• Membrane Journal
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.124-132
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• 2001

Silica membranes were prepared on a porous ${\alpha}$-alumina tube with pore size of 150nm by sol-gel and chemical vapor deposition(CVD) method for hydrogen separation at high temperatures. Silica and ${\gamma}$-lumina membranes formed by the sol-gel method possessed a large amount of mesopores of a Knudsen diffusion regime. In order to improve the $H_2$ selectivity, silica was deposited in the sol-gel derived silica/${\gamma}$-alumina layer by thermal decomposition of tetraethyl orthosilicate(TEOS) at $600^{\circ}C$. The CVD with forced cross flow through the porous wall of the support was very effective in plugging mesopores that were left unplugged in the membranes. The CVD modified silica/alumina composite membrane completely rejected nitrogen permeation and thus showed a high $H_2$ selectivity by molecular sieve effect. the permeation of hydrogen was explained by activated diffusion and the activation energy was 9.52kJ/mol.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2013

A dense mixed ionic and electronic conducting ceramic membrane is one of the most promising materials because it can be used for separation of oxygen from the mixture gas. The $ABO_3$ perovskite structure shows high chemical stability at high temperatures under reduction and oxidation atmospheres. $BaCo_{1-x-y}Fe_xZr_yO_{3-{\delta}}$ (BCFZ) was well-known material as high mechanical strength, low thermal conductivity and stability in the high valence state. Glycine Nitrate Process (GNP) is rapid and effective method for powder synthesis using glycine as a fuel and show higher product crystallinity compared to solid state reaction and citrate-EDTA method. BCFZ was fabricated by modified glycine nitrate process. In order to control the burn-up reaction, $NH_4NO_3$ was used as extra nitrate. According to X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) results, BCFZ was single phase regardless of Zr dopants from y=0.1 to 0.3 on B sites. The green compacts were sintered at $1200^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. Oxygen permeability, methane partial oxidation rate and hydrogen production ability of the membranes were characterized by using Micro Gas Chromatography (Micro GC) under various condition. The high oxygen permeation flux of BCFZ 1-451 was about $1ml{\cdot}cm^{-2}s^{-1}$. Using the humidified Argon gas, BCFZ 1-433 produced hydrogen about $1ml{\cdot}cm^{-2}s^{-1}$.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.30-37
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• 1994

수소는 여러 기체중에서 분자의 크기가 가장 작고, 막에 의한 분리가 쉬워 기체 막분리 공정 중에서 제일 먼저 개발 상업화되었다. 기체분리막의 발전역사를 살펴보면 1965년 Du Pont사가 polyethylene-terephthalate(PET) 중공사 기체분리 장치를 만든 것이 최초이다. 그러나 이 장치는 시판되지 않았다. 1979년 Monsanto사가 다공성 polysulfone 중공사에 polydimthylsiloxane계 고분자를 박막형태로 도포한 복합막을 개발하여 이것을 이용한 공업적 규모의 수소분리장치(Prism separator)를 개발하였는데 이 장치가 널리 퍼지게 되었다. 이 분리막은 현재 석유화학 및 석유정제공업 플렌드 폐가스로부터 수소회수, Oxo합성 기체중의 $CO/H_2$ 몰비 조절 등의 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 고분자 분리막 공정의 세계 시장 규모가 내년에는 20억~30억불로 추산되며 그 중 기체분리막 공정만 5억불에 달할 것으로 추정하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 수소 분리 회수용 고분자 기체막을 중심으로 분자설계, 공정현황 및 최근 연구동향 등을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.03a
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• pp.113-129
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• 1994

