• 한국재료학회지
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.434-442
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• 2014

Serious environmental problems have been caused by the greenhouse effect due to carbon dioxide($CO_2$) or nitrogen oxides($NO_x$) generated by the use of fossil fuels, including oil and liquefied natural gas. Many countries, including our own, the United States, those of the European Union and other developed countries around the world; have shown growing interest in clean energy, and have been concentrating on the development of new energy-saving materials and devices. Typical non-fossil-fuel sources include solar cells, wind power, tidal power, nuclear power, and fuel cells. In particular, organic solar cells(OSCs) have relatively low power-conversion efficiency(PCE) in comparison with inorganic(silicon) based solar cells, compound semiconductor solar cells and the CIGS [$Cu(In_{1-x}Ga_x)Se_2$] thin film solar cells. Recently, organic cell efficiencies greater than 10 % have been obtained by means of the development of new organic semiconducting materials, which feature improvements in crystalline properties, as well as in the quantum-dot nano-structure of the active layers. In this paper, a brief overview of solar cells in general is presented. In particular, the current development status of the next-generation OSCs including their operation principle, device-manufacturing processes, and improvements in the PCE are described.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제14권E호
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• pp.9-17
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• 1998

Oxides of nitrogen play important roles in atmospheric chemistry. Soil has been recognized as a major natural source of NO, and its emission depends on soil parameters such as soil nitrogen availability, soil moisture and temperature. It is necessary to understand effects of these controlling parameters on soil NO emission. In order to understand soil moisture effects on NO emission, variations of NO concentration and existence of its equilibrium concentration were observed from ammonium fertilized Japanese upland soil prepared for different soil moisture conditions. The closed chamber technique was employed for this study. The significant increases in NO with soil moisture were found. Maximum was occurred at sample ID4 (55% of water-filled pore space (WFPS)), but it decreased as soil moisture increased. No significant NO concentration was emitted from soil sample without fertilizer, but there was significant NO in fertilized soil samples. The magnitudes of NO from soil increased with time and reached at steady state within ten minutes approximately. These results suggest that nitrogen input from fertilizer takes charge in the first step of sharp increase in NO emission, and then soil moisture becomes important factor to control NO emission from the soils. NO concentrations from soil were compared to those one-day after the experiment. Results from the comparison analysis suggest that the soil NO flux might have been stimulated by soil disturbances like mixing, and this is much more effective in dry soils rather than in wet soils. It was found that much less NO came out from soils after a day; suggesting that most of NO was released from the soils within a day after fertilizer application during our experiment. The length of NO releasing time span may depend on the amounts of fertilizer applied, soil moisture condition, and other soil physical parameters.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.19-33
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• 1997

The high oxidants, which occur the daily maximum concentrations in the afternoon, are transported into the other region via long range transport mechanisms or trapped within the shallow mixing boundary layer and then removed physically (deposition, transport by mountain wind, etc.) and chemically (reaction with local sources). Therefore, modeling formation of photochemical oxidants requires a complex description of both chemical and meteorological processes. In this study, as a part of air quality studies, we reviewed various aspects of photochemical modeling on the basis of currently available literature. The result of the review shows that the model is based on a set of coupled continuity equations describing advection, diffusion, transport, deposition, chemistry, emission. Also photochemical oxidant models require a large amount of input data concerned with all aspects of the ozone life cycle. First, emission inventories of hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides, with appropriate spatial and temporal resolution. Second, chemical and photochemical data allowing the quantitative description of the formation of ozone and other photochemically-generated secondary pollutants. Third, dry deposition mechanisms particularly for ozone, PAN and hydrogen peroxide to account for their removal by absorption on the ground, crops, natural vegetation, man-made and water surfaces. Finally, meteorological data describing the transport of primary pollutants away from their sources and of secondary pollutants towards the sensitive receptors where environmental damage may occur. In order to improve our present study, shortcomings and limitation of existing models are pointed out and verification process through observation is emphasized.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2016

The hydrogen has been recognized as a clean, nonpolluting and unlimited energy source that can solve fossil fuel depletion and environmental pollution problems at the same time. Water electrolysis has been the most attractive technology in a way to produce hydrogen because it does not emit any pollutants compared to other method such as natural gas steam reforming and coal gasification etc. In order to improve efficiency and durability of the water electrolysis, comprehensive studies for highly active and stable electrocatalysts have been performed. The platinum group metal (PGM; Pt, Ru, Pd, Rh, etc.) electrocatalysts indicated a higher activity and stability compared with other transition metals in harsh condition such as acid solution. It is necessary to develop inexpensive non-noble metal catalysts such as transition metal oxides because the PGM catalysts is expensive materials with insufficient it's reserves. The optimization of operating parameter and the components is also important factor to develop an efficient water electrolysis cell. In this study, we optimized the operating parameter and components such as the type of AEM and density of gas diffusion layer (GDL) and the temperature/concentration of the electrolyte solution for the anion exchange membrane water electrolysis cell (AEMWEC) with the transition metal oxide alloy anode and cathode electrocatalysts. The maximum current density was $345.8mA/cm^2$ with parameter and component optimization.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.365-371
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• 2020

