• Macromolecular Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.176-179
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• 2005

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.12
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• pp.3507-3508
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• 2010

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.1777-1780
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• 2012

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.182-187
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• 2007

The use of the pulsed electro acoustic (PEA) method allowed us to perform the direct observations of spatio-temporal charge distributions in Electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) based on polarizable nanoporous carbonaceous electrode. The negative charge density became the maximum, about $205C/m^3$ at the region where was near to collector layer in EDLCs for case $V_{DC}=2.5V$, while the positively charged density became the maximum, about $61.1C/m^3$ at the region where it was located around the cathode layer. The performance of the best sample was found to be better in terms of the charge density (Cs) and specific energy ($E_s$) with a maximum value of ${\sim}8.4F/g$ and 26 Wh/kg. The $C_s$ obtained from the PEA method agreed well with that from the energy conversion method. The PEA measurement used here is a very useful method to quantitively investigates the spatio-temporal charge distribution in EDLCs.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.660-666
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• 2010

Carbon aerogels are promising materials as electrodes for electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs). An optimum process is presented for synthesis of nanoporous carbon aerogels via pyrolyzing resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) organic aerogels, which could be cost-effectively manufactured from RF wet gels. The major reactions between resorcinol and formaldehyde include an addition reaction to form hydroxymethyl derivatives ($-CH_2OH$), and then a condensation reaction of the hydroxymethyl derivatives ($-CH_2-$)- and methylene ether ($-CH_2OCH_2-$) bridged compounds. The textural properties of carbon aerogels obtained were characterized by nitrogen adsorption/desorption analysis and SEM and TEM. The application of the resultant carbon for electrodes of electric double layers capacitor (EDLC) in organic TEABF4/ACN electrolyte indicated that the ESR, as low as 55 $m{\Omega}$, was smaller than for commercially activated carbons. And EDLC with carbon Aerogel electrodes has an excellent stable more than for commercially activated carbons.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.262-267
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• 2015

We demonstrate the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using ethylene-based chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and ferritin-induced catalytic particles toward growth temperature reduction. We first optimized the gas composition of $H_2$ and $C_2H_4$ at 500 and 30 sccm, respectively. On a planar $SiO_2$ substrate, high density SWNTs were grown at a minimum temperature of $760^{\circ}C$. In the case of growth using nanoporous templates, many suspended SWNTs were also observed from the samples grown at $760^{\circ}C$; low values of $I_D/I_G$ in the Raman spectra were also obtained. This means that the temperature of $760^{\circ}C$ is sufficient for SWNT growth in ethylene-based CVD and that ethylene is more effective that methane for low temperature growth. Our results provide a recipe for low temperature growth of SWNT; such growth is crucial for SWNT-based applications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.353.1-353.1
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• 2016

다공성 물질은 동공의 크기에 따라 미세동공(Micropore), 메조동공(Mesopore), 거대동공(Macropore)으로 나누어 분류한다. 다공성 재료의 장점은 높은 비표면적으로써, 촉매, 센서, 연료전지 전극, 에너지 저장장치 등으로의 이용 가능성을 보여주는 연구가 활발히 보고되고 있다. 종래의 연구는 두 가지 이상의 원소로 구성된 박막을 제작한 후 전기화학적 분해법, 선택적 용해법 등 습식공정을 통해 다공성 구조체를 제작하였다. 하지만 본 연구에서는 Au, Ag 타겟과 $CH_4$ gas를 이용해 ICP-assisted reactive magnetron sputtering 장비를 활용하여 450 nm 두께의 Au-C, Ag-C 박막을 제작하였다. 이후 연속적으로 RF 250 W를 ICP antenna 에 인가하여 $O_2$ plasma dealloying 공정을 통해 탄소(Carbon) 만을 선택적으로 제거함으로써, 건식 공정만으로 Si wafer ($10{\times}10mm^2$) 기판 위에 250 ~ 300 nm 두께의 다공성 Au, Ag 박막을 제작하였다. SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)를 활용하여 표면, 단면 형상을 관찰해 다공성 구조를 확인하였으며, AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy)를 통해 plasma dealloying 전 후 박막의 조성변화를 관찰하였다. 따라서 plasma dealloying 공정으로 제작된 다공성 Au, Ag 박막은 기존의 습식 공정 대비 청결하고 신속한 공정이 가능하며 높은 재현성을 통해 위의 적용분야에 보다 쉽게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Carbon letters
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.18-28
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• 2016

Global warming is considered one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century. In order to reduce the ever-increasing amount of methane (CH₄) released into the atmosphere, and thus its impact on global climate change, CH₄ storage technologies are attracting significant research interest. CH₄ storage processes are attracting technological interest, and methane is being applied as an alternative fuel for vehicles. CH₄ storage involves many technologies, among which, adsorption processes such as processes using porous adsorbents are regarded as an important green and economic technology. It is very important to develop highly efficient adsorbents to realize techno-economic systems for CH₄ adsorption and storage. In this review, we summarize the nanomaterials being used for CH₄ adsorption, which are divided into non-carbonaceous (e.g., zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, and porous polymers) and carbonaceous materials (e.g., activated carbons, ordered porous carbons, and activated carbon fibers), with a focus on recent research.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.562-568
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• 2009

Electrospinning is a technique that produces sub-micron sized continuous fibers by electric force from polymer solutions or melts. Due to its versatile manufacturability and the cost effectiveness, this method has been recently adopted for the fabrication of one-dimensional materials. Here, we fabricated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymer fibers, from which uniform carbon fibers with diameters of 100-200 nm were obtained after carbonization at 800 $^{\circ}C$ in N$_2$. Special emphasis was directed to the influence of the phase separated polymer solution on the morphology and the microstructure of the resulting carbon fiber. The addition of poly(stylene-co-acrylonitile) (SAN) makes the polymer solution phase separated, which allows for the formation of internal pores by its selective elimination after electrospinning. XPS and Raman Spectroscopy were used to confirm the surface composition and the degree of carbonization. At the PAN:SAN = 50:50 in vol%, the uniform carbon fibers with diameters of 300$\sim$500 nm and surface area of 131.6 m$^2$g$^{-1}$ were obtained.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.16-23
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• 2004

The silica containing carbon (C-SiO$_2$) membranes were fabricated using poly(imide siloxane) (PIS) having -CO- swivel group. The characteristics of porous C-SiO$_2$ structures prepared by the pyrolysis of poly(imide siloxane) were related with the micro-phase separation between the imide block and the siloxane block. Furthermore, the nitrogen adsorption isotherms of the CMS and the C-SiO$_2$ membranes were investigated to define the characteristics of porous structures. The C-SiO$_2$ membranes derived from PIS showed the type IV isotherm and possessed the hysteresis loop, which was associated with the mesoporous carbon structures, while the CMS membranes derived from PI showed the type I isotherm. For the molecular sieving probe, the C-SiO$_2$ membranes pyrolyzed at 550, 600, and 700$^{\circ}C$ showed the O$_2$ permeability of 924, 1076, and 367 Barrer (1 ${\times}$ 10$\^$-10/㎤(STP)cm/$\textrm{cm}^2$$.$s$.$cmHg) and O$_2$/N$_2$ selectivity of 9, 8, and 12.