• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.453-457
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• 2021

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are one of attractive energy conversion and storage system based on high theoretical specific capacity and energy density with low costs. However, volatile nature of elemental sulfur is one of critical problem for their practical acceptance in industry because it considerably affects electrode uniformity during electrode manufacturing. In this work, polymeric sulfur composite consisting of ionic liquid (IL) are suggested to reduce volatility nature of elemental sulfur, resulting in better processibility of the Li-S cell. According to systematic spectroscopic analysis, it is found that polymeric sulfur is consisting of repeating units combining with elemental sulfur and volatility of them is negligible even at high temperature. In addition, the IL-embedded polymeric sulfur shows moderate cycle performance compared to the cell with elemental sulfur. From these results, it is found that the IL-embedded polymeric sulfur composite is applicable cathode candidate for the Li-S cell based on their excellent non-volatility as well as their superior electrochemical performance.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2000

An autotrophic sulfur oxidizer, Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2, was isolated from activated sludge, and its sulfur oxidation activity was characterized. Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2 could oxidize elemental sulfur on the broad range from pH 2 to 8. When 5-50 g/L of elemental sulfur was supplemented as a substrate, the growth and sulfur oxidation activity of Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2 was not inhibited. The specific sulfur oxidation rate of strain ASWW-2 decreased gradually until sulfate was accumulated in medium up to 10 g/L. In the range of sulfate concentration from 10 g/L to 50 g/L, the sulfur oxidation rate could keep over $2.0g-S/g-DCW{\cdot}d$. It indicated that Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2 has tolerance to high concentration of sulfate.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2011

With the increasing cultivation of acid-loving plants such as blueberries, the artificial acidification of soils is frequently required. This research was conducted to determine the application rates of elemental sulfur (S) required in the soil acidification for blueberry cultivation. Laboratory incubation experiment was conducted to acidify three arable soils (pH 6-7) of different texture to pH 4.5-5.0 by the addition of varying amounts of elemental S. All rates of elemental S addition reduced soil pH, although the efficacy of acidification was related to the application rate and soil characteristics. pH reduction was slow in sandy loam soil, and the final equilibrium pH was obtained after 60, 43, and 30 days of incubation in sandy loam, loam, and silty clay, respectively. Although the final pHs obtained after 93 days of incubation were not significantly different among the three soils, the equilibrium pH was relatively higher in soil of higher clay content in the application rates of 1.5-2.0 g S $kg^{-1}$ soil. The estimated amounts of elemental S required in lowering pH to 4.5-5.0 were 0.59-1.01, 0.67-1.03, and 0.53-0.88 g S $kg^{-1}$ for sandy loam, loam, and silty clay, respectively. The lowest estimated amount of elemental S in the acidification of silty clay soil was attributable to the low organic matter content. For clay soils containing optimum level of organic matter, the application rates of elemental S should be much higher than those values estimated in this research. Soil acidification did not significantly increase the available concentrations of Ca, Mg and K. Extractable Cu and Zn was not greatly affected by the acidification, but extractable Fe, Mn, and Al in the acidified soils were higher than those found in non-acidified soils. Such increases in solubility are attributable to the dissolution of oxides and hydroxides of the elements.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.338-341
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• 2006

The growth characteristics of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans AZ11, MET, and TAS were investigated in mineral salt media supplemented with elemental sulfur of 1$\sim$50 g $L^{-1}$. The sulfur oxidation rates of A. thiooxidans. MET and TAS increased highly with increasing sulfur concentration up to 10 g L$^{-1}$, but the rates increased slowly in sulfur concentration over 10 g L$^{-1}$. A. thiooxidans AZ11 showed the parallel increase of sulfur oxidation rate until sulfur concentration increased up to 40 g L$^{-1}$. The maximum sulfur oxidation rates (V$_{max}$) of AZl1, MET and TAS were 1.88, 1.38 and 0.43 g S L$^{-1}$ d$^{-1}$, respectively. The maximum specific growth rates (${\mu}_{max}$) of AZ11, MET, and TAS were 0.33 d$^{-1}$, 0.30 d$^{-1}$ and 0.45 d$^{-1}$, respectively. Although MET and TAS couldn't grow at sulfate concentration of 40 g L$^{-1}$, AZ11 could grow in the presence of 58 g L$^{-1}$ sulfate, the final oxidation product of elemental sulfur.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.209-212
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• 2000