수소는 여러 기체중에서 분자의 크기가 가장 작고, 막에 의한 분리가 쉬워 기체 막분리 공정 중에서 제일 먼저 개발 상업화 되었다. 기체분리막의 발전 역사를 살펴보면 1965년 Du Pont 사가 polyethyleneterephthalate(PET) 중공사 기체분리 장치를 만든 것이 최초이다. 그러나 이 장치는 시판되지 않았다. 1979년 Monsanto사가 다공성 polysulfone 중공사에 polyimethylsiloxane계 고분자를 박막형태로 도포한 복합막을 개발하여 이것을 이용한 공업적 규모의 수소분리장치(Prism separator) 를 개발하였는데 이 장치가 널리 퍼지게 되었다. 이 분리막은 현재 석유화학 및 석유정제공업 플랜트 폐가스로부터 수소회수, Oxo합성 기체중의 CO/H$_{2}$ 몰비 조절등의 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 수소 분리 회수용 고분자기체막을 중심으로 분자설계, 공정현화 및 최근 연구동향 등을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.451-456
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• 2010

A promising candidate material for a $H_2$ permeable membrane is SiC due to its many unique properties. A hydrogen-selective SiC membrane was successfully fabricated on the outer surface of an intermediate multilayer $\gamma-Al_2O_3$ with a graded structure. The $\gamma-Al_2O_3$ multilayer was formed on top of a macroporous $\alpha-Al_2O_3$ support by consecutively dipping into a set of successive solutions containing boehmite sols of different particle sizes and then calcining. The boehmite sols were prepared from an aluminum isopropoxide precursor and heated to $80^{\circ}C$ with high speed stirring for 24 hrs to hydrolyze the precursor. Then the solutions were refluxed at $92^{\circ}C$ for 20 hrs to form a boehmite precipitate. The particle size of the boehmite sols was controlled according to various experimental parameters, such as acid types and acid concentrations. The topmost SiC layer was formed on top of the intermediate $\gamma-Al_2O_3$ by pyrolysis of a SiC precursor, polycarbosilane, in an Ar atmosphere. The resulting amorphous SiC-on-$Al_2O_3$ composite membrane pyrolyzed at $900^{\circ}C$ possessed a high $H_2$ permeability of $3.61\times10^{-7}$ $mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}{\cdot}Pa^{-1}$ and the $H_2/CO_2$ selectivity was much higher than the theoretical value of 4.69 in all permeation temperature ranges. Gas permeabilities through a SiC membrane are affected by Knudsen diffusion and a surface diffusion mechanism, which are based on the molecular weight of gas species and movement of adsorbed gas molecules on the surface of the pores.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.177-184
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• 2014

Silica membranes with high permeability were prepared using colloidal and polymeric silica sols on a porous stainless steel-tube support by a DRFF and SRFF method. Silica sols were derived with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) by sol-gel method and analyzed with DLS, FE-SEM, and $N_2$ adsorption. The coating of the intermediate layer with colloidal silica sol on the stainless steel-tube support led to a denser surface morphology of the membrane along with a considerable reduction in the number of surface defect. As the polymeric silica sol enclosed the colloidal silica sol with spherical particles during the SRFF method, the separation-layer-coated silica membrane showed a denser surface than the intermediate layer. Moreover, the silica membranes showed high hydrogen gas permeability of $(6.63-9.21){\times}10^{-5}mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}{\cdot}Pa^{-1}$ with low $H_2/N_2$ perm-selectivity (2.9-3.1) at room temperatures.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.438-447
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• 2014

The amorphous and porous borosilicate without any cracks was obtained under the following condition : 0.01~ 0.10 mole ratio of trimethylborate (TMB)/ tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and the temperature of $700{\sim}800^{\circ}C$. According to the BET and SEM measurements, borosilicate heat-treated in between 700 and $800^{\circ}C$ showed the surface area of $251.12{\sim}355.62m^2/g$, the pore diameter of 3.5~4.9 nm, and the particle size of 30~60 nm. According to the TGA measurements, the thermal stability of poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)propyne](PTMSP) membrane was enhanced by inserting borosilicate. SEM observation showed that the size of dispersed borosilicate in the composite membrane was $1{\mu}m$. The results showed that the permeability of $H_2$ and $N_2$ increased and the selectivity of $H_2/N_2$ decreased upon the addition of borosilicate into PTMSP membranes. Addition of borosilicate may possibly increase the free volume, cavity and porosity of membranes indicating that permeation occurred by molecular sieving, surface and Knudsen diffusion rather than solution diffusion of gases.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2012