이 연구에서는 Perenniporia fraxinea를 사용하여 배지가 카르테노이드 생성 및 균사 성장에 미치는 영향을 분석했습니다. 0.1% 미만의 펩톤을 함유한 맥아추출물은 카르테노이드의 생성을 촉진했으며 0.2% 이상의 펩톤이 그 생산을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 맥아추출물이 없으면 Perenniporia fraxinea는 소량의 펩톤 첨가에도 불구하고 카르테노이드를 생산하지 못했다. 아카시재목버섯의 배양을 통하여 생산된 균사체를 원심분리로 배양액을 분리하여 상층액을 카르테노이드 용액으로 회수가 가능하였다. 균사체 내부에 축적된 카르테노이드는 에탄올을 사용하여 추출하였다. 배양액에서 분리 또는 추출한 카르테노이드 용액은 우수한 DPPH 라디칼 소거 활성을 나타냈다. 본 연구에서 생산된 항산화 카르테노이드는 천연물 유래 물질로 독성 및 부작용이 없으며 항산화 효과가 우수하여 활성산소에 의해 생성된 산화물을 효과적으로 제거할 수 있다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2022

Excessive presence of As level in groundwater is a major health problem worldwide. In the Red River Delta in Vietnam, several million residents possess a high risk of chronic As poisoning. The As releases into groundwater caused by natural process through microbially-driven reductive dissolution of Fe (III) oxides. It has been extracted by Red River residents using private tube wells for drinking and daily purposes because of their unawareness of the contamination. This long-term consumption of As-contaminated groundwater could lead to various health problems. Therefore, a predictive model would be useful to expose contamination risks of the wells in the Red River Delta Vietnam area. This study used four machine learning algorithms to predict the As probability of study sites in Red River Delta, Vietnam. The GBM was the best performing model with the accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and specificity of 98.7%, 100%, 95.2%, and 100%, respectively. In addition, it resulted the highest AUC of 92% and 96% for the PRC and ROC curves, with Eh and Fe as the most important variables. The partial dependence plot of As concentration on the model parameters showed that the probability of high level of As is related to the low number of wells' depth, Eh, and SO₄, along with high PO₄^3- and NH₄⁺. This condition triggers the reductive dissolution of iron phases, thus releasing As into groundwater.

• 공업화학
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.479-487
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• 2023

구리(Cu)는 저렴한 비용으로 용이하게 도입이 가능하여 다양한 소재 표면에 살균 코팅제로 쓰이고 있다. 자연적 산화 반응이 구리의 효능을 손상시키지 않아 장기간 노출 조건에서도 항균 성능을 유지할 수 있다. 더 나아가 구리 화합물은 그람 음성균 및 그람 양성균 뿐만 아니라, 병원성 효모, 외피 보유 및 외피 미보유 타입의 바이러스에 대해 모두 폭넓은 살균 효과를 보인다. 구리 코팅 표면의 접촉 살균은 구리의 침투로 단백질 변성을 일으키고 세포막 손상으로 뉴클레오티드 및 세포질 등의 내용물이 용출되게 한다. 또한 구리 산화환원 활성에 의한 활성 산소종 생성으로 효소작용을 억제하고 DNA를 파괴하여 세포를 영구적으로 손상시킨다. 구리는 안정한 금속 성질 때문에 나노입자, 이온, 복합물, 합금 등의 여러 형태로 쓰이고 있으며 코팅 방법이 다양하다. 본 총설에서는 구리 이온과 구리 산화물의 대표적인 표면 도입 방법을 살펴보고 구리 산화수에 따른 항균·항바이러스 특성을 다루고자 한다.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2024

Cars are one of the main causes of air pollution in large cities, and 34.6% of domestic air pollution emissions come from mobile sources, of which cars account for 69.6%. In particular, the importance of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM), which are major pollutants in diesel vehicles, is increasing due to their high contribution to emissions. Therefore, in this study, the problem of natural regeneration caused by low exhaust gas temperature during low speed and low load operation was solved by applying a complex regeneration DPF that is not affected by temperature conditions to large diesel vehicles with higher driving time and engine displacement than small and medium-sized vehicles. And the feasibility of application to large diesel vehicles was reviewed by measuring the emission reduction efficiency. As a result of the reduction efficiency test on the actual vehicle durability product, PM showed a reduction efficiency of 84% to 86%, and the reduction efficiency of gaseous substances showed a high reduction efficiency of over 90%. The actual vehicle applicability test was completed with three driving patterns: village bus vehicle, police car, and road-going construction equipment vehicle, and no device problems occurred until the end of the test. Both load and no-load smoke measurement results showed a smoke reduction efficiency of over 96%.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.229-244
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• 2013