As a bench-scale study, transformation of nitrate to nitrogen gas under anoxic condition was determined by using autotrophic denitrifiers containing Thiobacillus denitrificans and elemental sulfur as an electron donor. The research objective is to measure the basic kinetic parameters of autotrophic denitrification reaction on the removal efficiency of nitrate. The results showed that nitrate was almost completely transformed to nitrite in the first 4 days of column operation. After 2 days of accumulation of nitrite, its concentration slowly decreased and the compound was detected less than 0.5 mg/L in 14 days. In the experiment, sulfate concentration in the effluent was the 70~90 mg-S/L and the pH was maintained around pH 7.5. When nitrate concentration of bank filtrate in the real field is considered, this sulfate concentration seems to be acceptable. At 17 cm from the bottom of the column, the effluent showed the highest nitrite concentration, and nitrate concentration decreased rapidly to the Point of 33 cm from the bottom. The results suggest that an appropriate thickness of permeable reactive barriers is about 30 cm.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1541-1546
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• 2015

The objective of this research was to evaluate the toxicity of the industial xenobiotic Aroclor 1248 (A) and natural origin substances~elemental sulfur (S80) and oleic acid (OA) and their binary mixtures to V. fischeri bioluminescence during the prolonged exposure time (up to 60 min). The bioluminescence quenching test was used to determine the toxic effects. Full factorial experiment design and multiple regression analysis and the comparison of binary mixture effect with the sum of effects of individual chemicals were used for the evaluation of combined effects of toxicants. The analysis of general trend of mixture toxicity to bioluminescence showed that mixture toxic effects were reversible up to 60 min. Data analysis revealed different joint effects, which were depended on mixture composition. S80 enhanced toxic effect of A and acted additively with synergistic interaction. Hydrophobic OA in mixture with A acted antagonistically and in mixture with sulfur caused an additive effect with antagonistic component of interaction. It was concluded that low concentrations of natural toxic substances present in environmental samples as mixtures of chemicals can define the toxicodynamic character of industrial xenobiotics.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.97-114
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• 2016

Lithium batteries based on elemental sulfur as the cathode-active material capture great attraction due to the high theoretical capacity, easy availability, low cost and non-toxicity of sulfur. Although lithium/sulfur (Li/S) primary cells were known much earlier, the interest in developing Li/S secondary batteries that can deliver high energy and high power was actively pursued since early 1990’s. A lot of technical challenges including the low conductivity of sulfur, dissolution of sulfur-reduction products in the electrolyte leading to their migration away from the cathode, and deposition of solid reaction products on cathode matrix had to be tackled to realize a high and stable performance from rechargeable Li/S cells. This article presents briefly an overview of the studies pertaining to the different aspects of Li/S batteries including those that deal with the sulfur electrode, electrolytes, lithium anode and configuration of the batteries.

• 공업화학
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.645-652
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• 1996

본 연구는 $H_2S$를 $TiO_2/SiO_2$ 촉매상에서 산소와의 직접 산화 반응을 통해 원소 황의 형태로 제거하는 반응에 관한 것이다. 순수한 $TiS_2$와 $Ti(SO_4)_2$를 사용한 반응 실험과 순수한 $TiO_2$에 대한 주기적 온도 조작 실험 결과로부터 $TiO_2$는 황 회수 공정에서 사용되는 촉매의 비활성화의 주원인으로 알려진 sulfation이나 sulfidation에 대해 매우 안정한 것으로 나타났다. $TiO_2/SiO_2$촉매에서 $TiO_2$의 담지랑이 증가함에 따라 $H_2S$의 전화율이 증가하였고, 원소 황의 선택도는 아주 소폭으로 감소하였다. 반응 실험 결과 $O_2/H_2S$의 비가 증가할수록 원소 황의 선택도는 크게 감소하였다. 10 wt.% $TiO_2/SiO_2$ 촉매는 화학 양론비의 조성($H_2S$=5 vol.% $O_2$=2.5 vol.%)의 반응물에 10 vol.%의 수증기를 첨가한 경우 활성과 선택도가 감소하였으나 여전히 80% 이상의 원소 황 수율을 유지하고 있었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.405-415
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• 2000

