• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.3183-3189
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• 2010

In order to increase the specific capacitance and energy density of supercapacitors, non-aqueous supercapacitors were prepared using lithium transition-metal oxides and activated carbons as active materials. The electrochemical properties were analyzed in terms of the content of lithium transition-metal oxides. The results of cyclic voltammetry and AC-impedance analyses showed that the pseudocapacitance may stem from the synergistic contributions of capacitive and faradic effects; the former is due to the electric double layer which is prepared in the interface of activated carbon and organic electrolyte, and the latter is due to the intercalation of lithium ($Li^+$) ions. The specific capacitance and energy density of a supercapacitor improved as the lithium transition-metal oxides content increased, showing 60% increase compared to those of supercapacitor using a pure activated carbon positive electrode.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2014

The present study has evaluated the $CO_2$ adsorption amount of activated carbon pellets (AC). Coconut shell based test AC were modified with surface impregnation of glycine, glycine metal salts and monoethanolamine for low level $CO_2$ (3000 ppm) adsorption. Physical and chemical properties of prepared adsorbents were analyzed and the adsorbed amount of $CO_2$ was investigated by using pure and 3,000 ppm $CO_2$ levels. The impregnation of nitrogen functionalities was verified by XPS analysis. The adsorption capacity for pure $CO_2$ gas was found to reach upto 3.08 mmol/g by AC-LiG (Activated carbon-Lithium glycinate), which has the largest specific surface area ($1026.9m^2/g$). As for low level $CO_2$ flow the primary amine impregnated adsorbent showed 0.26 mmol/g of adsorption amount, indicating the highest selectivity. An adsorbent with potassium-glycine salts (AC-KG, Activated carbon-Potassium glycinate) instead of amine presented with 0.12 mmol/g of adsorption capacity, which was higher than that of raw activated carbon granules (0.016 mmol/g).

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2014

The process parameter in optimized KOH alkali activation of soft carbon series coke material in high purity was set with DOE experiments design. The activated carbon was produced by performing the activation process based on the set process parameters. The specific surface area was measured and pore size was analyzed by $N_2$ absorption method for the produced activated carbon. The surface functional group was analyzed by Boehm method and metal impurities were analyzed by XRF method. The specific surface area was increased over 2,000 $m^2/g$ as the mixing ratio of activation agent increased. The micro pores in $5{\sim}15{\AA}$ and surface functional group under 0.4 meq/g were obtained. The contents of the metal impurity in activated carbon which is the factor for reducing the electrochemical characteristics was reduced less than 100 ppm through the cleansing process optimization. The electrochemical characteristics of activated carbon in 38.5 F/g and 26.6 F/cc were checked through the impedance measuring with cyclic voltammetry scan rate in 50~300 mV/s and frequency in 10 mHz ~100 kHz. The activated carbon was made in the optimized activation process conditions of activation time in 40 minutes, mixing ratio of activation agent in 4.5 : 1.0 and heat treatment temperature over $650^{\circ}C$.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2000

In order to examine the availability and effectiveness of crab shell for the removal of heavy metals in aqueous solution the crab shell was compared with cation exchange resin(CER), zeolite granular activated carbon (GAC) and powdered activated carbon(PAC) on aspects of heavy metal removal capacity rate and efficiency. In the removal of Pb, Cd and Cr, the heavy metal removal capacity of crab shell was higher than those of any other sorbents (CER, zeolite, GAC, PAC) and the order of heavy metal removal capacity was crab shell>CER>zeolite>PAC GAC. However in the removal of Cu, the result of crab shell was slightly lower than that of CER. The initial heavy metal removal rate was affected by the sorts of sorbents and metals. In all heavy metals the heavy metal removal rate of crab shell was higher than those of any other sorbents. Under the heavy metal concentration of 1.0 mmole/$\ell$ the heavy metal removal efficiency of crab shell was maintained as 93~100% which was much higher than those of any other sorbents.

• 공업화학
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.671-678
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• 2021

암모니아의 흡착 성능을 향상할 목적으로 활성탄의 질산 처리 및 활성탄으로 금속 염화물의 첨착 효과를 연구하였다. 질산 처리에 의해 활성탄으로 하이드록시기 및 카르복실기와 같은 작용기들의 도입을 확인하였다. 이후 초음파 함침법을 사용하여 각 금속 염화물(NiCl₂, MgCl₂, CuCl₂, MnCl₂ 또는 CoCl₂)을 표면 개질 활성탄 위로 첨착하였다. 여러첨착된 활성탄들의 물리화학적 특성과 암모니아 흡착 성능을 관찰하였다. 금속 염화물은 초음파 처리에 의해 원활하게 분산되었으며 활성탄 표면 위에 고르게 분포되었다. 금속 염화물이 첨착된 표면 개질 활성탄은 감소된 비표면적 및 세공 부피에도 불구하고 매우 우수한 암모니아 흡착 성능을 나타내었다. 특히, NiCl₂를 첨착하여 제조한 HNO₃-NiCl₂ AC는 가장 우수한 암모니아 흡착능(3.736 mmol·g^-1)을 나타내었으며, 미처리된 활성탄(0.066 mmol·g^-1)과 비교하여 약 57배 향상되었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.186-190
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• 2004