비소의 오염은 다양한 자연적 또는 인위적 원인들로 인하여 발생할 수 있다. 비소의 자연상 다양한 화학종 중 3가와 5가 형태로 대부분 존재하고, 비소의 거동은 Al, Fe, Mn 산화물 등에 의해 영향을 받는다. 이에 본 연구는 Mn, Si, Ca 등의 성분이 많이 포함된 망간슬래그를 이용한 비소 수착특성을 규명하기 위해 수행되어졌다. 망간슬래그의 수착제로서의 주요한 특성을 조사하고 평형론과 반응 속도론 실험을 통해 비소 화학종별 수착양상을 고찰하였다. 망간슬래그의 비표면적은 $4.04m^2/g$, 전위차 적정법에 의해 측정된 영전하점(point of zero salt effect, PZSE)은 7.73으로 측정되었다. pH 4, 7, 10의 조건으로 두 비소 화학종의 수착반응에 대한 평형실험 결과 3가 비소보다 5가 비소가 수착량이 더 컸으며 망간슬래그와의 친화력이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 3가 비소는 pH 7에서, 5가 비소는 pH 4에서 수착량이 가장 높게 나타났는데 이는 pH에 따른 두 비소 화학종의 존재형태와 망간슬래그의 표면전하 간 상호작용에 기인한 것이다. 수착반응은 3가 비소와 5가 비소 모두 2시간 이내에 최대 수착량에 도달하였고, 반응속도 실험결과를 다양한 반응속도 모델들에 모사하였을 때, 유사이차(pseudo-second-order)와 포물선(parabolic) 모델이 가장 적합한 모델로 조사되었다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2020

반응성 조정 압축착화 (Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition, RCCI) 연소는 착화원인 디젤 연료를 압축 행정 중 이른 시점에 미리 분사하여, 공기와 미리 섞여 들어온 천연가스 연료뿐만 아니라 디젤 연료 자체도 미리 연소 전에 공기와 혼합하여 착화를 이루는 전체 예혼합 혼소(Dual-fuel combustion) 방식의 일종이다. 따라서 기존의 혼소 방식 중에서도 RCCI 연소는 질소산화물(Nitrogen Oxides, NOx) 및 매연(Smoke)을 획기적으로 줄일 수 있고, 또한 높은 열효율을 유지할 수 있는 장점을 지니고 있다. 특히 연소 중 NOx의 발생은 연소 온도와 국부적인 당량비에 관계된 상황에서 당량비를 낮추기 위해 예혼합율을 높이는 시도뿐만 아니라, 연소 온도 감소를 위한 배기재순환(Exhuast Gas Recirculation, EGR)을 적용하는 것이 효과적이다. 그러나 배기재순환은 대개의 경우 터보차저의 압축기 전단에서 추출하는 HP-EGR(High Pressure-EGR) 방식을 적용하는 경우가 많으므로, EGR율을 높일 경우 터빈으로 공급되는 배기의 양이 줄어 배기 엔탈피 감소로 인해 과급이 줄어드는 악영향을 초래할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 두 운전조건에서 천연가스-디젤 RCCI 연소를 시행할 때, EGR율 변화에 따른 엔진 시스템의 제동 출력 및 열효율의 변화에 대하여 실험적으로 분석하였다. 실험 조건은 1,200 rpm/29 kW 수준의 조건과 1,800 rpm/90 kW 이하 조건에서 수행하였으며 NOx와 smoke의 배출조건은 Tier-4 final 배기규제를 기준으로 삼았으며 엔진의 내구성을 고려하여 최고 연소압력은 160 bar를 넘지 않게 제어하였다. 그 결과 1,200 rpm/29 kW 조건에서는 EGR율을 4에서 30 %로 높이더라도 출력 및 열효율의 변화는 미미하였으나, 1,800 rpm 조건에서는 EGR율을 4에서 28 %로 증가할 경우 최대 과급 압력이 2.3에서 1.8 bar로, 최고 출력은 90에서 65 kW로, 열효율은 37에서 33 %로 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 효과적인 EGR공급을 위해서는 현재 압축기 전단에서 추출하는 EGR을 후단에서 추출하는 LP-EGR (Low Pressure EGR) 시스템이 효과적일 수 있음을 시사한다.