본 연구는 황 원소를 이용하여 시설재배지의 일부 토양에서 나타나는 알칼리 반응을 교정하고자 실시하였다. 황 원소의 산화와 토양 pH에 미치는 효과를 살펴보기 위하여 토양 pH 8.3을 6.3으로 낮추는데 소요되는 황 시용량을 완충곡선으로부터 계산하여 황 소요량의 1~10배 수준까지 첨가하고 50% water holding capacity에 해당하는 수분을 가한 다음, $30^{\circ}C$로 유지되는 항온실에서 정치하였다. Incubation 동안 1주 간격으로 토양 pH 및 sulfate-S의 생성량을 조사한 결과, 토양 pH는 최초의 8.3에서 4~6주 사이에는 목표 pH인 6.3 부근으로 감소하였고, 이 때의 sulfat-S의 생성율은 100%를 상회하여 완충곡선법을 이용한 황 시용량 결정법이 적절함을 확인하였다. Pot 재배시험 결과, 중화량에 해당하는 황시용구의 토양 pH는 중성부근에 이르렀으나 상추수량은 무처리구와 차이가 없었으며, 목표 pH로 낮추기 위한 황 소요량의 약 3배 이상 과량 첨가한 처리구의 토양 pH는 4.8 수준으로 급격히 감소하고 토양중 추출성 미량원소의 농도가 증가하여 상추 수량은 현저히 감소하는 한편, 식물체중 N/S비율의 감소가 나타나 과다한 황 시용으로 토양 양분의 불균형화 및 작물의 수량감소를 초래하였다. 따라서 토양 pH 조정을 목적으로 황 원소를 시용할 경우 정확한 시용량을 준수하고, 토양에 존재하는 기존의 sulfate-S 농도가 높을 경우에는 분시를 통하여 토양내 sulfate-S 농도가 일시적으로 크게 증가하지 않도록 관리해야 할 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 liming의 경우 포장에서는 실내나 pot 조건과 다르게 포장의 석회인자(Liming factor)를 구하여 석회시용량을 조절하는 것과 같이 토양의 pH를 낮추는 경우도 포장의 acidifying factor에 관한 별도의 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 한편 완충곡선법을 이용한 황 시용량 결정법을 보다 단순화하기 위하여 0.1N-HCl을 이용한 완충곡선법을 고안하였으며, 이 방법은 토양산도를 목표 pH까지 저감시키는데 소요되는 0.1N-HCl의 량을 구하여 제안된 계산식에 적용하면 쉽게 황 소요량을 구할 수 있으므로 알칼리성 토양 상토 및 호산성 작물재배토양의 pH조정에 이용 가능할 것이다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2016

We fabricated a tin sulfide (SnS) layer with Sn/Mo/glass layers followed by a RTP (rapid thermal processing), and studied the film growth and structural characteristics as a function of annealing temperature and time. The elemental sulfur (S) was cracked thermally and applied to form SnS polycrystalline film out of the Sn percursor at pre-determined pressures in the RTP tube. The sulfurization was done at the temperature from $200^{\circ}C$ to $500^{\circ}C$ for a time period of 10 to 40 min. At ${\leq}300^{\circ}C$, 20 min., p-type SnS thin films was grown and showed the best composition of at.% of [S]/[Sn] $${\sim_=}$$ 1 and [111] preferred orientation as investigated from using XRD (X-ray diffraction) analysis and EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy) and SEM (scanning electron microscopy), and optical absorption by a UV-VIS spectrometer. In this paper, we report the details of growth characteristics of single phase SnS thin film as a function of annealing temperature and time associated with the pressure and ambient gas in the RTP tube.