• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1989

The hydriding kinetic mechanism and the change of the hydriding reaction rate of $MmNi_{4.5}Al_{0.5}$ during the thermally induced hydrogen absorption-desorption cycling are investigated. Comparison of the reaction rate data which are obtained by the pressure sweep method with the theoretical rate equations suggests that the hydriding rate controlling step has changed from the dissociative chemisorption of hydrogen molecules at the surface to the hydrogen diffusion through the hydride phase with the increase of the hydriding fraction. These hydriding kinetic mechanism is not changed during the cycling. However, the intrinsic hydriding reaction rate of $MmNi_{4.5}Al_{0.5}$ after 5500 cycles increases significantly comparing with the activated one. It is suggested that the change of the hydriding kinetic behavior due to intrinsic degradation of $MmNi_{4.5}Al_{0.5}$ can be interpreted as follows ; the formation of nickel cluster at the surface of the sample and the host metal atom exchange in bulk by thermal cycling.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.164-170
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• 2021

Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) have emerged as large-scale energy storage systems (ESS) due to their advantages such as low cross-contamination, long life, and flexible design. However, Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in the negative half-cell causes a harmful influence on the performance of the VRFB by consuming current. Moreover, HER hinders V²⁺/V³⁺ redox reaction between electrode and electrolyte by forming a bubble. To address the HER problem, carbon nanotube/graphite felt electrode (CNT/GF) with oxygen functional groups was synthesized through the hydrothermal method in the H₂SO₄ + HNO₃ (3:1) mixed acid solution. These oxygen functional groups on the CNT/GF succeed in suppressing the HER and improving charge transfer for V²⁺/V³⁺ redox reaction. As a result, the oxygen functional group applied electrode exhibited a low overpotential of 0.395 V for V²⁺/V³⁺ redox reaction. Hence, this work could offer a new strategy to design and synthesize effective electrodes for HER suppression and improving the energy density of VRFB.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.34-45
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• 1995

An amphiphilic nitroxide radical(2,2'6,6'-tetramethyl-4-octadecyioxy-1-piperidinyloxyl, TEMOPO) or mixture of TEMOPO and arachidic acid(Icosanoic acid, AA), was spread on water surface by the Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) method and surface pressure-area curve was measured. Such monolayer films of TEMOPO were transferred onto surfaces of photo transferable tin oxide electrodes(PTTO) by the LB method under various surface pressure with the transfer ratio of larger than 0.95 at the surface pressure higher than 15mN/m. The electrochemical effect of functional nitroxy radical monolayer onto semi-conductive electrode to electrolyte have been investigated by using LB method. Cyclic voltammetry technique was used for the electrochemical behavior measurement of TEMOPO monolayer onto the PTTO in 0.18 mo1/$dm^3$ $H_2SO_4$ solutions. The shape of voltammograms was found to change from one electrode to another. The amount of charge for the oxidation and the re-reduction of the cation to TEMOPO were evaluated from graphical integration. The amounts of charge were always smaller than those predicted from the $\pi$-$\sigma$ curves though the transfer ratio was unity. The poor reproducibility of the cyclic voltammograms was improved by the mixing with AA. Structure and arrangement of monomolecular layer on water surface and electrode were studied. Characteristics of monolayer film applied for the mediation reaction was also discussed by electrochemical method.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1628-1633
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• 2016

This paper derives an effective shape of the ferromagnetic pole pieces (low-speed rotor) for the reduction of transmission torque ripple in a magnetic-geared machine based on a Box-Behnken design (BBD). In particular, using a non-linear finite element method (FEM) based on 2-D numerical analysis, we conduct a numerical investigation and analysis between independent variables (selected by the BBD) and reaction variables. In addition, we derive a regression equation for reaction variables according to the independent variables by using multiple regression analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). We assess the validity of the optimized design by comparing characteristics of the optimized model derived from a response surface analysis and an initial model.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.360-364
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• 2018

A facile method to fabricate freestanding CuO nanoleaves and CuO nanowires-based films was demonstrated. $Cu(OH)_2$ nanoleaves and nanowires were prepared by a hydrolysis reaction in aqueous solution including pyridine and NaOH with the tailored concentrations at room temperature. The films of freestanding CuO nanoleaves and CuO nanowires can be successfully obtained via the simple vacuum infiltration following a thermal dehydration reaction. The morphologies and crystallinity of the $Cu(OH)_2$ nanoleaves/nanowires and CuO nanoleaves/nanowires were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM and FT-IR. The films fabricated with freestanding CuO nanoleaves and nanowires in this study may be applicable for building high-efficiency organic binder-free devices, such as gas sensors, batteries, photoelectrodes for water splitting and so on.

