• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.2170-2174
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• 2010

The surfaces of $TiO_2$ and ZnO nanoparticles have been modified by gold (Au) nanoparticles by a reduction method in solution. Their interfacial electronic structures and optical absorptions have been studied by depth-profiling X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, respectively. Upon Au-modification, UV-vis absorption spectra reveal a broad surface plasmon peak at around 500 nm. For the as-prepared Au-modified $TiO_2$ and ZnO, the Au $4f_{7/2}$ XPS peaks exhibit at 83.7 and 83.9 eV, respectively. These are due to a charge transfer effect from the metal oxide support to the Au. For $TiO_2$, the larger binding energy shift from that (84.0 eV) of bulk Au could indicate that Au-modification site of $TiO_2$ is different from that of ZnO. On the basis of the XPS data with sputtering depth, we conclude that cationic (1+ and 3+) Au species, plausibly $Au(OH)_x$ (x = 1-3), commonly form mainly at the Au-$TiO_2$ and Au-ZnO interfaces. With $Ar^+$ ion sputtering, the oxidation state of Ti dramatically changes from 4+ to 3+ and 2+ while that (2+) of Zn shows no discernible change based on the binding energy position and the full-width at half maximum (FWHM).

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.666-670
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• 2001

용융탄산염 연료전지(MCFC)의 상용화에 있어서 가장 큰 문제점으로 지적되고 있는 분리판 wet-seal부의 내식성 향상을 위해 AISI 316L 스테인레스강에 Ni은 전기도금법으로, Y과 Al은 e-beam PVD법으로 피복하여 Ni/Y/Al충을 형성시켰다.$ 800^{\circ}C$ 환원분위기에서 5시간의 열처리를 통해 NiAlY 합금층을 얻을 수 있었으며, 그 후 $650^{\circ}C$ 용융탄산염내에서 as-received AISI 316L 스테인레스강과 200시간의 침지실험을 퉁해 내식성이 비교.평가되었다. SEM/EDS를 통한 단면 관찰 결과, Y의 첨가에 의해 치밀한 산화막을 형성하여 분리판 wet-seal부의 내식성을 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.557-563
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• 2006

The electrolytic reduction of spent oxide fuel involves the liberation of oxygen in a molten LiCl electrolyte, which results in a chemically aggressive environment that is too corrosive for typical structural materials. So, it is essential to choose the optimum material for the process equipment handling molten salt. In this study, corrosion behavior of Inconel 713LC, MA 754, X-750 and 718 in the molten salt $LiCl-Li_2O$ under an oxidizing atmosphere was investigated at $650^{\circ}C$ for $72{\sim}216$ hours. Inconel 713LC alloy showed the highest corrosion resistance among the examined alloys. Corrosion products of Inconel 713LC were $Cr_2O_3,\;NiCr_2O_4$ and NiO, and those of Inconel MA 754 were $Cr_2O_3\;and\;Li_2Ni_8O_{10}$ while $Cr_2O_3,\;NiFe_2O_4\;and\;CrNbO_4$ were produced from Inconel 718. Also, corrosion products of Inconel X-750 were found to be $Cr_2O_3,\;NiFe_2O_4\;and\;(Cr,Nb,Ti)O_2$. Inconel 713LC showed local corrosion behavior and Inconel MA 754, 718, X-750 showed uniform corrosion behavior.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2011

Performance changes of an anode-supported tubular SOFC including current collectors are analyzed at different current collecting methods using numerical simulation. From the two dimensional numerical model of the solid oxide fuel cell with nickel felts as anodic current collectors and silver wires as cathodic ones, the performance curves and the distributions of temperature, concentration, current density are obtained. Also, the voltage loss of the cell is divided into three parts: activation loss, concentration loss and ohmic loss. The results show that the performance change of the cell is dominantly influenced by the ohmic loss. Although the temperature and concentration distributions are different, the total activation loss and concentration loss are nearly same. And the ohmic loss is divided into each parts of the cell components. The ohmic loss of the anodic current collectorreaches about 60~80% of the cell's total ohmic loss. Therefore, the reduction of the ohmic loss of the anodic current collector is very important for stack power enhancement. It is also recommended that the load should be connected to the both ends of the anodic current collector.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.117-121
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• 2010

$SnO_2-(1-x)P_2O_5-xB_2O_3$ glass system were prepared by melt-quenching technique in the compositional series containing 50, 55 and 60 mol% of $SnO_2$. Local structure of the glasses was investigated by Raman and FT-IR measurements. A large glass-forming region was found at the phosphate side of the ternary system with homogeneous glasses containing up to 5~25 mol% of $B_2O_3$. According as content of $B_2O_3$ increases, theraml expansion coefficient of glass decreased but transition temperature and softening temperature increased. Because these phenomenon changed local structure of glass. According as content of $B_2O_3$ increases, quantity of bridging oxygen increased. Also, according as content of $SnO_2$ increases, confirmed that quantity of non-bridging oxygen increases.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2011

