지(Direct Carbon Fuel Cell)성능해석을 위해 국내 화력발전소에서 사용되고 있는 석탄 중에서 역청탄(Shenhua coal), 아역청탄(Adaro coal) 각 1종 및 순수한 탄소성분들의 결정체인 탄소 입자(Carbon particle)를 연료로 사용하여 DCFC시스템의 성능변화를 분석하였다. 연료의 물리적 특성에 따른 DCFC의 성능해석을 위해 SEM, XRD 및 BET 분석을 통해 연료의 물리적 특성(표면적, 기공의 크기, 결정립의 크기 및 구조, 구성성분)을 분석하였다. 직접탄소 연료전지는 873 K 이상의 온도에서 작동하는 고온형 연료전지이기 때문에, 성능 해석은 원탄(Raw coal)보다는 일정온도에서 탈휘발 과정이 끝난 촤의 물성 분석이 더욱 중요하다. SEM, XRD 및 BET 분석을 통한 물리적 특성 분석결과를 바탕으로 성능측정 결과를 비교분석한 결과, 연료의 탄소 함량 보다는 표면적과 기공체적이 연료 전지의 성능에 큰 영향을 미치게 되며, 원탄의 물성보다는 촤 상태의 물성에 더 많은 영향을 받는다. 또한 연료전지의 성능은 작동 온도에 영향을 받으며, 온도가 상승함에 따라 성능도 상승하게 된다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.232-237
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• 2007

가스켓 재료로서 널리 사용되고 있는 FKM, VMQ, EPDM, NBR을 연료전지 스택용 가스켓으로써의 적합성을 평가하기 위하여, 각각의 재료특성을 이용하여 최적상태의 배합물을 제작하고, 배합물의 특성을 살펴보았다. 최적의 상태를 만족하도록 만든 배합물에서 NBR 재료는 장기 화학적 물성에서, VMQ는 금속이온 용출성에서, EPDM은 가스투과성이 FKM에 비하여 열세로 나타났다. 배합물 물성에서 우수하다고 판단된 FKM으로 연료전지 스택용 가스켓을 제작하여 leak 평가를 실시한 결과, 체결압이 낮을수록, sealing pressure가 높을수록 짧은 시간에서 leak가 발생하였다. 또 Arrhenius Model을 이용하여 수명예측을 실시한 결과, $80^{\circ}C$에서 연속운전 시 가스켓의 수명은 60,000시간 이상 가능한 것으로 예측되었다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2018

In Korea, the Air Quality Conservation Act and the Petroleum and Petroleum Substitute Fuel Business Act stipulate certain quality standards for fuels distributed in Korea, thereby striving to reduce vehicle performance and emissions. Domestic petroleum products import and produce all the crude oil from each oil refiner so that the quality of the petroleum product is different according to the characteristics of the crude oil. As a result, vehicles have been improved by using the physical properties calculated through the physical property measurement that has tried to improve the accuracy of the measurement of the energy consumption efficiency of the automobile by using standard fuel from abroad. In this study, the same test procedure and method as the test method of domestic gasoline vehicle emission are applied using four samples of gasoline and the latest gasoline vehicle which are actually distributed, and the performance evaluation is performed. The purpose of this study is to contribute to improvement of vehicle technology and fuel quality by collecting necessary basic data and obtaining data on the effect of differences in gasoline property on vehicle emissions. The results of the test showed that the emission of gases (NMOG, CO) from gasoline vehicles was the most influenced by the sulfur content, unlike the previous studies that the vehicles emission had the greatest influence on the distillation characteristics and the specific gravity of aromatic compounds. The catalytic reaction such as the poisoning action of the three-way catalyst which is the abatement device was interfered and the emission was increased. The distillation characteristics and specific gravity of aromatic compounds were found to affect the emission of vehicles. According to the physical properties of the fuel, the emission difference was 28.0% in the urban mode and 17.6 % in the highway mode.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2014