In this work, a nickel metal (Ni) electroplating on the activated carbon fiber (Ni/ACFs) surfaces was carried out to remove the toxic hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas. The surface properties of the treated ACFs were determined by using nitrogen adsorption isotherms at 77 K, SEM, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. HCl removal efficiency was confirmed by a gas-detecting tube technique. As a result, the nickel metal contents on the ACF surfaces were increased with increasing the plating time. And, it was found that the specific surface area or the micropore volume of the ACFs studied was slightly decreased as increasing the plating time. Whereas, it was revealed that the HCl removal efficiency containing nickel metal showed higher efficiency values than that of untreated ACFs. These results indicated that the presence of nickel metal on the ACF surfaces played an important role in improving the HCl removal over the Ni/ACFs, due to the catalytic reactions between nickel and chlorine.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.472-478
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• 2013

기존 흡착제들보다 우수한 흡착성능을 확보하고, 특히 특정한 용제에 대한 흡착성능을 극대화하기 위하여 활성탄소섬유를 기본흡착제로 적용하였고, 여기에 활성금속을 첨착시켜 흡착성능과 선택성을 제고하고자 하였다. 선행 연구를 통하여 선정된 Cu, Cr을 기본 활성금속으로 하고 여기에 활성보조금속으로서 Pt, Pd를 복합 첨착시킨 활성탄소섬유를 첨착온도 및 시간을 변수로 하여 제조하였다. 복합첨착 활성탄소섬유의 흡착 성능이 단일첨착 활성탄소섬유와 비교하여 향상되었으며, 첨착온도 $100^{\circ}C$, 첨착시간 5시간 조건에서 최상의 흡착 성능을 확인할 수 있었다. Cu-Cr-Pt-Pd 복합첨착 활성탄소섬유가 가장 뛰어난 흡착성능을 보였으며, 기존 활성탄소섬유보다 2배 이상의 높은 흡착성능을 확인하였다. 한편, 활성금속첨착 활성탄소섬유상에의 확산 및 흡착에 필요한 최소 접촉시간은 0.5초 이상은 유지해야 함을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2002

Activated carbon fibers were prepared from the petroleum isotropic pitch and organometallic compounds. The metalsvwere dispersed uniformly in the ACFs. The specific surface area and pore size distributions of metal containing ACFsvwere measured. The mesopores of ACFs were developed by Co, Ni, and Mn metals addition and the catalytic reactivityvof ACFs'SOx removal was increased by adding Ni and Pd metals. It was found that the mesopores did not work forvthe improvement of catalytic reactivity of ACFs' SOx removal with the blank experiment using the metal removedvACFs.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2022

대기 오염의 주요 원인인 휘발성유기화합물(VOCs)의 배출을 저감 하기 위한 방법으로 주로 활성탄 흡착탑이 활용되고 있다. 하지만 활성탄의 짧은 수명과 잦은 교체 주기의 단점이 있어 이를 극복하기 위한 다양한 기술이 개발되고 있으며, 광촉매-활성탄 복합체는 이러한 활성탄의 단점을 극복할 수 있는 방법임을 입증하였다. 광촉매-활성탄 복합체는 활성탄 표면에 금속산화물 광촉매를 코팅하여 광촉매 효과와 활성탄의 흡착능력 효과를 동시에 확보할 수 있는 휘발성유기화합물 저감 물질이다. 미세유체공정을 이용하여 ZnO, 은(Ag) 나노입자를 동시에 합성한 후 실시간으로 ZnO와 은(Ag) 나노입자 용액을 활성탄이 채워진 충진층 반응기에 주입하여 Ag-ZnO 활성탄 복합체를 합성하였다. 합성 반응시간에 따른 광촉매 복합체의 증착양을 분석했으며, 다양한 분석 방법을 통해 광촉매가 활성탄의 기공을 막지 않고 활성탄 표면에 선택적으로 증착 되었음을 확인하였다. 톨루엔 가스백 시험과 흡착 파괴시간 시험을 통해 광촉매-활성탄 복합체가 순수한 활성탄보다 우수한 저감 효과와 지속성을 가지는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 공정은 광촉매-활성탄 복합체를 효율적으로 생산할 수 있는 방법으로 대량 생산을 위한 스케일 업 공정을 통해 국내의 VOCs 저감 물질 가격 경쟁력을 높일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2003

Antibacterial behaviors of PAN-based activated carbon fibers (ACFs) containing silver metal were investigated. The effects of surface and pore structures of the ACFs were studied by $N_2$/77 K adsorption and D-R plot as a function of silver loading content. The antibacterial activities were investigated by a dilution test against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus; gram positive) and Klebsiella pnemoniae (K. pnumoniae; gram negative). As experimental results, the ACFs showed some decreases in specific surface areas, micropore volumes, and total pore volume with an increase of silver content. However, the antibacterial activities of the ACFs were strongly increased against S. aureus as well as K. pnumoniae, which could be attributed to the presence of antibacterial metal in the ACFs system.