• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.240-246
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• 2015

Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has been widely used for the development and fabrication of nano-powder with various morphologies such as particle, wire, rod, and tube. So far, many researchers have reported about shape control and fabrication of AAO films. However, they have reported on the shape control with different diameter and length of anodic aluminum oxide mainly. We present a combined mild-hard (or hard-mild) anodization to prepare shape-controlled AAO films. Two main parameters which are combination mild-hard (or hard-mild) anodization and run-time of voltage control are applied in this work. The voltages of mild and hard anodization are respectively 40 and 80 V. Anodization was conducted on the aluminum sheet in 0.3 mole oxalic acid at $4^{\circ}C$. AAO films with morphologies of varying interpore distance, branch-shaped pore, diameter-modulated pore and long funnel-shaped pore were fabricated. Those shapes will be able to apply to fabricate novel nano-materials with potential application which is especially a support to prevent volume expansion of inserted active materials, such as metal silicon or tin powder, in lithium ion battery. The silicon powder electrode using an AAO as a support shows outstanding cycle performance as 1003 mAh/g up to 200 cycles.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.139-142
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• 2018

Silicon (Si) is a promising anode material for next-generation lithium ion batteries (LIBs) because of its high capacity of 4,200 mAh/g ($Li_{4.4}Si$ phase). However, the large volume expansion of Si during lithiation leads to electrical failure of electrode and rapid capacity decrease. Generally, a binder is homogeneously mixed with active materials to maintain electrical contact, so that Si needs a particular binding system due to its large volume expansion. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is known to form a hydrogen bond with partially hydrolyzed silicon oxide layer on Si nanoparticles. However, the decrease of its cohesiveness followed by the repeated volume change of Si still remains unsolved. To overcome this problem, we have introduced the electrospinning method to weave active materials in a stable nanofibrous PVA structure, where stresses from the large volume change of Si can be contained. We have confirmed that the capacity retention of Si-based LIBs using electrospun PVA matrix is higher compared to the conservative method (only dissolving in the slurry); the $25^{th}$ cycle capacity retention ratio based on the $2^{nd}$ cycle was 37% for the electrode with electrospun PVA matrix, compared to 27% and 8% for the electrodes with PVdF and PVA binders.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2013

The structural and electrochemical properties of $Li_{0.99}Ni_{0.46}Mn_{1.56}O_4$ ($Fd{\bar{3}}m$, disordered spinel) cathode material were studied and compared with stoichiometric $LiNi_{0.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$ ($P4_332$, ordered spinel). First cycle discharge capacity of $Li_{0.99}Ni_{0.46}Mn_{1.56}O_4$ was similar to that of $LiNi_{0.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$ at C/3 and 1C rate, but cycling performance of $Li_{0.99}Ni_{0.46}Mn_{1.56}O_4$ was better than that of $LiNi_{0.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$ especially at high rate of 1C. This can be explained by performing synchrotron based in-situ XRD and results of GITT measurements. It is considered that faster lithium ion diffusion in the $Li_{0.99}Ni_{0.46}Mn_{1.56}O_4$ cathode results in the improvement of the rate capability. To study structural changes during cycling, synchrotron in-situ XRD patterns of both the samples were recorded at C/3 and 1C rate. Compared to stoichiometric $LiNi_{0.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$, disordered $Li_{0.99}Ni_{0.46}Mn_{1.56}O_4$ spinel sample has pseudo one phase behavior and one step phase transition between two cubic phases. So, $LiNi_{0.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$ would experience a much greater strain and stress, originating from the two phase transitions between three cubic phases and suffer from capacity loss during cycling especially at high rate.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 탄소를 첨가하여 $Li_3V_2(PO_4){_3}$의 낮은 전기전도도를 개선시켜서 고율 방전특성, 충 방전 사이클 특성을 향상시키는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 탄소 첨가제로는 글루코스와 CNT (carbon nano tube)를 사용하였으며, 탄소의 첨가 여부와 탄소 원료의 종류에 따라 합성된 $Li_3V_2(PO_4){_3}$의 구조적 그리고 전기화학적 특성에 대해 연구를 하였다. $Li_3V_2(PO_4){_3}$와 $Li_3V_2(PO_4){_3}$/C의 $Li_3V_2(PO_4){_3}$/CNT의 합성방법으로는 고상법을 이용하였다. 합성된 물질을 수소환원방법을 통하여 600, 700, 800, $900^{\circ}C$에서 소성해주었다. 합성된 물질로 양극 집전판을 제작하여 상대전극을 리튬메탈로 한 Coin 2032 cell을 만들어 전기화학적 특성분석을 진행하였다. 전지테스트는 정전류법을 이용하여 3.0~4.8 V까지 충 방전 실험을 하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.157-161
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• 2013

