• 전기화학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 1998

This work presents the way how to evaluate the degree of reversibility of the discharging process undergone by the nickel hydroxide film cathodically deposited on pure nickel as a positive electrode for electrochemical capacitor using the combined cyclic voltammetry and potential drop method, supplemented by galvanostatic discharge and open-circuit potential transient methods. The time interval necessary just to establish the current reversal of anodic to cathodic direction from the moment just after applying the potential inversion of anodic to cathodic direction, was obtained on cyclic voltammogram. The cathodic charge density passed upon dropping the applied potential, was calculated on potentiostatic current density-time curve. Both the time interval and the cathodic charge density in magnitude can be regarded as being measures of the degree of reversibility of the discharging process undergone by the positive active material for supercapacitor, i.e. , the longer the time interval is, the lower is the degree of reversibility and the greater the cathodic charge density is, the higher is the degree of reversibility. From the applied potential dependences of the time interval and cathodic charge density, discharge at $0.42 V_{SCE}$ was determined to be the most reversible.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기화학회 2001년도 추계총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.41-41
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• 2001

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.59-68
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• 1998

In this study, effects of solidification modes (primary $\delta$-ferrite, primary ${\gamma}$-austenite) on the pit initiation and propagation in the 304L and 316L austenitic stainless steel weld metals were investigated. The solidification mode of weld metal was controlled by the addition of nitrogen to Ar shielding gas. Through the electrochemical experiments (potentiodynamic anodic polarization and potentiostatic time-current transient test) and metallographic examination (microstructure and elemental distribution), the following results were obtained. The more the volume content of nitrogen in the shielding gas were, the lower critical current density for passivity was observed. In comparison with weldments solidified through the primary $\delta$-ferrite solidification mode and the primary ${\gamma}$-solidification mode, the former showed higher critical pitting potential and a longer incubation time for stable pit initiation than the latter. However, in the pit propagation stage the former exhibited a faster dissolution rate than the latter. These results were believed to ee related to the distribution of alloying elements such as Cr, Mo, Ni and S.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2015

The capacity of passive metal to repassivate after film damage determines the development of local corrosion and the resistance to corrosion failures. In this work, the repassivation kinetics of 316L stainless steel (316L SS) was investigated in borate buffer solution (pH 9.1) using a novel abrading electrode technique. The repassivation kinetics was analyzed in terms of the current density flowing from freshly bare 316L SS surface as measured by a potentiostatic method. During the early phase of decay (t < 2 s), according to the Avrami kinetics-based film growth model, the transient current was separated into anodic dissolution ($i_{diss}$) and film formation ($i_{film}$) components and analyzed individually. The film reformation rate and thickness were compared according to applied potential. Anodic dissolution initially dominated the repassivation for a short time, and the amount of dissolution increased with increasing applied potential in the passive region. Film growth at higher potentials occurred more rapidly compared to at lower potentials. Increasing the applied potential from 0 $V_{SCE}$ to 0.8 $V_{SCE}$ resulted in a thicker passive film (0.12 to 0.52 nm). If the oxide monolayer covered the entire bare surface (${\theta}=1$), the electric field strength through the thin passive film reached $1.6{\times}10^7V/cm$.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 가습조건의 변화에 따른 정상상태 및 비정상상태 운전특성을 살펴보았다. 전압을 OCV에서 0.25 V까지 변화시키면서 PEFC 연료전지의 정상상태 성능을 정전압 모드에서 측정하여 전류-전압 곡선에 나타내어 고찰하였다. 또한, 일부 전압조건에서 연료전지의 비정상상태 성능변화를 측정하였다. 수소극 가습에 따른 성능을 평가하기 위하여 공기극은 건조공기를 공급한 상태에서 수소극에 공급되는 수소의 습도를 20%에서 100%로 변화시키면서 연료전지의 성능을 측정하였다. 일반적으로 고전압 영역에서는 높은 작동온도가 높은 성능을 나타내고 있으나, 저전압 영역에서는 낮은 작동온도가 높은 성능을 나타내었다. 임피던스 측정을 통하여 건조한 전해질막 조건에서 ohmic 손실이 커지며 외부가습과 자체가습량이 커지면 저주파수 영역에서 물질전달손실 효과가 나타나는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 전압을 감소시킨 후 전류의 시간에 따른 변화를 고찰하여 연료전지 시스템의 동적특성을 고찰하였다. 전압을 감소시킨 경우, 작동온도의 상승에 따라서 정상상태에 도달하는 시간이 줄어들었으며, 저전압 영역을 제외하면 생성된 물에 의한 자체가습은 정상상태 도달시간을 지연시키는 효과를 가져왔다.