• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.29-32
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• 2008

The cell performance of direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) having catalysts coated by electrospray was analyzed. Pd catalyst was used for the anode electrode and Pd catalyst loading amount and formic acid feed rate dependances of fuel cell performance were evaluated. When loading amount of Pd is in between 3mg/$cm^2$ and 7mg/$cm^2$ and formic acid feed rate is 5ml/min., 3mg/$cm^2$ sample showed better potential at 129 mA/$cm^2$ and power density due to difference in mass transfer limitation. However, when the feed rate is greater than 10ml/min., the opposite tendency was observed between 3mg/$cm^2$ and 7mg/$cm^2$ samples. The result was attributed to improvement in electrochemical reaction of the Pd. Based on the above results, In DFAFC including Pd catalyst that was coated by electrospray, 0.537V as the maximum potential at 129 mA/$cm^2$ was attained.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.189-201
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• 2014

합성가스를 생산하기 위한 부분산화, 이산화탄소 리포밍, 메탄에 의한 산화$CO_2$ 리포밍 공정들은 니켈 하이드로탈사이트($Ni_{0.5}Ca_{2.5}Al$) 촉매를 이용하여 수행되었고 안정한 이중층 구조를 형성시키기 위한 금속지지체(Mg, Ca)의 영향에 대해서도 다양한 연구가 진행되었다. 지지체전구물질(Mg, Ca)에 따라 메탄 리포밍의 안정성은 활성니켈이온과 지지체금속이온 사이의 결합강도차이에 의해 영향을 받는다. Ni-Mg-Al 구성체는 가장 안정한 하이드로탈사이트 이중층 구조이지만 Ni-Ca-Al 구성체는 그렇지 않다. 이산화탄소 리포밍 장기테스트에서 Ni-Mg-Al 촉매는 약 100시간 동안 80%의 효율을 유지하면서 탁월한 안정성을 보였지만 Ni-Ca-Al 촉매는 반응초기에 불활성화됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 활성금속 Ni과 지지체 Mg-Al 사이의 결합강도를 확인하기 위해 승온 환원(temperature-programmed reduction, TPR) 분석을 시행하였다. 이를 통해 Ni-Mg-Al 촉매가 Ni-Ca-Al 촉매보다 Ni의 환원온도가 더 높음을 확인할 수 있었다. $Ni_{0.5}Ca_{2.5}Al$ 촉매는 가장 높은 초기반응성을 보였지만 코크형성으로 인해 반응성이 빠르게 감소하였다. 결론적으로 $Ni_{0.5}Ca_{2.5}Al$ 촉매가 코크형성에 대한 강한 저항성을 갖고 있기 때문에 다른 촉매들보다 높은 반응성과 안정성을 갖는 것으로 보여진다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2013

Optimal preparation guidelines of a cathode catalyst layer by non-precious metal catalysts were evaluated based on electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Experiments for catalyst loading rate revealed that iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) can be a promising alternative, comparable to platinum (Pt) and cobalt tetramethoxyphenylporphyrin (CoTMPP), including effects of substrate concentration. Results showed that using an optimal FePc loading of $1mg/cm^2$ was equivalent to a Pt loading of $0.35mg/cm^2$ on the basis of maximum power density. Given higher loading rates or substrate concentrations, FePc proved to be a better alternative for Pt than CoTMPP. Under the optimal loading rate, it was further revealed that 40 wt% of FePc to carbon support allowed for the best power generation. These results suggest that proper control of the non-precious metal catalyst layer and substrate concentration are highly interrelated, and reveal how those combinations promote the economic power generation of single-chamber MFCs.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2004

Esterification of soybean oil with methanol was investigated. First of all, liquid-liquid equilibriums for systems of soybean oil and methanol were measured at temperatures ranging from 40 to 65$^{\circ}C$. Profiles of conversion of soybean oil with time were determined from the glycerine content in reaction mixtures for the different kinds of catalysts, such as NaOH, CaO, Ca(OH)$_2$, MgO, Mg(OH)$_2$, and Ba(OH)$_2$. The effects of dose of catalyst, cosolvent and reaction temperature on final conversion were examined. Esterification of waste vegetable oil with methanol was investigated and compared to the case of soybean oil. Solubility of methanol in soybean oil was substantially greater than that of soybean oil in methanol. When the esterification reaction of soybean oil was catalyzed by solid catalyst, final conversion was strongly dependent on the alkalinity of the solid catalyst, and increased with the alkalinity of the metal. Hydroxides from the alkali metals were more effective than oxides. When Ca(OH)$_2$ was used for the esterification catalyst, maximum value of final conversion was measured at dose of 4％. When CHCl$_3$ as a cosolvent, was added into the reaction mixture of soybean oil which catalyzed by Ba(OH)$_2$, maximum value of final conversion was appeared at dose of 3％. When waste vegetable oil was catalyzed by NaOH and solid catalysts, high final conversion, over 90％, and fast reaction rate were obtained.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.467-473
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• 2008

This study is to investigate the influence of catalyst loading quantity on the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) performance. In this paper, Pt-Ru and Pt-black loading as the catalyst were varied from 1 to $4mg/cm^2$ at the anode and cathode, respectively. The experiment was conducted with single fuel cell consisted of $5cm^2$ effective electrode area, serpentine type flow pattern and Nafion 117 membrane. Also, AC impedance and methanol crossover current were measured to investigate the performance loss precisely. As a result, the performance of fuel cell was significantly increased with the increase of cathode catalyst loading. However, the performance did not increase further above a certain Pt-Ru catalyst loading as the increase of anode catalyst loading.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.712-718
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• 2016