다공성 $LiMn_{0.6}Fe_{0.4}PO_4$ (LMFP)를 졸-겔법을 이용하여 합성하였고, 원료물질을 양론비로 혼합한 후 혼합물을 $600^{\circ}C$에서 10시간 동안 가열하여 입자 표면 전체에 전도성 탄소물질이 균일하게 형성된 LMFP을 제조하였다. LMFP의 결정구조는 리트펠트법에 의해 조사하였고, 표면구조와 기공특성은 주사전자현미경, 투과전자현미경, BET로 분석하였다. 제조된 LMFP는 표면적이 크고, 입자 표면에는 웹(web) 형태의 다공성 탄소층이 균일하게 형성되어 있는 것을 확인하였다. 상온에서 LMFP를 양극으로 사용하여 0.1 C의 전류밀도에서 초기방전용량은 152 mAh/g, 에너지밀도는 570 Wh/kg로 높았고 사이클 성능도 장기적으로 안정적이었다. 졸-겔법에 의해 제조된 LMFP는 높은 기공도와 균일한 탄소코팅에 의한 시너지효과로 이온확산이 용이하여 우수한 전기화학적 특성을 나타내었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.603-610
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 폐 알칼리망간전지 분말(spent alkaline manganese battery powder, SABP <8 mesh)의 산 침출액으로부터 분리한 망간이온을 이용하여 산화-중합반응 촉매인 버네사이트를 제조하였고, 1-naphthol (1-NP)을 대상으로 페놀계 화합물의 제거 반응성을 조사하였다. 망간산화물의 결정상과 반응성은 순수 망간시약($MnSO_4$, $MnCl_2$)을 사용하여 합성한 망간산화물(manganese oxide, MOs) 및 기존의 McKenzie 합성방법에 의한 Acid birnessite (A-Bir)의 결과와도 비교 평가하였다. SABP에 존재하는 망간과 아연이온은 과산화수소 존재 하에서의 황산 침출($1.0M\;H_2SO_4+10.5%\;H_2O_2$, solid/liquid (S/L)비=1/10 g/mL, $60^{\circ}C$)을 통해 각각 약 96%와 98% 회수하였다. 산 침출액으로부터 망간이온은 수산화물(NaOH) 침전을 통해 pH 8과 pH>13 조건에서 각각 69.0%와 94.3% 분리하였다. 1-NP 제거능을 토대로 SABP 산 침출액으로부터 알칼리(NaOH) 수열합성법에 의한 망간산화물의 제조를 위한 적정 OH/Mn 혼합비(M/M)는 6.0이었고, XRD 분석을 통해 버네사이트(${\delta}-MnO_2$) 결정상을 가짐을 확인하였다. pH 8 (${Mn^{2+}}_{(aq)}$)과 pH>13 ($Mn(OH)_{2(s)}$)에서 회수한 망간을 사용하여 얻은 망간산화물의 1-NP 제거 반응속도(k, at pH 6)는 각각 0.112, $0106min^{-1}$으로서 $MnSO_4$ 시약을 사용하여 얻은 망간산화물의 결과($0.117min^{-1}$)와 유사하였다. 이상의 연구를 통해 폐 알칼리망간전지 분말로부터 얻은 버네사이트는 미량 유해물질 제거를 위한 산화-중합 반응 촉매로 활용 가능함을 알 수 있었으며, 버네사이트 제조를 위한 폐 알칼리망간전지의 재활용 흐름도를 제시하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.348-358
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• 2015

Mobile devices have been widespread and become very popular with connectivity to the Internet, and a lot of desktop PC applications are now aggressively ported to them. Unfortunately, mobile devices are often vulnerable to malicious attacks due to their common usage and connectivity to the Internet. Therefore, the demands on the development of mobile security systems increase in accordance with advances in mobile computing. However, it is very hard to run a security program on a mobile device all of the time due the device's limited computational power and battery life. To overcome these problems, we propose a novel mobile security scheme that migrates heavy computations on mobile devices to cloud servers. An efficient data transmission scheme for reducing data traffic between devices and servers over networks is introduced. We have evaluated the proposed scheme with a mobile device in a cloud environment, whereby it achieved a maximum speedup of 13.4 compared to a traditional algorithm.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2012

Over the past few years, $LiFePO_4$ has been actively studied as a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries because of its advantageous properties such as high theoretical capacity, good cycle life, and high thermal stability. However, it does not have a very good power capability owing to the low lithium-ion diffusivity and poor electronic conductivity. Reduction in particle size of $LiFePO_4$ to the scale of nanometers has been found to dramatically enhance the above properties, according to many earlier reports. However, because of the intrinsically low tap density of nanomaterials, it is difficult to commercialize this method. Many studies are being carried out to improve the volumetric energy density of this material and many methods have been reported so far. This paper provides a brief summary of the synthesis methods and electrochemical performances of micro-spherical $LiFePO_4$ having high volumetric energy density.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2003년도 추계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.209-209
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• 2003

The adventages of Li alloys have attracted the attention of many research groups, many of which have investigated tin-based alloys [1-2], Despite interesting performances of these, the irreversible capacity loss systematically observed on the first cycle for these compounds is a main drawback for their use as anode materials in lithium ion cells. Not only Sn is efficient in forming alloys with Li, Si can also react with Li to form alloys with a high Li/Si ratio, like Li$\_$22/Si$\_$5/ at 400$^{\circ}C$. It corresponds to a capacity of 4200mAh/g. Electrochemical Li-Si reaction occurs between 0 and 0.3 V against Li/Li$\^$+/, so that high-energy density battery can be realized. Despite the high theoretical capacity of elements like Si, however, particles of the alloys crack and fragment due to the repeated alloying and do-alloying which occurs as cell are charged and discharged. The research groups of Muggins [3] and Besenhard [4] have proposed that the volume expansion due to the insertion of Li can be reduced in micro- and submicro-structured matrix alloys. For this reason, the research group of J.R. Dahn investigated Sn/Mo sequential sputter deposition to prepare nanocomposites [5]. In this study, we investigated the characterization and the electrochemical characteristics of sequentially sputtered Si/Mo multilayer for microbattery anode.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1492-1501
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• 2015

This paper analyzes the effect of voltage sag on distribution systems due to the connection of Electric Vehicles (EVs). In order to study the impact of the voltage sag on the power system, two scenarios have been selected in this paper. The distribution system and EVs are modeled using the Electro Magnetic Transients Program (EMTP). The numbers of EVs are predicted based on the number of vehicles in distribution system of Seoul. In addition, the number of EVs is set up using real-time traffic in Seoul to simulate Scenario I and II. The simulation results show that voltage sag can occur if the distribution system has more than 30% of the total number of vehicles.