• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.700-704
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• 2009

The electrochemical properties of porous carbon electrodes as a function of their internal electrolyte concentration were investigated. Cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and impedance spectroscopic analysis were conducted for carbon electrodes equilibrated with 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.5 M KCl solution and covered with a cation-exchange membrane. The specific capacitance of the electrodes increased as the internal electrolyte concentration increased, due to a decrease in charging resistance. Experimental results indicated that the salt removal efficiency of the membrane capacitive deionization process could be enhanced by increasing the internal electrolyte concentration, even for an influent with a low salt concentration.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.150-156
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• 1989

The chaacterisitics of a commercial membrance-coverd electrode in air-saturated saline solution were investigated in terms of a steadystate one-dimensional model. The electrode system miiersed in an aqueous medium consists of three layers: an external concentration boundary layer, a membrance, and an inner electrolyte layer. The membrance can be permeabld to the water and impermeable to the ionic species. In stationary midium, the water migrates from the external medium to the inner electrolyte layer until a thermodynamic equilibrium is reached. In a following midium, however, there is a reverse direction of water movement due to the hyrodynamic pressure differential until both thickness of the electrolyte layer and the membrance are equal.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.487-490
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• 2011

We used X-ray tomography to carry out an experimental study to visualize the effect of freeze and thaw cycles on the gas diffusion layer (GDL) in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). A PEMFC has freeze and thaw cycles if the fuel cell is operating at a below-freezing ambient temperature. The cycle permanently deforms the fuel-cell capillary structures and reduces the ability of the cell to generate electric power and also reduces its service life. The GDL is the thickest capillary layer in the fuel cell, so it experiences the most deformation. The X-ray tomography facility at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory was used to observe the structural changes in GDLs induced by a freeze and thaw cycle. We discuss the effects of these structural changes on the power production and service life of PEMFCs.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.07c
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• pp.1691-1693
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• 2004

전해질 용액 중에서 내부 이온화산에 의한 드리프트 특성이 거의 없는 장기안정성과 pH 농도 감지 특성이 우수하지만 알칼리 금속 양이온 감지특성이 열악한 silicon nitride 박막의 이온 감지특성을 변화시키기위하여, 저온화학기상증착법(LPCVD)으로 제작된 silicon nitride 박막에 B 및 Cs를 이중이온주입시켰다. 이온수입이 되지 않은 silicon nitride 박막과 B 및 Cs가 이중이온주입된 박막의 전해질 용액 중 pH, pNa, pK, pRb 및 pCs 농도 감지특성을 조사하여 비교하였다. 이중이온주입된 샘플은 이온주입이 되지 않은 샘플에 비해 그 전해질 용액 중 pH 농도 감지도가 현저히 감소한 반면, 전해질 용액 중 알카리 금속이온농도 감지도는 이온주입되지 않은 샘풀에 비해 현저히 증가하는 특성을 보였다.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.139-148
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• 2000

The osmotic pressure is a one of the most important factor affecting stabilization of multiple emulsion in a law hours after experiment. To understand and decrease osmotic pressure between Wl phase and W2 phase, a kinds of humectants were introduced in outer water phase. As a result, Betaine and Glucose had an excellent effect reducing osmotic pressure and NaCl made W/O/W emulsion more stable than MgSO4 did when introduced in inner water phase.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.158-158
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• 1999

NiO 박막은 전자비임증착법과 RF-스퍼터링법으로 제작하여 박막의 성능을 평가하였다. NiO 박막의 성능평가를 위한 착색과 탈색은 전기적 착색셀을 제작하여 순환전압전류법으로 KOH 전해질 내에서 반복수행하였으며 성능이 퇴화된 박막의 투과율은 가시광선 분광기로 측정하였다. XPS에 의한 분석결과 막의 낱알 내부보다 낱알 표면에 많은 산소가 포함될수 있음을 알 수 있었다. KOH 전해질 속에서 사이클이 반복 수행된 막의 표면 낱알의 형태는 변하였으며, 3$\times$10-4mbar에서 제작된 시료가 막의 안정성이 좋았다. 제작 방법에 다라 막에 주입 및 추출되는 전하밀도와 투과율의 차이가 나타났고, 니켈 산화물 박막의 성능평가를 하기 위해 착색효율을 계산하였다. 기판물질인 IT(indium tin oxide)의 전기적 착색성과 전해질이 전기적 착색성에 미치는 영향에 대해서도 논의되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.51-58
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• 2008

