• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.62-62
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• 2018

Pt is still considered as one of the most active electrocatalysts for ORR in alkaline fuel cells. However, the high cost and scarcity of Pt hamper the widespread commercialization of fuel cells. As a strong candidate for the replacement of Pt catalyst, silver (Ag) has been extensively studied due to its high activity, abundance, and low cost. Ag is more stable than Pt in the pH range of 8~14 as the equilibrium potential of Ag/Ag+ being ${\approx}200mV$ higher than that of Pt/PtO. However, Ag is the overall catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is still not comparable to Pt catalyst since the surface Ag atoms are approximately 10 times less active than Pt atoms. Therefore, further enhancement in the ORR activity of Ag catalysts is necessary to be competitive with current cutting-edge Pt-based catalysts. We demonstrate the architectural design of Ag catalysts, synthesized using plasma discharge in liquid phase, for enhanced ORR kinetics in alkaline media. An attractive feature of this work is that the plasma status controlled via electric-field could form the Ag nanowires or dendrites without any chemical agents. The plasma reactor was made of a Teflon vessel with an inner diameter of 80 mm and a height of 80 mm, where a pair of tungsten(W) electrodes with a diameter of 2 mm was placed horizontally. The stock solutions were made by dissolving the 5-mM AgNO3 in DI water. For the synthesis of Agnanowires, the electricfield of 3.6kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied across the electrodes using a bipolar pulsed power supply(Kurita, Seisakusyo Co. Ltd). The repetition rate and pulse width were fixed at 30kHz and 2.0 us, respectively. The plasma discharge was carried out for a fixed reaction time of 60 min. In case of Ag nanodendrites, the electric field of 32kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied and other conditions were identical to the plasma discharge in water in terms of electrode configuration, repetition rate and discharge time. Using SEM and STEM, morphology of Ag nanowires and dendrites were investigated. With 3.6 kV/cm, Ag nanowire was obtained, while Ag dendrite was constructed with 32 kV/cm. The average diameter and legth of Ag nanowireses were 50 nm and 3.5 um, and thoes values of Ag dendrites were 40 nm and 3.0 um. As a results of XPS analysis, the surface defects in the Ag nanowires facilitated O2 incorporation into the surface region via the interaction between the oxygen and the electron cloud of the adjacent Ag atoms. The catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) showed that the catalytic ORR activity of Ag nanowires are much better than Ag nanodendrites, and electron transfer number of Ag nanowires is similar to that of Pt (${\approx}4$).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.843-846
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• 2004

Pt nanoparticles loaded on alumina through an impregnation at room temperature was prepared using $K_2PtCl_4$ and acrylic acid as capping material. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the deposited Pt particles indicate ca. 80% cubic shapes with a narrow distribution of 8-10 nm in size. Propylene hydrogenation over the catalyst has been carried out to evaluate their catalytic performance by the values of activation energy. It is determined from the initial rate, reaction order, and rate constant and is found to be $9.7{\pm}0.5$ kcal/mol. This value has been discussed by comparing to those of encapsulated- and truncated octahedral Pt nanoparticles deposited on alumina, respectively, to study influence of the particle size and shape, and capping material used on the activation energy.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2006

The present work explores the effect of carbon-supported platinum catalyst on the HI decomposition using gas adsorption analyzer, thermogravimetry, X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, and gas chromatography. For this purpose, three types of activated carbon (C), Pt/C-1 wt.%, and Pt/C-5 wt.% were prepared. The HI gas conversion is crucially influenced by the amount of Pt on the carbon support. The more the amount of Pt was, the higher results in the HI gas conversion. For three types of catalysts, HI conversion increased with increasing the decomposition temperature but with decreasing the space velocity. The increase of HI conversion with temperature was more pronounced in activated carbon than that in Pt/C. From EDX result, it was found that the activated carbon comprised higher amount of iodine than the Pt/C after the decomposition reaction. This implies that the HI conversion is closely related to the amount of Iodine.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.738-745
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• 2015

The catalytic exchange of hydrogen isotopes between hydrogen and water has been known to be a very useful process for the separation of tritium from tritiated water. For the process, a highly active hydrophobic catalyst is needed. This study provides an effective fabrication method of size-controlled platinum/poly[styrene-divinylbenzene-tri(propylene glycol) diacrylate] [Pt/poly(SDB-TPGDA)] hydrophobic catalyst beads with a narrow size distribution. Platinum nanoparticles were prepared by ${\gamma}$-ray-induced reduction in the aqueous phase first, and then uniformly dispersed in SDB-TPGDA comonomer after the hydrophobization of platinum nanoparticles with alkylamine stabilizers. The porous Pt/poly(SDB-TPGDA) hydrophobic catalyst beads were synthesized by the UV-initiated polymerization of the mixture droplets prepared in a capillary-based microfluidic system. The size of as-prepared catalyst beads can be controlled in the range of $200-1,000{\mu}m$ by adjusting the flow rate of dispersed and continuous phases, as well as the viscosity of the continuous phase. Sorbitan monooleate and cyclohexanol were used as coporogens to control the porosities of the catalyst beads.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.246-246
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• 2012