극초음속 비행체에서는 공기와의 마찰열과 엔진열의 증가로 기체 내부의 열적 부하가 발생한다. 이는 비행체 내부 구조물의 변형을 일으키고 오작동을 발생시킬 수 있다. 흡열연료는 액체 탄화수소 연료로써 흡열반응을 통해 열을 흡수할 수 있는 연료이다. 본 연구에서는 exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene을 모델연료로써 선정하고 제올라이트 촉매의 금속담지를 통하여 흡열특성의 변화를 측정하는 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 통하여 상용촉매보다 우수한 흡열성능을 가지는 촉매를 확보하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 흡열량 향상에 미치는 촉매의 특성을 연구하는 것이다. 이 촉매는 상용촉매를 대체하여 exo-THDCP를 흡열연료로 사용하는 시스템에 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제47권12호
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• pp.852-859
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• 2009

The manufacturing process of zirconium alloys is an import factor to increase their strength and corrosion resistance. In order to find an improved manufacturing process of zirconium alloys in both Zr-1Nb-1Sn-0.1Fe (Alloy-A) and Zr-1.5Nb-0.4Sn-0.2Fe-0.1Cr (HANA-4) for fuel guide tubes, sheet samples were prepared by applying two- and three-step processes that were controlled by an annealing and reduction condition. The mechanical strength and corrosion resistance of both alloys were increased by applying the twostep process rather than the three-step process. From a matrix analysis using TEM, the property improvement is related to the decrease of the precipitate mean diameter with an application of the two-step process. In a comparison of the strength and corrosion properties between Alloy-A and HANA-4, the performance of HANA-4 was feasible for application to fuel guide tubes.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2022

Recently, research on the development of anion exchange membranes (AEMs) has received considerable attention from the scientific community around the world. Here, we fabricated a series of AEMs with branched structures with different alkyl spacers and conducted comparative evaluations. The introduction of these branched structures is an attempt to overcome the low ionic conductivity and stability problems that AEMs are currently facing. To this end, branched polymers with different spacer lengths were synthesized and properties of each membrane prepared according to the branched structure were compared. The chemical structure of the polymer was investigated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared, and gel permeation chromatography, and the thermal properties were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis. The branched anion exchange membrane with (CH₂)₃ and (CH₂)₆ spacers exhibited ionic conductivities of 8.9 mS cm^-1 and 22 mS cm^-1 at 90℃, respectively. This means that the length of the spacer affects the ionic conductivity. Therefore, this study showing the effect of the spacer length on the ionic conductivity of the membrane in the polymer structure constituting the ion exchange membrane is judged to be very useful for future application studies of AEM fuel cells.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.67-95
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• 2024

Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have gained much attention as promising energy conversion devices due to their ability to utilize alcohol as a fuel source. In this regard, Molybdenum-based electrocatalysts (Mo-ECs) have emerged as a substitution for expensive Pt and Ru-based co-catalyst electrode materials in DAFCs, owing to their unique electrochemical properties useful for alcohol oxidation. The catalytic activity of Mo-ECs displays an increase in alcohol oxidation current density by several folds to 1000-2000 mA mg_Pt^-1, compared to commercial Pt and PtRu catalysts of 10-100 mA mg_Pt^-1. In addition, the methanol oxidation peak and onset potential have been significantly reduced by 100-200 mV and 0.5-0.6 V, respectively. The performance of Mo-ECs in both acidic and alkaline media has shown the potential to significantly reduce the Pt loading. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the bifunctional mechanism involved in the oxidation of alcohols and factors affecting the electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohol, such as synthesis method, structural properties, and catalytic support materials. Furthermore, the challenges and prospects of Mo-ECs for DAFCs anode materials are discussed. This in-depth review serves as valuable insight toward enhancing the performance and efficiency of DAFC by employing Mo-ECs.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.488-494
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• 2011

Gasket plays an important role on sealing of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack. Stack requires gaskets in each cell to keep the hydrogen and air/oxygen within their respective regions. The failure of the gasket creates the problems of fuel leakage, mixing, damage on parts and can be a direct reason for the degrading the efficiency of fuel cell. The purpose of this paper researches on how mechanical properties of EPDM gasket in PEMFC are changed after long-term operations. The EPDM (ethylenepropylene-diene monomer) gaskets are obtained from the stack after long-term operations. DMA (dynamic mechanical analysis) is conducted to access the change of mechanical properties of the EPDM gasket. SEM/EDS (scanning electron microscope/energy dispersive spectroscopy) was used to show the surface topography and chemical characterization on the sample surface.