• Carbon letters
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2012

A novel strategy for the simultaneous reduction and functionalization of graphene oxide (G-O) was developed using polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAAH) as a multi-functional agent. The G-O functionalization by PAAH was carried out under basic conditions to catalyze the epoxide ring opening reaction of G-O with abundant amine groups of PAAH. We found that G-O was not only functionalized with PAAH but also reduced under the reaction condition. Moreover, the synthesized PAAH-functionalized G-O sheets were soluble in water and applicable to the synthesis of nanocomposites with gold nanoparticles.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.3269-3273
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• 2013

Graphene oxide (GO) has been of particular interest because it provides unique properties due to its high surface area, chemical functionality and ease of mass production. GO is produced by chemical exfoliation of graphite and is decorated with oxygen-containing groups such as phenol hydroxyl, epoxide groups and ionizable carboxylic acid groups. Due to the presence of those functional groups, GO can be utilized as a novel platform for hybrid nanocomposites in chemical synthetic approaches. In this work, GO-$SnO_2$ nanocomposites have been prepared through the spontaneous formation of molecular hybrids. When $SnO_2$ precursor solution and GO suspension were simply mixed, $Sn^{2+}$ was spontaneously formed into $SnO_2$ nanoparticles upon the deoxygenation of GO. Through further chemical reduction by adding hydrazine, reduced GO-$SnO_2$ hybrid was finally created. Our investigation for the electrocapacitive properties of hybrid electrode showed the enhanced performance (389 F/g), compared with rGO-only electrode (241 F/g). Our approach offers a scalable, robust synthetic route to prepare graphene-based nanocomposites for supercapacitor electrode via spontaneous hybridization.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2016

Fabrication of iron oxide/carbon nanotube composite structures for detection of ammonia gas at room temperature is reported. The iron oxide/carbon nanotube composite structures are fabricated by in situ co-arc-discharge method using a graphite source with varying numbers of iron wires inserted. The composite structures reveal higher response signals at room temperature than at high temperatures. As the number of iron wires inserted increased, the volume of carbon nanotubes and iron nanoparticles produced increased. The oxidation condition of the composite structures varied the carbon nanotube/iron oxide ratio in the structure and, consequently, the resistance of the structures and, finally, the ammonia gas sensing performance. The highest sensor performance was realized with $500^{\circ}C/2h$ oxidation heat-treatment condition, in which most of the carbon nanotubes were removed from the composite and iron oxide played the main role of ammonia sensing. The response signal level was 62% at room temperature. We also found that UV irradiation enhances the sensing response with reduced recovery time.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.222.1-222.1
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• 2015

Recently, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have attracted great attention due to various properties including cost-effectiveness of synthesis, low toxicity, and high photostability. Nevertheless, the origins of photoluminescence (PL) from GQDs are unclear because of extrinsic states of the impurities, disorder structures, and oxygen-functional groups. Therefore, to utilize GQDs in various applications, their optical properties generated from the extrinsic states should be understood. In this work, we have focused on the effect of oxygen-functional groups in PL of the GQDs. The GQDs with nanoscale and single layer are synthesized by employing graphite nanoparticles (GNPs) with 4 nm. The series of GQDs with different amount of oxygen-functional groups were prepared by the chain of chemical oxidation and reduction process. The fabrication of a series of graphene oxide QDs (GOQDs) with different amounts of oxygen-contents is first reported by a direct oxidation route of GNPs. In addition, for preparing a series of reduced GOQDs (rGOQDs), we employed the conventional chemical reduction to GOQDs solution and controlled the amount of reduction agents. The GOQDs and rGOQDs showed irreversible PL properties even though both routes have similar amount of oxyen-functional groups. In the case of a series of GOQDs, the PL spectrum was clearly redshifted into blue and green-yellowish color. On the other hand, the PL spectrum of rGOQDs did not change significantly. By various optical measurement such as the PL excitation, UV-vis absorbance, and time-resolved PL, we could verify that their PL mechanisms of GOQDs and rGOQDs are closely associated with different atomic structures formed by chemical oxidation and reduction. Our study provides an important insights for understanding the optical properties of GQDs affected by oxygen-functional groups. [1]

• 폴리머
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.218-224
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• 2013

Hummers and Offeman 방법을 이용하여 흑연으로부터 산화 그래핀(graphene oxide; GO)을 합성하였고, 이를 이용하여 두 가지 다른 작용기화 그래핀(FGS)을 합성하였다. 그래핀 판상(graphene sheet; GS)에 수직방향으로 hexadecylamine(HDA)이 치환된 Ver-HDA-GS을 HDA와 에폭시기를 반응하여 얻었고, 한편으로, 환원된 GO(Reduced-GO; RGO)를 통하여 hexadecanol(HDO)와 알코올을 반응시켜 HDO가 수평 방향으로 치환된 Hor-HDO-GS를 합성하였다. 합성된 GO, RGO, Ver-HDA-GS 그리고 Hor-HDO-GS의 합성여부를 확인하기 위하여 FTIR을 이용하였으며, 합성된 물질들의 열 안정성 및 모폴로지를 각각 확인하였다. 원자간력 현미경(AFM)을 통해서 Ver-HDA-GS는 한 층 또는 두 층 두께의 그래핀으로 이루어졌고, 평균 두께는 1.76 nm임을 확인하였다. 합성된 FGS들의 열 안정성은 GO나 RGO보다 더 나았으며, 분산도의 경우에 Ver-HDA-GS는 DMSO, 톨루엔, 클로로포름, 데카린 등의 일상적인 용매에서 잘 분산되었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2016