Barium zirconate exhibits good thermo-chemical stability and proton conduction at high temperatures, but shows poor electron conductivity. Therefore, for high efficiency of hydrogen separation, a very thin and dense Pd-Barium zirconate membrane has to be coated on a porous substrate. A thin and dense Pd-Barium zirconate membrane was successfully synthesized on a porous substrate by means of dual sputtering method. The structural and chemical features of the $BaZr_{0.85}Y_{0.15}O_{3-{\delta}}$ membranes sputtered at $300^{\circ}C$ and $400^{\circ}C$ were investigated by X-ray diffractometry, and it was found that a well-crystallized membrane, Pm-3m space group of $BaZrO_3$, was synthesized. The surface and cross-sectional morphologies of membrane were assessed by SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and TEM(transmission electron microscopy) of the surface and of cross sections. The cross sectional observation of Pd-$BaZr_{0.85}Y_{0.15}O_{3-{\delta}}$ membrane by dual sputtering shows that the coating is quite dense with columnar structure.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.278-282
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• 2013

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) have been the focus of interest for their physical and chemical properties, especially, for their extraordinary gas separation properties. In this study, a novel and efficient method for the fabrication of continuous ZIF-7 film on ${\alpha}$-alumina substrate has been investigated. The electrospray deposition method was tried for the first time to prepare ZIF films directly without the necessity of prior substrate seeding. It has the advantage of depositing thin ZIF-7 films directly on the ${\alpha}$-alumina substrate by electrospraying the precursor solution. The ZIF-7 films have been characterized through XRD, FE-SEM, and single gas permeation tests.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.522-525
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• 2008

최근 세라믹 막은 우수한 화학적, 열적 안정성으로 기체 분리 공정에 각광을 받아 왔다. 특히 혼합기체에서 고 순도의 수소를 분리해 내는 기술은 연료전지 공정에서 화학 에너지를 전기화학 에너지로 전환시키는데 중요한 역할을 차지한다. 본 연구에서는MTES 템플레이팅 막을 이용하여 이 막 공정의 흡착 및 투과 특성을 규명하고, 이성분 혼합기체에서 고 순도의 수소를 추출해 낼 수 있는 최적 조건을 도출해 내었다. 또한, 기체 분리 거동을 살펴보기 위해 Gproms Dynamic Simulator를 이용하였으며, 이때 기체상의 물질전달을 모사하기 위해 Dust Gas Model(DGM)을, 표면 확산 거동을 모사하기 위해 Generalized Stefan-Maxwell(GSM)식을 적용하였다. 이를 통해 평형론적 흡착 뿐 아니라 속도론적 흡착을 동시에 적용할 수 있게 하였다. MTES 템플레이팅 막의 흡착 및 분리능을 규명하기 위해 본 연구에서는 혼합기체의 투과, 분리 실험이 선행되었다. 실험 조건은 온도범위 323$\sim$473 K, 압력범위 0$\sim$7 atm에서 수행되었으며, 혼합기체는2성분으로 수소-메탄, 수소-이산화탄소, 수소-질소로 기체의 구성비는 각각 50:50 이다. 본 연구를 통해 각 혼합 기체들이 정상상태에 도달하는 시간과 분리능을 계산해 내었으며, 이 분리능을 다시 온도와 압력에 따른 결과로 분석하여 어느 조건에서의 수소 분리도가 최고치를 보이는지를 규명했으며, 시뮬레이션과 비교,대조하여 예측도를 검사하였다.