The effect of $TiO_2$ nanotube (TNT) and nanoparticle (TNP) composite photoelectrode and the role of TNT to enhance the photo conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) have investigated in this study. Results demonstrated that the increase of the TNT content (1-15 %) into the electron collecting TNP film increases the open-circuit potential ($V_{oc}$) and short circuit current density ($J_{sc}$). Based on the impedance analysis, the increased $V_{oc}$ was attributed to the suppressed recombination between electrode and electrolyte or dye. Photochemical analysis revealed that the increased Jsc with the increased TNT content was due to the scattering effect and the reduced electron diffusion path of TNT. The highest $J_{sc}$ (12.6 mA/$cm^2$), Voc (711 mV) and conversion efficiency (5.9%) were obtained in the composite photoelectrode with 15% TNT. However, $J_{sc}$ and $V_{oc}$ was decreased for the case of 20% TNT, which results from the significant reduction of adsorbed dye amount and the poor attachment of the film on the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO). Therefore, application of this composite photoelectrode is expected to be a promising approach to improve the energy conversion efficiency of DSSC.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2012

A 1 GHz CMOS fast-lock phase-locked loop (PLL) is proposed to support the quick wake-up time of mobile consumer electronic devices. The proposed fast-lock PLL consists of a conventional charge-pump PLL, a frequency-to-digital converter (FDC) to measure the frequency of the input reference clock, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to generate the initial control voltage of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The initial control voltage of the VCO is driven toward a reference voltage that is determined by the frequency of the input reference clock in the initial mode. For the speedy measurement of the frequency of the reference clock, an FDC with a parallel architecture is proposed, and its architecture is similar to that of a flash analog-to-digital converter. In addition, the frequency-to-voltage converter used in the FDC is designed simply by utilizing current integrators. The circuits for the proposed fast-lock scheme are disabled in the normal operation mode except in the initial mode to reduce the power consumption. The proposed PLL was fabricated by using a 0.18-${\mu}m$ 1-poly 6-metal complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process with a 1.8 V supply. This PLL multiplies the frequency of the reference clock by 10 and generates the four-phase clock. The simulation results show a reduction of up to 40% in the worstcase PLL lock time over the device operating conditions. The root-mean-square (rms) jitter of the proposed PLL was measured as 2.94 ps at 1 GHz. The area and power consumption of the implemented PLL are $400{\times}450{\mu}m^2$ and 6 mW, respectively.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.263-274
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• 1996

타이타늄 옥사이드층을 태양전지의 표면 보호막으로 사용시, 그 적합성에 대해 조사하였다. 스프레이법으로 형성된 타이타늄 옥사이드의 박막층은 태양전지 제조 과정중 사용되는 화학약품에 잘 견디며, 이 층을 사용함으로서 고온산화공정을 줄일 수 있다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 1999

[ $CaNi_5$ ] 수소저장합금의 전기화학적 충$\cdot$방전 특성에 미치는 MG(mechanical grinding) 영향이 Ar및 $H_2$ 가스분위기에서 조사되었다 MG공정중 $CaNi_5$ 합금은 표면 산화층의 파괴와 재생성 및 산화층 근방의 불균질화로 인하여 MG 15시간 이후부터 CaO와 Ni로 뚜렷한 상분리가 일어났다. $MG-CaNi_5$는 MG시간이 길어질수록 초기의 전기화학적 방전용량은 현저히 감소하였지만 충$\cdot$방전 싸이클의 증가에 따른 용량저하 속도는 $CaNi_5$합금에 비하여 낮았다. MG처리된 $CaNi_5$합금의 퇴화는 MG공정중의 상분리 및 불규칙화에 의한 수소의 가역반응 site의 감소 및 분극저항의 증가, KOH 전해질 내에서 합금 표면의 산화반응에 의한 부동태 피막형성에 기인하는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.385-394
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• 1994

세공분포가 서로 다른 두 종류(KHT, X-5)의 ${\gamma}$-알루미나 pellet에 아황산가스를 흡착 제거시킬 경우 반응이 진행되면서 각각의 세공벽에 반응생성층이 형성되어 반응속도 상수($K_v$), 세공률(${\varepsilon}_p$), 유효내부 확산계수($D_e$)의 변화와 세공반경이 줄어들어 세공막힘 현상이 일어나게 된다. 이들 영향을 고려하여 세공분포를 이용한 Random pore model로 최적반응온도 $450^{\circ}C$에서 산화구리의 각 담지농도(4, 6, 8, l0 wt%)와 아황산가스의 농도(1000, 2000ppm)에 대한 전환율을 수학적 모델로부터 계산하였다. 산화구리의 담지농도가 증가할수록 세공내의 유효반응 표면적과 세공률의 감소, 내부확산저항의 증가, 미세세공의 세공막힘 현상으로 전환율은 감소하였다. 총괄 전환율은 ${\gamma}$-알루미나 pallet의 표면 국부 전환율에 크게 의존하였으며 산화구리의 담지농도가 낮고 아황산가스의 농도가 클수록 증가하였다. 반응기에 유입되는 아황산가스의 유속은 반응초기 CuO의 전환율에 영향을 주었고 세공분포가 발달하여 세공율이 큰 ${\gamma}$-알루미나 pellet일수록 전환율은 높게 나타났다.