• 신재생에너지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2006

본 연구는 독일 율리히 연구소에서 도입된 면적 200mm*200mm의 연료극 지지체 평판형 SOFC 셀 및 금속 분리판 5장을 적층하여 500W급 SOFC 스택을 제작하고, 이러한 스택의 운전특성을 분석한 연구이다. 도입된 500W급 SOFC 스택은 가스터빈-연료전지 하이브리드 시스템어에 사용되는 5kW급 SOFC 스택의 예비실험을 위한 것으로서, 본 연구의 목적은 상압 운전특성을 바탕으로 외국에서 시도된 적이 없는 평판형 SOFC 스택의 가압 운전기술을 확보하는 것이다. 이러한 목적을 위해 본 연구에서는 상압형 500W급 SOFC 발전시스템에 대한 구성과 설계, 전반적인 운전 특성평가 (5셀 스택 운전, 연료 전환 $(H_2{\rightarrow}pre-reformed\;gas)$, 500 시간 연속운전 등)가 이뤄졌다.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 2003년도 The 4th Korea-Italy Workshop
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• pp.129-132
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• 2003

Silica/SUS composite membranes were prepared for CO removal from products of methanol steam reforming. A support was prepared by coating Ni powder of sub-micron and SiO$_2$ sols of particle size of 500nm and 150nm in turns on a porous stainless steel (SUS) substrate. Silica top layer was coated on the modified support using colloidal sol with nanoparticle. As a result of mixture gas permeation test of silica composite membrane using H$_2$(99%)/CO(1%), CO concentration of 10000 ppm was reduced to under 81 ppm, which is acceptable in PEMFC anode gas specification. Permeation mechanism through the membrane was mainly molecular sieving.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.345-350
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• 2018

Nanomaterials have considerable potential to solve several key challenges in various electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells. However, the use of nanoparticles in high-temperature devices like solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) is considered problematic because the nanostructured surface typically prepared by deposition techniques may easily coarsen and thus deactivate, especially when used in high-temperature redox conditions. Herein we report the synthesis of a self-regenerated Pd metal nanoparticle on the perovskite oxide anode surface for SOFCs that exhibit self-recovery from their degradation in redox cycle and $CH_4$ fuel running. Using Pd-doped perovskite, $La(Sr)Fe(Mn,Pd)O_3$, as an anode, fairly high maximum power densities of 0.5 and $0.2cm^{-2}$ were achieved at 1,073 K in $H_2$ and $CH_4$ respectively, despite using thick electrolyte support-type cell. Long-term stability was also examined in $CH_4$ and the redox cycle, when the anode is exposed to air. The cell with Pd-doped perovskite anode had high tolerance against re-oxidation and recovered the behavior of anodic performance from catalytic degradation. This recovery of power density can be explained by the surface segregation of Pd nanoparticles, which are self-recovered via re-oxidation and reduction. In addition, self-recovery of the anode by oxidation treatment was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기화학회 2002년도 연료전지심포지움 2002논문집
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• pp.287-292
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• 2002

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기화학회 2003년도 연료전지심포지움 2003논문집
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• pp.265-267
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• 2003

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제43권12호
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• pp.768-774
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• 2006

The microstructure of Ni-YSZ cermets was controlled with fine and coarse starting powders (NiO and YSZ) to obtain a optimum strong and conductive tubular anode support for SOFCs. Three types of cermets with different microstructures, i.e., coarse Ni-fine YSZ, fine Ni-coarse YSZ, and fine Ni-fine YSZ, were fabricated to investigate their electrical and mechanical properties. The cermets from fine NiO powder showed high electrical conductivity due to the enhanced percolation of Ni particles. The cermet by foe Ni and coarse YSZ showed excellent electrical conductivity (>1000 S/cm) despite its high porosity $(\sim40%)$ but it showed poor mechanical strength due to the lack of percolation by YSZ particles and due to large pores. Thus fine NiO and YSZ powders were used to make strong and conductive Ni-YSZ support tube by extrusion. The microstructure of the anode tube was modified by the amount of polymeric additives and carbon black, a pore former. Ni-YSZ tube (porosity $\sim34%$) with the finer microstructure showed better performance both in electrical conductivity (>1000 S/cm) and fracture strength $(\sim140\;MPa)$. Either flat or circular NiO-YSZ tubes with the length from 20 to 40cm were successfully fabricated with the optimized composition of materials and polymeric additives.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.791-798
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• 1999

다공성 NiO-YSZ 기판위에 전착법(EPD; Electrophoretic Deposition)법과 담금(Dip-coating)법에 의해 음극지지형 고체연료전지용 이트리아 안정화 지르코니아 박막 제조법을 연구하였다. 이를 위해 슬러리 농도 및 시간에 따른 박막의 무게, 박막의 결함 및 미세구조변화에 영향을 주는 제조조건들을 살펴 봄으로써 전착법과 담금법의 차이를 보았다. 담금법에서는 막생성 초기인 30초까지 막의 무게가 증가하지만 그 후에는 탈락이 일어나 시간을 증가하여도 막의 무게가 오히려 감소하였다. 전착법에서는 임계 인가전류 이상에서 시간에 따라 막의 무게가 증가하고 균일하고 치밀한 막이 형성하였다 전장이 매우 낮은 0.035 mA/$cm^2$ 의 정전류를 120초 이상 장시간 인가하면 막의 흘러내림(sagging)으로 인한 결함이 발생하였다. 전착법에 의해 균일하고도 치밀하게 가스 누출성이 없는 음극지지형 고체산화물 연료전지에 적합한 전해질 박막을 제조할 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.526-532
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• 2010

The anode may inevitably undergo a number of reduction.oxidation (redox) cycles during solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) operation. The re-oxidation of Ni to NiO causes significant mechanical stress to be developed across the anode, which may destroy the integrity of the whole cell. In this study, the redox behavior of Ni-YSZ composite was examined at $800^{\circ}C$ using various characterization techniques.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.480-486
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• 2013

In this study, tubular SOFC unit cell with advanced anode current collector was fabricated to improve the cell performance. First, we prepared two types of single cells having the same manufacture processes such as the same electrolyte, electrode coating condition and sintering processes. And then to compare the developed single cell performance with conventional cells, we changed the anode current collecting methods. From the impedance analysis and I-V curve analysis, the cell performance of advanced cell is much higher than that of conventional cell.

• Carbon letters
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.336-342
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• 2010

Different oxidation treatments on CNTs using diluted 4.0 M $H_2SO_4$ solution at room temperature and or at $90^{\circ}C$ reflux conditions were investigated to elucidate the physical and chemical changes occurring on the treated CNTs, which might have significant effects on their performance as catalyst supports in PEM fuel cells. Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope analyses were made for the acid treated CNTs to determine the particle size and distribution of the CNT-supported Pt-Ru nanoparticles. These CNT-supported Pt-based nanoparticles were then employed as anode catalysts in PEMFC to investigate their catalytic activity and single-cell performance towards $H_2$ oxidation. Based on PEMFC performance results, refluxed Pt-Ru/CNT catalysts prepared using CNTs treated at $90^{\circ}C$ for 0.5 h as anode have shown better catalytic activity and PEMFC polarization performance than those of the commercially available Pt-Ru/C catalyst from ETEK and other Pt-Ru/CNT catalysts developed using raw CNT, thus demonstrating the importance of acid treatment in improving and optimizing the surface properties of catalyst support.