• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2016

In an effort to overcome the weakness of aerogel, polymer aerogels have been prepared by copolymerizing the different types of monomers through sol-gel process. Polymerizing the successive phase of a high internal phase emulsion, which has interconnected porous structure, porous polymer aerogel can be manufactured. In this paper, we use the styrene/divinylbenzene chain as a basic monomer structure, and additionally use 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (2-EHMA) or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA) as monomers for distinguishing the visible mechanical properties of synthesized polymer aerogel. We can observe the different tendency of polymer aerogels by kinds of monomer or ratio. Flexibility and microstructure can be changed by the types of monomer. EHA polymer aerogel shows high flexibility and thin microstructure, and EHMA polymer aerogel shows high hardness and thick microstructure. EHA/EHMA polymer aerogel shows the intermediate nature between them. By utilizing the mechanical properties of three types of polymer aerogels to adequate situation or environment, polymer aerogels could be used as drug agent, ion exchange resin, oil filter and insulator, and so on.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.627-634
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• 2023

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) has attracted considerable attention since its discovery for its catalysis of water splitting to hydrogen and oxygen under visible light irradiation. However, pristine g-C₃N₄ confers only low photocatalytic efficiency and requires surface cocatalysts to reach moderate activity due to a lack of accessible surface active sites. Inspired by the high specific surface area and superior electron transfer of graphene, we developed a strongly coupled binary structure of graphene and g-C₃N₄ aerogel with 3D porous skeleton. The as-prepared 3D structure photocatalysts achieve a high surface area that favors efficient photogenerated charge separation and transfer, enhances the light-harvesting efficiency, and significantly improves the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate as well. The photocatalyst performance is observed to be optimized at the ratio 3:7 (g-C₃N₄:GO), leading to photocatalytic H₂ evolution of 16125.1 mmol. g^-1. h^-1 under visible light irradiation, more than 161 times higher than the rate achieved by bulk g-C₃N₄.

• Nano
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.1850113.1-1850113.11
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• 2018

Environmental and energy issues have always been a hot topic of global research. Oil leakage has caused great damage to the environment, affecting a wide area and it is difficult to clean up. In most cases, carbon-based adsorbents are typically utilized to remove oil spills because of their economic benefits and high adsorbent efficiency. At the same time, its excellent material properties can also be used for the preparation of supercapacitors. In this paper, the carbon aerogels were prepared by the one-step method. The prepared materials endowed a 3D network structure with a huge number of micropores and mesoporous, and the material is light-weight, stable, hydrophobic and has affinity for oil (17.02 g/g) to the KGM carbon aerogel. Through the physicchemical characterization, the KGM carbon aerogel shows specific surface area is $689m^2/g$, high water contact angle ($136.64^{\circ}$) and excellent reusability (more than 15 cycle times). In addition, we also discussed the electrochemical properties of the material and obtained the specific electrical capacity of 139 F/g under the condition of 1 A/g.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.485.1-485.1
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• 2014

In this research, we report the synthesis of three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous graphene aerogels (hpGAs) for application to electrochemical energy storage. For electrochemical systems, the specific capacitance is a key parameter to evaluate the characteristics of electrode materials. By taking full advantage of large surface area, 3D hpGAs would achieve the larger specific capacitance over rGO film and GAs. Microscopic structures and topologies of hpGAs were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to determine the chemical compositions of rGO film, GAs, and hpGAs. Raman spectra were recorded from 100 to 2500 cm-1 at room temperature using a Raman spectroscopy equipped with a ${\times}100$ objective was used. The specific area and pore distribution of GAs and hpGAs were obtained using a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller apparatus.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2018

공기와 초경량 소재인 에어로젤을 이용하여 소방용 특수방화복의 무게를 경량화하고자 하였다. 3겹(겉감, 중간층, 안감)으로 구성된 특수방화복을 경량화하기 위해서는 총무게에서 가장 큰 비중을 차지하는 안감을 신소재로 대체하는 것이 가장 효과적이었다. 열보호 성능시험은 대류 열원(ASTM D 4108), 복사 열원(KS K ISO 6942) 및 대류와 복사 혼합 열원(KS K ISO 17492)에 대해 수행하였다. 안감의 펠트를 공기층으로 대체하였을 경우 공기층이 최소 3 mm 이상일 때 열보호 성능이 KFI와 ISO 기준을 충족하였다. 그러나 공기층의 두께가 10 mm까지 늘어나도 열보호 성능이 기존 제품의 성능에 미치지 못했다. 안감의 펠트를 에어로젤로 대체하였을 경우 에어로젤의 두께가 2 mm일 때 TPP (ASTM D 4108) 값이 KFI 기준을 충족하였으며, 에어로젤의 두께가 3 mm일 때는 TPP 값이 기존 특수방화복보다 약 140% 향상되었다. 에어로젤을 사용할 경우 특수방화복의 경량화 뿐만 아니라 열보호 성능까지 향상됨을 확인하였다. 그러나 에어로젤은 부서지기 쉬운 성질이 있어서 특수방화복을 구성하는 층 사이에 일정한 두께로 고정시키는 방법이 향후 고려되어야 한다.