• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2013

Reinforced concrete structures have been increasingly widely used in numerous industrial fields. These structures are often exposed to severely corrosive environments such as seawater, contaminated water, acid rain, and the seashore. Thus, the corrosion problems that occur with the steel bars embedded in concrete are very important from the safety and economic points of view. In this study, the effects of the cover thickness on the corrosion properties of reinforced steel bars embedded in multiple mortar test specimens immersed in seawater for 5 years were investigated using electrochemical methods such as the corrosion potentials, polarization curves, cyclic voltammograms, galvanostat, and potentiostat. The corrosion potentials shifted in the noble direction, and the value of the AC impedance also exhibited a higher value with increasing cover thickness. Furthermore, the polarization resistance increased with increasing cover thickness, which means that the oxide film that is deposited on the surface of a steel bar surrounded by alkali environment exhibits better corrosion resistance because the water, chloride ions and dissolved oxygen have difficulty penerating to the surface of the steel bar with increasing cover thickness. Consequently, it is considered that the corrosion resistance of reinforced steel can be improved by increasing the cover thickness. However, the corrosion resistance values of a steel bar estimated by measuring the corrosion potential, impedance and polarization resistance were not in good agreement with its corrosion resistance obtained by polarization curves.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2015

This study demonstrates a polyimide nerve cuff electrode with a conductive polymer for improving recording signal quality at peripheral nerve. The nerve cuff electrodes with platinum (Pt), iridium oxide (IrOx), and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): p-toluene sulfonate (PEDOT:pTS) were fabricated and investigated their electrical characteristics for improving recorded nerve signal quality. The fabricated nerve cuff electrodes with Pt, IrOx, and PEDOT:pTS were characterized their impedance and CDC by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry. The impedance of PEDOT:pTS measured at 1 kHz was $257{\Omega}$, which was extremely lower than the value of the nerve cuff electrodes with IrOx ($15897{\Omega}$) and Pt ($952{\Omega}$), respectively. Furthermore, the charge delivery capacity (CDC) of the nerve cuff electrode with PEDOT:pTS was dramatically increased to 62 times than the nerve cuff electrode with IrOx. In ex-vivo test using extracted sciatic nerve of spaque-dawley rat (SD rat), the PEDOT:pTS group exhibited higher signal-to-interference ratio than IrOx group. These results indicated that the nerve cuff electrode with PEDOT:pTS is promising for effective implantable nerve signal recording.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.663-669
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• 2001

Spinel LiM $n_2$ $O_4$ and LiM $n_{1.9}$M $g_{0.1}$ $O_4$ power was synthesized with solid-state method by calcining the mixture of LiOH.$H_2O$, Mn $O_2$ and MgO at 80$0^{\circ}C$ for 36 h in an air atmosphere. To investigate the effect of temperature on he cycle performance of cathode material during cycling, charge-discharge experiments and ac impedance measurement were performed. Initial discharge capacity was gradually increased with the increase of charge-discharge temperature. Discharge capacity at high temperature was suddenly decreased during cycling. On the other hand, discharge capacity at low temperature was almost constant during cycling. It confirmed that Mn dissolution is serious at high temperature than at low temperature. LiM $n_2$ $O_4$ and LiM $n_{1.9}$M $g_{0.1}$ $O_4$ showed the best capacity and stability at room temperature.ure.ure.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2016