Many researches for effects of different flow configurations on performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell have extensively been done but the effects of flow direction at the same flow channel shape should be considered for optimal operation of fuel cell as well. In this paper a numerical computational methode for simulating entire reactive flow fields including anode and cathode flow has been developed and the effects of different flow direction at parallel flow was studied. Pressure drop along the flow channel and density distribution of reactant and products and water transport, ion conductivity across the membrane and I-V performance are compared in terms of flow directions(co-flow or counter-flow) using above numerical simulation method. The results show that the performance under counter-flow condition is superior to that under co-flow condition due to higher reactant and water transport resulting to higher ion conductivity of membrane.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.25-29
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• 2023

Effect of the processes of polysilazane solid electrolyte layer and silver (Ag) active electrode on the electrical characteristics of memristor was investigated. The memristor with the solid electrolyte annealed at higher temperature exhibited the higher set voltage and better memory retention characteristics than that annealed at lower temperature. The increase in the set voltage and the improvement of the memory retention characteristic at high annealing temperature were attributed to a reduction in the void density and an increase in the void uniformity inside the solid electrolyte, respectively. In the case where the polysilazane solution's concentration is high, the memristor exhibited rapid degradation of low resistive state even annealed at high temperature. Lastly, it was shown that the memristor with the solution-processed Ag active electrode showed WORM property unlike that with the vacuum-processed Ag active electrode. The WORM property was possibly due to morphological defects present in the solution-processed Ag active electrode.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.652-659
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• 1999

The trend of poisoning of reforming catalyst along with the position of anodic catalyst bed was studied. Keeping the conditions that steam to carbon ratio was 2.5, operating voltage was 0.75 V, current density was $140mA/cm^2$, the unit cell was operated during 24 hrs at a steady state. And then the cell was stopped, the catalysts packed in the position of inlet, middle and outlet were sampled individually and then the amount of carbon, Li and K poisoned were analysed. After 100 hrs operated, the catalysts at the same positions were analysed at the same manner. The result of this experiment was as followings. After 24 hrs operated, the poisoning amounts of Li and K in the catalyst were 0.27 wt% at inlet, 0.23 wt% at middle and the highest value 1.59 wt% at outlet. After 100 hrs, the amount of poisoning is the highest in the catalyst packed at the inlet of unit cell. The performance simulation of unit cell explained these trends of poisoning catalysts. The simulation told that the catalyst in the region of the inlet of unit cell treated the 90% of initial methane flow rate and the highest electrochemical reaction happened in this region. So the catalysts of this region were the most poisoned with carbon, Li and K and also the rate of poisoning is faster than that of the catalyst at other regions. The temperature at the region of outlet of unit cell was $30^{\circ}C$ higher than that of other regions, so more Li, and K vaporized than at other regions and little reforming reaction at this region made the catalysts poisoning rate low.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.173-184
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• 2010

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a promising renewable energy source that can generate electrical energy from organic wastes using microbe. This technology has been regarded as a future green alternative energy in that MFC makes use of organic-rich wastewater and also reduces waste sludges as well as produces electricity. To be practically realized, however, achieving higher power density than now is demanded, which may be possible by eliminating various negative factors to act as resistances in MFC operations. For instance, highly activated microbes, highly conductive electrode materials, and fast electron transfer between microbes and electrodes can lead to MFC with high power density. In particular, polymer electrolyte membranes are also a key component for improved MFC performance.