Y 제올라이트로부터 합성한 메조 포러스 물질을 지지체로 사용한 백금 촉매를 n-octadecane의 수첨업그레이딩 반응을 통한 항공유 제조에 적용 하였다. Y 제올라이트를 골격 구성물질로 사용하여 메조 포러스 알루미노실리케이트($MMZ_{HY}$)를 합성 하였다. $Pt/MMZ_{HY}$ 촉매상에서 Mg 첨가가 n-octadecane의 수첨업그레이딩 반응에 미치는 영향을 고찰 하였다. 촉매의 특성은 X 선 회절, 질소 흡착, 승온환원, 암모니아승온탈착 및 흡착 피리딘 적외선 분광법으로 수행 하였다. 본 연구에서 Mg가 2 wt% 첨가된 $Pt/MMZ_{HY}$ 촉매가 가장 높은 항공유 수율을 보였는데, 이는 Mg의 첨가에 의해 Pt금속의 분산도와 환원도가 증가할 뿐만 아니라, 산점의 양과 세기가 증가하기 때문이다. 또한 $PtMg/MMZ_{HY}$ 촉매 상에서 이소 파라핀에 대한 선택도가 80 % 이상임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2019

To maximize the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in the electrolysis of water, nano-grade $IrO_2$ powder with a low specific surface was prepared as a catalyst for a solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) system, and a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) was prepared with a catalyst loading as low as $2mg\;cm^{-2}$ or less. The $IrO_2$ catalyst was composed of heterogeneous particles with particle sizes ranging from 20 to 70 nm, having a specific surface area of $3.8m^2g^{-1}$. The anode catalyst layer of about $5{\mu}m$ thickness was coated on the membrane (Nafion 117) for the MEA by the decal method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) confirmed strong adhesion at the interface between the membrane and the catalyst electrode. Although the loading of the $IrO_2$ catalyst was as low as $1.1-1.7mg\;cm^{-2}$, the SPE cell delivered a voltage of 1.88-1.93 V at a current density of $1A\;cm^{-2}$ and operating temperature of $80^{\circ}C$. That is, it was observed that the over-potential of the cell for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) decreased with increasing $IrO_2$ catalyst loading. The electrochemical stability of the MEA was investigated in the electrolysis of water at a current density of $1A\;cm^{-2}$ for a short time. A voltage of ~2.0 V was maintained without any remarkable deterioration of the MEA characteristics.

• Carbon letters
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2004

The synthetic behaviors of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by Fe/MgO catalysts were investigated in 0~90 wt.% range of MgO mixture ratios by catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) process. The CNTs were synthesized with 40 minutes of synthetic time, and 923 K of synthetic temperature using 0.1 L/min of ethylene gas and 1.0 L/min of hydrogen gas as synthetic and carrier gas, respectively. As the increase of synthetic temperatures and times, the diameters of CNTs become thicker. The carbon yield showed in a parabolic curve as MgO content increased and the maximum carbon yield was obtained at 30 wt.% of MgO. There were no obvious changes in the diameters of CNTs respect to the change of MgO content. Fe/MgO CNTs showed good crystalinity by High Resolution Transmission Electron microscope (HR-TEM) analysis. The behaviors of Fe/MgO CNTs have a tendency of depending on synthetic time and temperature rather than MgO content.

• 공업화학
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.807-813
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• 1993

메탄의 직접 전환 기술 중 하나인 OCM(oxidative coupling of methane) 반응을 수행하였다. 사용한 금속 산화물 촉매는 Li/MgO와 Pb/MgO이었다. 온도에 따른 촉매의 반응성을 알아보기 위해 600, 700, $800^{\circ}C$에서 반응을 행하였으며, 반응물 혼합비(메탄:산소)에 따른 반응성, 전환율 및 선택도를 알아보기 위해 $700^{\circ}C$에서 혼합비를 2:1 및 1:1로 하여 실험을 하였다. 그 결과 7wt% Li/MgO 촉매의 경우 반응온도 $700^{\circ}C$이고 혼합비가 2:1일 때 메탄의 전환율과 $C_2$화합물의 선택도가 각각 20%, 65% 정도로서 우수한 반응성을 보임을 알 수 있었다. 7wt% Li/MgO 촉매의 경우 $700^{\circ}C$에서 혼합비가 1:1일 때 메탄의 전환율은 30%로 증가했으나 $C_2$화합물의 선택도는 45%로 감소하였다. Pb/MgO 촉매는 Li/MgO 보다 낮은 선택도를(25%) 나타내었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 다양한 알루미나 지지체의 $CH_4-SCR$ 반응특성을 확인하기 위하여 $Pt/Al_2O_3$를 기본으로 한 촉매에 Mg을 담지하여 습식함침법으로 제조하였다. $Pt/Al_2O_3$ 촉매에 지지체인 알루미나를 복합형태(composite-$Al_2O_3$)로 바꾸고, Mg을 담지시킬 경우 electrophobic 특성으로 인해 활성금속 Pt의 산소종을 제어하였다. 산소종이 제어된 Pt는 환원제로 사용되는 $CH_4$에서 $CO_2$로의 산화를 억제시킨다. 또한 Mg의 첨가는 촉매표면에서의 NOx storage 특성으로 인한 NO species 흡착 증진과 NO의 $NO_2$로의 전환을 증진시켰다.