Galvanizing method has been extensively used to the numerous constructional steels such as a guard rail of high way, various types of structural steel for ship building and various types of steels for the industrial fields etc.. However, the galvanized structures would be inevitably corroded rapidly with increasing exposed time because an acid rain due to environmental contamination has been much dropped more and more. Therefore, it has been made an effort to improve the corrosion resistance of the galvanizing film through various methods. In this study, comparison evaluation on the corrosion resistance of three types of the samples, that is, the hot dip galvanizing with pure zinc(GI), the hot dip galvanizing of alloy bath with zinc and aluminum(GL) and the pure zinc galvanizing steel immersed again to chromate treatment bath(Chro.)were investigated using electrochemical methods in 1% $H_2SO_4$ solution. The Chro. and GI samples exhibited the highest and lowest corrosion resistance respectively in 1% $H_2SO_4$ solution, however, the GI sample revealed the highest impedance at 0.01 Hz due to its high resistance polarization caused by corrosion products deposited on the surface, while Chro. sample exhibited the lowest impedance at 0.01 Hz because of little corrosion products on the surface. Consequently, it is suggested that the chromate treated steel has a better corrosion resistance in acid environment compared to pure galvanizing(GI) or galvalume(GL) steels.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.727-738
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• 2023

계면은 콘크리트 강도 결정 요인 중 가장 약한 영역으로, 골재와 시멘트 페이스트 사이에서 형성된다. 경량골재는 원재료를 팽창, 소성시켜 제조하기 때문에 표면에 수많은 공극을 형성하여 밀도가 낮은 장점을 지니지만 골재 강도가 약하다. 콘크리트는 골재강도가 약하면 골재의 파단이 발생한다. 경량골재의 콘크리트 적용은 골재 파단 때문으로 계면의 강도가 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 경량골재의 계면강도 증진을 위해 고로슬래그 미분말로 골재표면을 코팅하고, 시험체의 임피던스를 비교하여 표면개질에 의한 계면 변화를 분석하였다. 실험결과, 경량골재 표면코팅 시 압축강도가 약 4%정도 증가하였고, 강도 증가에 따라 임피던스 값 중 레지스턴스 값이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.415-420
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• 2016

음극소재의 전기화학적 성능을 향상시키기 위해, 인산의 화학처리를 통한 헤테로 원자를 도입함으로써 석탄계 피치의 표면 개질을 수행하였다. 제조된 표면 개질 피치 음극소재의 물리적 특성은 XRD, FE-SEM, XPS 분석을 통하여 수행되었으며, 전기화학적 특성은 $LiPF_6$ (EC : DMC = 1 : 1 vol% + VC 3 wt%) 전해액을 사용하여 충 방전 테스트, 율속 테스트, 순환 전압 전류 테스트와 임피던스 테스트를 통해 조사하였다. 인산 3 wt% 첨가된 표면 개질 피치 전지의 초기 충전 용량 및 초기효율은 489 mAh/g, 82%로 다른 조성의 음극소재보다 우수하였다. 또한 3 wt% 인산으로 표면개질된 CTP 음극소재의 용량 보존율은 30사이클 후에 86%를 나타냈으며, 2 C/0.1 C에서 87%의 우수한 율속 특성을 보여줌을 알 수 있었다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.119-129
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• 2003

The Langmuir adsorption isotherms of the over-potentially deposited hydrogen (OPD H) fur the cathodic $H_2$ evolution reaction (HER) at the poly-Au and $Rh|0.5M\;H_2SO_4$ aqueous electrolyte interfaces have been studied using cyclic voltammetric and ac impedance techniques. The behavior of the phase shift $(0^{\circ}{\leq}{-\phi}{\leq}90^{\circ})$ for the optimum intermediate frequency corresponds well to that of the fractional surface coverage $(1{\geq}{\theta}{\geq}0)$ at the interfaces. The phase-shift profile $({-\phi}\;vs.\;E)$ for the optimum intermediate frequency, i.e., the phase-shift method, can be used as a new electrochemical method to determine the Langmuir adsorption isotherm $({\theta}\;vs.\;E)$ of the OPD H for the cathodic HER at the interfaces. At the poly-Au|0.5M $H_2SO_4$ aqueous electrolyte interface, the equilibrium constant (K) and the standard free energy $({\Delta}G_{ads})$ of the OPD H are $2.3\times10^{-6}$ and 32.2kJ/mol, respectively. At the poly-Rh|0.5M $H_2SO_4$ aqueous electrolyte interface, K and ${\Delta}G_{ads}$ of the OPD H are $4.1\times10^4\;or\;1.2\times10^{-2}$ and 19.3 or 11.0kJ/mol depending on E, respectively. In contrast to the poly-Au electrode interface, the two different Langmuir adsorption isotherms of the OPD H are observed at the poly-Rh electrode interface. The two different Langmuir adsorption isotherms of the OPD H correspond to the two different adsorption sites of the OPD H on the poly-Rh electrode surface.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2011

