• 멤브레인
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.241-251
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• 2006

본 연구에서, 랜덤(r-) 및 블록(b-) 구조를 가지는 가교 공중합 폴리이미드를 N,N-bis(2-hyoxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid와 pentanediol을 가교제로 사용하여 제조하였다. 비교를 위하여 가교되지 않은 r- 과 b- 술폰화 공중합 폴리이미드도 제조하였다. 술폰산기의 조성에 강한 의존성을 보이는 이온교환능 값은 r- 과 b- 술폰화 공중합 폴리이미드에서 서로 비슷한 경향을 나타냈다. 카르복실산 기의 dimerization을 통한 물리적 가교현상은, 가교되지 않은 b- 술폰화 공중합 폴리이미드 고분자의 평균 사슬 거리를 감소시켰으며, 결과적으로 함수율과 메탄올 투과도를 r- 술폰화 공중합 폴리이미드보다 감소시켰다. 동시에, 고분자의 평균 사슬 거리의 감소는 단위 부피당 fixed-charged 이온의 함량을 증가시켰고, 이렇게 높아진 liked-charged 이온 밀도는 b- 술폰화 공중합 폴리이미드의 수소이온 전도도의 향상에 기여하였다. 가교제 및 고분자 구조에 상관없이, 가교구조의 도입은 고분자 사슬간의 평균 거리를 감소시켰고, 메탄올 투과도를 낮추었다. 반면에, 수소이온 전도도는 향상되는 경향을 나타내었는데, 이는 수소이온의 전달을 담당하는 친수성 채널이 효과적으로 형성 될 수 있기 때문이다. 특히, 이러한 경향은 술폰산기를 가진 가교제로 가교된, r- 술폰화 공중합 플리이미드에서 뚜렷하게 나타났다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.2243-2257
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• 2016

This paper presents a two stage three-phase proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generation system. When the system is connected to a three-phase load, it is very sensitive to the characteristics and type of the load. Especially unbalanced three-phase loads, which result in a pulsating power that is twice the output frequency at the inverter output, and cause the dc-link to generate low frequency ripples. This penetrates to the fuel cell side through the front-end dc-dc converter, which makes the fuel cell work in an unsafe condition and degrades its lifespan. In this paper, the generation and propagation mechanism of low frequency ripple is analyzed and its impact on fuel cells is presented based on the PEMFC output characteristics model. Then a novel method to evaluate low frequency current ripple control capability is investigated. Moreover, a control scheme with bandpass filter inserted into the current feed-forward path, and ripple duty ratio compensation based on current mode control with notch filter is also proposed to achieve low frequency ripple suppression and dynamic characteristics improvement during load transients. Finally, different control methods are verified and compared by simulation and experimental results.

• 멤브레인
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2012

불소관능기인 perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB)기를 포함하는 후술폰화 poly (arylene ether sulfone) 랜덤 공중합체를 다공성 Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 막에 함침시켜 새로운 복합막을 제조하였다. 후술폰화 랜덤 공중합체는 trifluorovinyloxy 그룹을 양말단에 포함하는 biphenyl계와 sulfonyl계 단량체로부터 제조되었는데, biphenyl계와 sulfonyl계의 비율을 6 : 4와 4 : 6으로 조절 후 중부가반응 형태의 열중합과 chlorosulfonic acid (CSA)를 이용한 후술폰화 반응을 통하여 얻어졌다. 이렇게 제조된 랜덤 공중합체의 농도를 달리하면서(5~20 wt%) 다공성 PTFE 막에 함침시켜 복합막을 제조하였고, 이온 교환 능력(IEC), 함수율, 이온전도도를 측정하여 강화되지 않은 랜덤공중합체 및 Nafion과 비교하였다. 제조된 단량체 및 고분자의 구조와 순도는 각각 $^1H$-NMR, $^{19}F$-NMR와 FT-IR를 통하여 확인하였으며, 제조된 복합막의 형태는 SEM으로 관찰하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.279-304
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• 2023

폴리벤즈이미다졸(PBI) 기반의 막은 내구성이 우수한 네트워크 구조를 가지는 구조재료로서의 우수한 강성과 더불어서 고온에서의 우수한 내열성, 우수한 기계적 및 인장 특성, 높은 유리전이온도(T_g), 물이 없는 무수 환경에서의 이온 전도성능, 산화와 화학적 내구성으로 지난 20년 동안 다양한 용도의 대중적인 막 재료로 다양한 문헌에서 보고되어 왔다. 이온 전도성 PBI 기반 막은 고온용 양이온 교환막 연료 전지(HT-PEMFC)에서 광범위하게 사용되어왔다. 또한 PBI 기반 막은 독특한 특성으로 인해 기체분리막 및 유기용매나노여과(OSN) 막 개발에서 광범위하게 사용되어왔다. 이번 리뷰에서는 고온용 연료전지, 기체분리 및 OSN 적용을 위한 다양한 유형의 PBI 기반 막의 최근 연구동향 및 적용가능성에 대해 설명하고자 한다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.462-471
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• 2022

In this study, the electrochemical impedance characteristics of CO₂/H₂O co-reduction to produce CO/H₂ syngas were investigated in a low-temperature single cell. The effect of the operating conditions on the single-cell performance was evaluated at different feed concentrations and cell voltages, and the corresponding electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data were collected and analyzed. The Nyquist plots exhibited two semicircles with separated characteristic frequencies of approximately 1 kHz and tens of Hz. The high-frequency semicircles, which depend only on the catholyte concentration, could be correlated to the charge transfer processes in competitive CO₂ reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions at the cathodes. The EIS characteristics of the CO₂/H₂O co-reduction single cell could be explained by the equivalent circuit suggested in this study. In this circuit, the cathodic mass transfer and anodic charge transfer processes are collectively represented by a parallel combination of resistance and a constant phase element to show low-frequency semicircles. Through nonlinear fitting using the equivalent circuit, the parameters for each electrochemical element, such as polarization resistances for high- and low-frequency processes, could be quantified as functions of feed concentration and cell voltage.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2010

Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been extensively studied to improve their initial performance as well as their durability and to facilitate the commercialization of fuel cell technology. To improve the MEA performance, particularly at low Pt loadings, many approaches have been made. In the present study, MEA performance improvement was performed by adding $TiO_2$ particles into the catalyst layer of MEA. Most of previous studies have focused on the MEA performance enhancement under low humidity conditions by adding metal oxides into the catalyst layer mainly due to the water keeping ability of those metal oxides particles such as $Al_2O_3$, $SiO_2$ and zeolites. However, this study mainly focused on the improvement of MEA performance under fully humidified normal conditions. In this study, the MEA was prepared by decal method aiming for a continuous MEA fabrication process. The decal process can make very thin and uniform catalyst layer on the surface of electrolyte membrane resulting in very low interfacial resistance between catalyst layer and the membrane surface and uniform electrode structure in the MEA. It was found that the addition of $TiO_2$ particles into the catalyst layer made by decal method can minimize water flooding in the catalyst layer, resulting in the improvement of MEA performance.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.101-104
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• 2006

Water management is considered to be one of the main issues to be addressed for the performance improvement of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. For good water management, the detailed information on the water distribution inside an operating PEM fuel cell should be available to main an adequate level of hydration in the PEM While avoiding performance decline due to liquid rater flooding. For the PEM fuel cell to be commercially viable as vehicle applications, the flooding on the cathode side should be minimized during the fuel ceil operation. In this study to investigate cathode flooding and its relation with temperature distribution in flow channels, visualization study was performed on the cathode side of a PEM fuel cell. For the direct visualization of temperature field and water transport in cathode flow channels, a transparent cell was designed and manufactured using quartz window. Water transport and its two-phase flow characteristics in flow channels were investigated experimentally. Also, the visualization of temperature distribution In cathode flow channels was made by using IR camera. Results indicated that the temperature rise near the exit of cathode flow channel was found. It is found that this area corresponds to the flooding area from both temperature and flooding visualization results It is expected that this study can effectively contribute to get the detailed data on water transport linked with heat management during the operation of a PEM fuel cell

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.432-438
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• 2007

The reforming process for hydrogen production generates some impurities. Impurities in hydrogen such as $CO_2$, CO, $H_2S$, $NH_3$ affect fuel cell performance. It is well known that CO generated by the reforming process may negatively affect performance of cell, cause damage on catalysts resulting performance degradation. Hydrogen produced by reforming process includes about 2% methane. The presence of methane up to 10% is reported negligible degradation in cell performance. However, methane more than 10% in hydrogen stream had not been researched. The concentration of impurity supplied to the fuel cell was verified by gas chromatography(GC). In this study, the influence of $CH_4$ on performance of PEM fuel cell was investigated by means of current vs. potential experiment, long run(10 hr) test and electrochemical impedance measurement when the concentrations of impurities were 10%, 20% and 30%.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2013

High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) using phosphoric acid (PA) doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes have been concentrated as one of solutions to the limits with traditional low temperature PEMFCs. However, the amount of reported experimental data is not enough to catch the operational characteristics correlated with cell performance and durability. In this study, design of experiments (DOE) based operational optimization method for high temperature PEMFCs has been proposed. Response surface method (RSM) is very useful to effectively analyze target system's characteristics and to optimize operating conditions for a short time. Thus RSM using central composite design (CCD) as one of methodologies for design of experiments (DOE) was adopted. For this work, the statistic models which predict the performance and degradation rate with respect to the operating conditions have been developed. The developed performance and degradation models exhibit a good agreement with experimental data. Compared to the existing arbitrary operation, the expected cell lifetime and average cell performance during whole operation could be improved by optimizing operating conditions. Furthermore, the proposed optimization method could find different new optimal solutions for operating conditions if the target lifetime of the fuel cell system is changed. It is expected that the proposed method is very useful to find optimal operating conditions and enhance performance and durability for many other types of fuel cell systems.

• 폴리머
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2012

전기방사 방법으로 sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) 나노섬유를 제조하고, 압축성형법으로 고분자 전해질막 연료전지(polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, PEMFC)용 나노섬유막을 제조하였다. SPEEK의 최대 설폰화율은 95% 이었고 초기 열분해 온도는 약 $280^{\circ}C$로 PEEK 보다 낮았으며 접촉각은 설폰화도가 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 전기방사 나노섬유의 최적 인가전압, 유속, 방사거리(tip to collector distance, TCD) 및 농도는 각각 22 kV, 0.3 mL/hr, 5 cm, 23 wt% 이었고 평균 섬유직경은 47.6 nm 이었다. 한편, SPEEK 이온교환 나노섬유막의 함수율 및 이온교환용량은 설폰화 시간과 설폰화제 함량이 증가함에 따라 증가하였으며 최적값은 각각 20%, 2.03 meq/g으로 Nafion 117 보다 우수하였다. 막의 전기저항은 설폰화 시간이 증가함에 따라 감소하였고 그 값은 0.58~0.06 ${\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$로 측정되었다. 또한 막의 수소이온전도도는 설폰화 시간이 증가함에 따라 증가하였으며 최대 0.099 S/cm로 Nafion 117 보다 우수하였다.