• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2003

한국원자력연구소에서는 산화물 형태의 사용후핵연료를 용융염 매질에서 금속으로 전환함으로써 사용후핵연료의 발열량, 부피 및 방사능을 1/4로 감소시킬 수 있는 전기화학적 금속전환공정을 개발하고 g 규모(3-40g $U_{3}O_{8}$ batch)로 기초실험을 수행하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전기화학적 금속전환 장치를 5kg $U_{3}O_{8}$ batch 규모로 설계 제작하고, 목표로 하고 있는 20kg $U_{3}O_{8}$ batch 규모 핫셀 실증을 위한 장치설계자료를 산출하기 위해 mock-up test를 수행하였다. 운전변수에 따른 $U_{3}O_{8}$의 전기화학적 환원거동을 규명하였으며, $U_{3}O_{8}$ 분말을 99% 이상 금속전환하여 전기화학적 금속전환공정의 타당성을 kg 규모로 검증할 수 있었다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.204-211
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• 2008

A platinum-catalyzed polyelectrolyte porous membrane was prepared by solid-state compression of electrospun polystyrene (PS) fibers and in-situ metallization of counter-balanced ionic metal sources on the polymer surface. Using this ion-exchange metal-polymer composite system, fiber entangled pores were formed in the interstitial space of the fibers, which were surrounded by sulfonic acid sites ($SO_3^-$) to give a cation-selective polyelectrolyte porous bed with an ion exchange capacity ($I_{EC}$) of 3.0 meq/g and an ionic conductivity of 0.09 S/cm. The Pt loading was estimated to be 16.32 wt% from the $SO_3^-$ ions on the surface of the sulfonated PS fibers, which interact with the cationic platinum complex, $Pt(NH_3)_4^{2+}$, at a ratio of 3:1 based on steric hindrance and the arrangement of interacting ions. This is in good agreement with the Pt loading of 15.82 wt% measured by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The Pt-loaded sulfonated PS media showed an ionic conductivity of 0.32 S/cm. The in-situ metallized platinum provided a nano-sized and strongly-bound catalyst in robust porous media, which highlights its potential use in various electrochemical and catalytic systems.