[Li,La]$TiO_3$ 코팅용액의 pH를 조절하여 이에 따른 코팅된 $Li[Ni_{0.35}Co_{0.3}Mn_{0.35}]O_2$ 양극활물질의 전기화학적 특성을 관찰하였다. 산화물인 양극분말은 접촉하고 있는 용액의 pH에 따라 표면 전하를 띄게 되는데 양이온인 코팅물질을 균일하게 반응시키기 위해서는 적절한 pH 조절을 통해 양극분말 표면을 음전하 상태로 조절해 주는 것이 필요하다. SEM, TEM 분석을 통해 코팅용액의 pH에 따른 코팅층의 형상변화를 관찰하였으며 다양한 전류밀도로 충전과 방전을 실시하여 코팅용액의 pH에 따른 방전용량, 사이클 특성, 고율특성을 분석하였다. 임피던스잴 cyclic voltammogram 측정을 통해 코팅용액의 pH에 따른 코팅층의 내부저항 변화를 관찰하였으며 이것을 전기화학적 특성과 연관됨을 확인하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 리튬이차전지의 음극활물질인 실리콘/탄소 복합소재를 제조하여 전기화학적 특성을 확인하였다. 실리콘/탄소 합성물은 마그네슘의 열 환원 반응을 통해 SBA-15 (Santa Barbara Amorphous material No. 15)를 제조한 후 페놀 수지의 탄화 과정을 통해 합성하였다. 실리콘/탄소를 음극으로 제조하여 충방전, 사이클, 순환전압전류, 임피던스 테스트를 통해 분석하였다. 실리콘에 코팅된 탄소는 전기 전도도를 향상시켜 Rct값을 235 ohm (silicon)에서 30 ohm (실리콘/탄소)으로 낮추었고 리튬의 탈 삽입 시에 발생하는 실리콘의 팽창을 억제하여 전극을 안정화시키는 효과를 보여주었다. 실리콘/탄소 전극을 사용한 리튬이차전지는 1,348 mAh/g의 용량을 나타내었고 50사이클 동안 76%의 안정성을 보여주었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제25권
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• pp.14-24
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• 2018

Electrochemical properties and performance of composites performed by incorporating metal oxide or metal hydroxide on carbon materials based on graphene and carbon nanotube (CNT) were analyzed. From the surface analysis by field emission scanning electron microscopy and field emission transmission electron microscopy, it was confirmed that graphene, CNT and metal materials are well dispersed in the ternary composites. In addition, structural and elemental analyses of the composite were conducted. The electrochemical characteristics of the ternary composites were analyzed by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge-discharge tests, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 6 M KOH, or $1M\;Na_2SO_4$ electrolyte solution. The highest specific capacitance was $1622F\;g^{-1}$ obtained for NiCo-containing graphene with NiCo ratio of 2 to 1 (GNiCo 2:1) and the GNS/single-walled carbon $nanotubes/Ni(OH)_2$ (20 wt%) composite had the maximum specific capacitance of $1149F\;g^{-1}$. The specific capacitance and rate-capability of the $CNT/MnO_2/reduced$ graphene oxide (RGO) composites were improved as compared to the $MnO_2/RGO$ composites without CNTs. The $MnO_2/RGO$ composite containing 20 wt% CNT with reference to RGO exhibited the best specific capacitance of $208.9F\;g^{-1}$ at a current density of $0.5A\;g^{-1}$ and 77.2% capacitance retention at a current density of $10A\;g^{-1}$.