• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.278-281
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• 2009

Proton exchange membrane is the key material for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). Currently widely-used perfluorosulfonic acid membranes have some disadvantages, such as low thermal stability, easy swelling, excessive crossover of methanol and high price etc. Other membranes, including sulfonated polymer, radiation grafted membranes, organic-inorganic hybrids and acid-base blends, do not satisfy the criteria for PEMFC, which set a barrier to the development and commercialization of PEMFC. Pore-filling type proton exchange membrane is a new proton exchange membrane, which is formed by filling porous substrate with electrolytes. Compared with traditional perfluorosulfonic acid membranes, pore-filling type proton exchange membranes have many advantages, such as non- swelling, low methanol permeation, high proton conductivity, low cost and a wide range of materials to choose. In this research, preparation methodology of pore-filling membranes by particularly using all hydrocarbon polymers and fuel cell performances with the membranes are evaluated.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2002

The effect of ultrasonic radiation is reported for silica-poly(ethylene glycol) system prepared without the solvent using sol-gel processing by varying various parameters such as ultrasonic irradiation time, PEG content and HCl/TEOS molar ratio. The property of sonogel is compared with classic gel which has been prepared with ethanol as a solvent by traditional sol-gel processing. SEM, BET, DTA-TGA, density and Vickers hardness measurements are carried out for analyzing the samples. The gelation time is found strongly dependent on radiation time, PEG content and pH value, and has been discussed on the basis of existing theories. The $SiO_2-10$ & 20 wt% PEG sonogel exhibited superior optical, physical and gel properties as compared to the classic gel, hence, found suitable for device applications. The ultrasonic radiation increased the density and surface area, and also reduced the pore size which is well supported by the shift in the peak of DTA curve. The DTA thermogram was found similar to that of pure silica gel.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.288-296
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• 2009

In this study, the silica-based hybrid material with high barrier property was prepared by incorporating ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer, which has been utilized as packaging materials due to its superior gas permeation resistance, during sol-gel process. In preparation of this EVOH/$SiO_2$ hybrid coating materials, the (3-glycidoxy-propyl)-trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) as a silane coupling agent was employed to promote interfacial adhesion between organic and inorganic phases. As confirmed from FT-IR analysis, the physical interaction between two phases was improved due to the increased hydrogen bonding, resulting in homogeneous microstructure with dispersion of nano-sized silica particles. However, depending on the range of content of added silane coupling agent (GPTMS), micro-phase separated microstructure in the hybrid could be observed due to insufficient interfacial attraction or possibility of polymerization reaction of epoxide ring in GPTMS. The oxygen barrier property of the mono-layer coated BOPP (biaxially oriented polypropylene) film was examined for the hybrids containing various GPTMS contents. Consequently, it is revealed that GPTMS should be used in an optimum level of content to produce the high barrier EVOH/$SiO_2$ hybrid material with an improved optical transparency and homogeneous phase morphology.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.94-103
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• 2001

졸-겔공정을 이용하여 SiO$_2$ 및 TEOS에 유기 고분자로서 PDMS가 도입된 PDMS/SiO$_2$ xerogel을 제조하고 촉매로서 HCI과 NH$_4$OH를 이용한 2 step acid/base catalyzed공정에 의해 SiO$_2$ 및 PDMS/SiO$_2$ xerogel의 기공 크기 및 분포를 제어하였다. 촉매로서 HCl이 첨가된 SiO$_2$ 및 PDMS/SiO$_2$ xerogel에서 PH는 2.3~2.5, gel화 시간 12~13일, xerogel의 모양은 Pellet형태를 나타내나 HCl/NH$_4$OH 몰비가 증가하면 pH 및 gel화 시간은 급격히 감소하고 xerogel의 모양도 pellet형과 column형으로 뚜렷하게 구분된다. 이는 반응의 최종용액이 산성이면 가수분해속도가 축합속도보다 빠르게 진행되어 9el화에 오랜 시간이 소요되어 pellet형의 Xerogel이 되나 약산성에서는 축합속도가 가수분해속도보다 빠르게 되어 gel화 시간은 빨라지고 column형의 xerogel이 되기 때문이다 SiO$_2$ 및 PDMS/SiO$_2$, xerogel의 표면적 및 평균기공크기는 HCl/NH$_4$OH 몰비가 증가함에 따라 각각 400$\rightarrow$600($\m^2$/g)과 15$\rightarrow$28$\AA$ 으로 변화하고 단일 기공크기분포를 갖는다. 이는 초기에 HCl에 의해 가수분해된 종이 NH$_4$OH에 의해 축합속도가 촉진되어 silica의 골격구조가 낮은 온도에서 규칙적으로 형성되고 열처리에 의해 균일한 기공으로 되었기 때문이다.