Smart catalyst design though novel catalyst preparation methods can improve catalytic activity of transition metals on reducible oxide supports such as titania by enhancement of metal oxide interface effects. In this work, we investigated Pt nanoparticles/titania catalysts under CO oxidation reaction by using novel preparation methods in order to enhance its catalytic activity by optimizing metal oxide interface. Arc plasma deposition (APD) and metal impregnation techniques are employed to achieve Pt metal deposition on titania supports which are prepared by multi-target sputtering and Sol-gel techniques. In order to tailor metal-support interface for catalytic CO oxidation reaction, Pt nanoparticles and thin films are deposited in varying surface coverages on sputtered titania films using APD. To assess the role of oxide support at the interface, APD-Pt is deposited on sputtered and Sol-gel prepared titania films. Lastly, characteristics of APD-Pt process are compared with Pt impregnation technique. Our results show that activity of Pt nanoparticles is improved when supported over Sol-Gel prepared titania than sputtered titania film. It is suggested that this enhanced activity can be partly ascribed to a very rough titania surface with the higher free metal surface area and higher number of sites at the interface between the metal and the support. Also, APD-Pt shows superior catalytic activity under CO oxidation as compared to Pt impregnation on sputtered titania support. XPS results show that bulk oxide is formed on Pt when deposited through impregnation and has higher proportion of oxidized Pt in the form of $Pt^{2+/4+}$ oxidation states than Pt metal. APD-Pt shows, however, mild oxidation with large proportion of active Pt metal. APD-Pt also shows trend of increasing CO oxidation activity with number of shots. The activity continues to increase with surface coverage beyond 100%, thus suggesting a very rough and porous Pt films with higher active surface metal sites due to an increased surface area available for the reactant CO and $O_2$ molecules. The results suggest a novel approach for systematic investigation into metal oxide interface by rational catalysts design which can be extended to other metal-support systems in the future.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2005

직접보로하이드라이드 연료전지는(direct borohydrides fuel cell. DBFC) 직접메탄을 연료전지가 갖는 메탄을 크로스오버(crossover)문제를 해결할 수 있어서, 휴대용 및 이동용 전원으로 활용하기 위하여 새롭게 대두되고있는 연료전지이다. 본 논문에서는 직접보로하이드라이드 연료전지의 전극제조 공정 확립을 위하여 여러 가지의 연료극 및 공기극 촉매를 선정하고 열가압법 (hot pressing)으로 전극을 제조하여 이에 대한 성능 특성을 고찰하였다. 공기극 촉매로는 Pt/C와 Pt black을 사용하였고, 연료극 촉매로는 Pt/C. Pt black, Au/C, $AB_5$ alloy를 사용하였다 제조된 전극 촉매는 XRD, SEM, EDS 등을 통한 특성 분석과 단위전지 운전을 통하여 I-V특성 분석이 이루어졌다. 다양한 촉매 조합을 통하여 촉매별 단전지 테스트를 한 결과 공기극 및 연료극 촉매를 Pt/C로 했을 때 가장 높은 성능인 366mW/mg을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.999-1005
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• 1996

Carbon 표면에 작용기를 도입하기 위해 산화처리한 후, $H^+$과 Pt 양이온을 교환시키는 이온교환법과 백금용액을 계면활성제가 들어있는 메탄올로 환원을 시켜 carbon에 백금을 담지하는 메탄올 환원법으로 촉매를 제조하여 이미 널리 쓰이고 있는 colloid 방법으로 제조한 촉매와 비교하였다. 메탄올 환원법에서 계면활성제는 carbon과 백금입자의 분산효과를 높이고, 안정한 백금 colloid 용액의 유지를 위해 첨가하였다. 각 담지방법에 의해 담지된 백금입자가 $30{\sim}50{\AA}$의 크기로 분산되어 담지된 것을 TEM과 XRD를 통해 확인하였고, 담지방법에 따른 백금의 담지율은 모두 100%에 가까웠고, 그 중 이온교환법의 담지율이 DCP 측정으로는 99.92%, 연소법으로는 99.87%였다. 각 촉매의 활성을 전기화학적으로 비교하기 위하여 산소환원전류밀도를 측정한 결과, 초기에는(60시간 이내) colloid 방법에 의해 제조된 촉매로 제작한 산소극이 0.7V(vs. RHE)에서 $460mA/cm^2$로 이온교환법, 메탄올 환원법에 의해 제조된 촉매보다 더 우수한 전극성능을 나타냈지만, 장시간(약 100시간 이후) 운전시에 전극성능 감소율은 colloid 방법으로 제조한 촉매로 제작한 전극이 가장 높게 증가하였으며, 메탄올 환원법으로 제조한 전극이 가장 안정된 특성을 보였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2011