• 공업화학
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.515-522
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• 1999

상분리 방법으로 비대칭 폴리에테르이미드막을 제조하였고, 수산화나트륨 수용액으로 막의 표면층을 개질 했을 때의 몰폴로지 변화를 반응기간과 반응용액 농도에 대하여 살려보았다. 표면층 몰폴로지는 개질 용액의 농도가 증가함에 따라 치밀한 구조에서 둥근 입자상의 형태로 변화되었고, 개질 시간이 증가될수록 치밀 영역이 증가되었다. 그러나 반응 농도가 아주 높거나 장시간 개질을 하면 비대칭 폴리에테르이미드막의 표면에서 치밀 구조층이 없어지는 결과를 나타냈다. 결과적으로, 표면의 몰폴로지는 개질 용액의 농도와 시간에 따라 크게 좌우됨을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과는 폴리에테르이미드가 수산화나트륨에 의해서 폴리아믹산으로 가수분해되면서 나타나는 현상으로 추측되었다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.101-107
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• 1999

$TiO_2$ and $xTiO_2-ySiO_2$ system photocatalysts were developed by sol-gel method based on the change of production parameters, and their structure of crystallization and the specific surface area was measured. Considering the efficiency of the ethanol decomposition using the catalyst, the conclusion was made as follows: 1) By means of X-ray analysis of $TiO_2$ powder that is obtained from water and Titanium alkoxide with various molar ratios, it is shown that structure of crystallization is a dominating structure and, on the other hand, the crystallization of rutile also partly exists. The specific surface area is at its maximum value at R=6, which is the molar ratio of water vs. alkoxide, whereas its value goes down as the molar ratio increases. In the reaction of using $TiO_2$ catalyst, the ethanol is decomposed into the extent of 15 ~30% in an hour and three hours are necessitated for 70% decomposition. 2) $TiO_2/SiO_2$ powder is developed from Titanium and Silicon alkoxide by a hetero-condensation process. The increase of SiO$_2$ contents causes the decrease of the degree of crystallization of the gel, whereas the specific surface area preferentially increases. In the decomposition reaction of the ethanol, the decomposition efficiency represents 25~60% in an hour. It is, however, examined that the efficiency inactively increases corresponding to the duration of reaction time. It is shown that more than 90% of ethanol is decomposed when reaction time is about three hours and the efficiency illustrates the maximum value for 60-$TiO_2/4O-SiO_2$ catalyst.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2019

침전법으로 환류방법 또는 수열합성법을 이용하여 산 염기점을 갖는 고비표면적 지르코니아를 합성하였다. 제조된 지르코니아는 침전제로 수산화암모늄 수용액을 사용하여 Zr 용액의 pH를 2에서 10 범위 내에서 조절하였으며 질소흡착분석, X-선 회절분석(XRD), 이소프로판올 승온탈착법(IPA-TPD), 주사전자현미경 분석, X-선 광전자분광분석, 산-염기점 분석을 통해 IPA 분해반응의 촉매활성과 연관하여 특성분석을 수행하였다. 환류방법을 사용할 시, tetragonal 상이 높은 지르코니아를 얻기 위해서는 Zr 용액의 pH가 높아야 하며, pH 9 이상에서는 순수한 tetragonal 상의 지르코니아 합성이 가능하였다. 또한, 비표면적이 큰 지르코니아를 얻기 위해서는 높은 pH가 요구되었으며, pH 10에서 합성한 경우에는 $600^{\circ}C$에서 소성 후에도 $260m^2g^{-1}$의 높은 비표면적이 얻어졌다. 하지만 같은 조건 하에서 고압이 수반되는 수열합성에는 $40m^2g^{-1}$ 이하의 매우 낮은 비표면적을 보였으며, monoclinic 상의 지르코니아가 합성되었다. 고 비표면적 tetragonal 상의 지르코니아를 얻기 위해서는 용액의 pH가 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤으며, 용액의 pH와 무관하게 높은 압력이 필요한 수열합성에서는 monoclinic 지르코니아가 생성되었으며 상대적으로 비표면적이 낮게 나타났다. 높은 비표면적과 tetragonal 상을 갖는 지르코니아는 염기점에 비해 산점이 우세하여 IPA 분해반응에서 선택적 탈수반응만 진행되는 프로필렌만 생성되었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1186-1191
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• 1997

Solvolyses of methanesulfonyl chloride (CH3SO2Cl) in water and methanol have been studied theoretically using ab initio self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) molecular orbital method. All stationary structures including transition state on the potential energy surface in solution have been found and compared with the gas phase structures. The overall reaction occurs via a concerted SN2 mechanism with a non-cyclic trigonal bipyramidal transition state, and the activation barrier is lowered significantly in solution. The transition state for the hydrolysis reaction is looser than that for the methanolysis reaction, and this is in accord with the experimental findings that an SN2 type mechanism, which is shifted toward an SN1 process or an SAN process in the hydrolysis and alcoholysis reaction, respectively, takes place. The catalytic role of additional solvent molecules appears to be a purely general-base catalysis based on the linear transition structures. Experimental barrier can be estimated by taking into account the desolvation energy of nucleophile in the reaction of methanesulfonyl chloride with bulk solvent cluster as a nucleophile.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.445-449
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• 2008

Micrometer-sized copper (mCu) powders are weakly surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active by the excitation at 632.8 nm, but nearly ineffective as a SERS substrate at 514.5 nm excitation. The SERS activity of mCu powders at both excitation wavelengths can be increased dramatically by a simple method of the galvanic exchange reaction with AgNO3 in aqueous medium. In this work, the SERS activity of the Ag-exchanged Cu powders (mCu@Ag) has been evaluated by taking a series of Raman spectra using benzenethiol (BT) as the probe molecule. It is clearly confirmed by field emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry that the SERS activity of mCu@Ag powders is, in fact, highly dependent on the extent of galvanic reaction.