다양한 비율의 Pt와 Bi를 carbon black (Vulcan XC-72R)에 담지시킨 Pt-Bi/C 촉매를 환원법을 이용하여 합성하였다. Pt와 Bi의 전구체로는 염화백금산($H_2PtCl_6{\cdot}xH_2O$)과 비스무스트리질산($Bi(NO_3)_3{\cdot}5H_2O$) 수용액을 각각 사용하였으며, 금속을 carbon에 담지하기 전, 금속물질의 분산도를 높여주기 위해 열처리와 산처리를 수행한 carbon black을 사용하였다. XRD (X-ray Diffraction) 분석과 XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) 분석을 통하여 Pt-Bi/C 촉매 내에 Pt와 Bi가 소성시키기 전에는 BiPt 혹은 $Bi_2Pt$로 존재하지만 $500^{\circ}C}$에서 소성을 한 후에는 Pt 격자구조 안으로 Bi가 침투하여 alloy을 형성하는 것을 확인하였다. 합성한 전극의 메탄올 산화반응은 전기화학분석장치(Potentiostat; Princeton applied research, VSP)를 사용하여 0.5 M $CH_3OH$와 0.5 M $H_2SO_4$의 혼합수용액에서 순환전압법(cyclic voltammetry, CV)을 이용해 측정하였다. 메탄올 산화에 대한 전기화학적 촉매 활성을 평가한 결과 적절한 양의 Bi를 첨가한 경우, 메탄올 산화반응에 대한 높은 촉매활성을 나타냄을 확인하였다. 메탄올 산화에 대한 활성은 전극과 전해질 사이의 안정성과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 정전압법(Chronoamperometry, CA)을 이용하여 전극의 안정성을 평가한 결과 메탄올 산화반응에 높은 활성을 나타내는 촉매일수록 전극의 안정성도 높은 것을 확인하였다.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2014

The use of a microporous membrane along with Au/C catalyst for direct glycerol alkaline fuel cell was investigated. In comparison with Nafion 112, the microporous Celgard 3401 membrane provides a better cell performance due to the lower ionic resistance as confirmed by impedance spectra. The single cell using Au/C as anode catalyst prepared by using PVA protection techniques provided a higher maximum power density than the single cell with commercial PtRu/C at $18.65mW\;cm^{-2}$ The short-term current decay studies show a better stability of Au/C single cell. The higher activity of Au/C over PtRu/C was owing to the lower activation loss of Awe. The magnitude of current decay indicates a low problem of glycerol crossover from anode to cathode side. The similar performance of single cell with and without humudification at cathode points out an adequate transport of water through the microporous membrane.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.675-682
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• 2005

불화실리콘산($H_2SiF_6$)과 질산알루미늄의 혼합 수용액을 주형으로 사용되는 $C_{16}TMABr$(cethyltrimethylaminonium bromide)용액에 첨가하여 불화실리콘산의 hydrolysis 반응에 의해서 메조포러스 분자체(Al-MMS)를 합성하였다. 합성된 분자체를 분석한 결과 비표면적이 $981m^2/g$이고, 기공 크기가 $39{\AA}$ 부근에서 균일함을 보이는 메조포러스 분자체가 합성되었으며, $NH_3$-TPD 결과 산의 세기가 크지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 합성된 담체가 납사분해 잔사유에 포함되어 있는 방향족 화합물의 수소화 반응에 대한 촉매 담체로써 적용 가능한가를 조사하기 위해서 Pt 및 Pd의 금속 성분을 담지시킨 후, 납사 분해 잔사유에 많이 포함되어 있는 방향족 화합물인 나프탈렌을 모델화합물로 정하고 나프탈렌의 수소화 반응에 대한 온도별 전환율, 반응속도 상수, 활성화 에너지를 조사하였다. 또한, 다른 메조포러스 담체와 상용담체를 이용하여 촉매를 제조한 후 같은 방법으로 비교하였다. 그 결과 PtPd/Al-MMS 촉매가 우수한 탈방향족 활성과 황저항성을 나타내었으며, 다른 메조포러스 담체 및 상용 담체와 비교한 결과 활성이 우수하게 나타났다. 실제 납사분해 잔사유의 일종인 PGO(pyrolized gas oil)를 원료로 실험해 본 결과 활성이 우수하게 나타났으며 Pd/Al-MMS 촉매는 납사분해 잔사유에 포함된 방향족 화합물의 수소화 촉매로써 응용 가능성을 보였다.