A new nano-composite carbon ink for the development of disposable dopamine (DA) biosensors based on screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) is introduced. The method developed uses SPCEs coupled with a tyrosinase modified nano-composite carbon ink. The ink was prepared by an “in-house” procedure with reduced graphene oxide (rGO), Pt nanoparticles (PtNP), and carbon materials such as carbon black and graphite. The rGO-PtNP carbon composite ink was used to print the working electrodes of the SPCEs and the reference counter electrodes were printed by using a commercial Ag/AgCl ink. After the construction of nano-composite SPCEs, tyrosinase was immobilized onto the working electrodes by using a biocompatible matrix, chitosan. The composite of nano-materials was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and the performance characteristics of the sensors were evaluated by using voltammetric and amperometric techniques. The cyclic voltammetry results indicated that the sensors prepared with the rGO-PtNP-carbon composite ink revealed a significant improvement in electro-catalytic activity to DA compared with the results obtained from bare or only PtNP embedded carbon inks. Optimum experimental parameters such as pH and operating potential were evaluated and calibration curves for dopamine were constructed with the results obtained from a series of amperometric detections at −0.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The limit of detection was found to be 14 nM in a linear range of 10 nM to 100 µM of DA, and the sensor’s sensitivity was calculated to be 0.4 µAµM⁻¹cm⁻².

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.54-55
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• 2010

Vacancy defects in graphene can be created by electron or ion irradiation and those induce ripples which can change the electronic properties of graphene. Recently, the formation of defect structures such as vacancy defects and non-hexagonal rings has been reported in the high resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM) of reduced graphene oxide [1]. In those HR-TEM images, it is noticed that the dislocations with pentagon-heptagon (5-7) pairs are formed and diffuses. Interestingly, it is also observed that two 5-7 pairs are separated and diffuse far away from each other. The separation of 5-7 pairs has been known to be due to their self-diffusion. However, from our tight-binding molecular dynamics simulation, it is found that the separation of 5-7 pairs is due to the diffusion of single vacancy defects and coalescence with 5-7 pairs. The diffusion and coalescence of single vacancy defects is too fast to be observed even in HR-TEM. We also implemented Van der Waals interaction in our tight-binding carbon model to describe correctly bi-layer and multi-layer graphene. The compressibility of graphite along c-axis in our tight-binding calculation is found to be in excellent agreement with experiment. We also discuss the difference between single layer and bi-layer graphene about vacancy diffusion and reconstruction.

• 폴리머
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.468-474
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• 2015

고분자 재료에 전기 전도성을 부여하기 위해 그래핀 기반의 나노필러를 도입하여 전도성 나노복합재료를 제조하였다. 그래핀 나노필러는 폴리스티렌(PS) 입자와 수계 분산이 용이하도록 산화 그래핀(GO) 및 poly(styrene sulfonate)가 도포된 환원된 산화 그래핀(PSS-RGO)을 사용하였다. GO는 흑연으로부터 modified Hummers 방법으로 합성하였으며, PSS-RGO는 GO가 분산된 PSS 용액을 hydrazine monohydrate로 환원시켜 제조하였다. 라텍스 기법으로 제조한 PS/GO 및 PS/PSS-RGO 나노복합재료의 모폴로지, 유변물성 및 전기적 물성을 고찰하였다. GO 및 PSS-RGO 나노필러는 PS 매트릭스 내에 잘 분산된 모폴로지를 보여 주었다. 그래핀 나노필러 함량에 따른 유변학적, 전기적 임계점은 GO가 0.28, 0.51 wt%로 나타났고 PSS-RGO는 0.50, 1.01 wt%로 나타났다. PS/GO 나노복합재료가 우수한 전기 전도도를 보여주는 이유는 성형시의 열처리에 의해 GO가 환원되어 전기적 물성을 부분적으로 회복했기 때문으로 판단된다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2011

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have many attractive features for widespread applications in generation systems. Recently, stainless steels have attractive materials for metallic bipolar plate because metallic bipolar plates have many benefits compared to others such as graphite and composite bipolar plates. SOFC operates on high temperature of about $800{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$ than other fuel cell systems. Thus, many studies have attempted to reduced the operation temperature of SOFC to about $600{\sim}800^{\circ}C$, which is the intermediate temperature (IT) of SOFC. Low cost and high-temperature corrosion resistance are very important for the practical applications of SOFC in various industries. In this study, two specimens, 304 and 430 stainless steels with and without different pre-surface treatments on the surface were investigated. And, specimens were exposed at high temperature in the box furnace under oxidation atmosphere of $800^{\circ}C$. Oxidation behavior have been investigated with the materials exposed at different times (100 hrs and 400 hrs) by SEM, EDS and XRD. By increasing exposure time, the amount of metal oxide increased in the order like; STS304 < STS430 and As-received < As-polished < Sand-blast specimens.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.59-77
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• 2022

현재 고준위방사성폐기물 처분을 위한 완충재의 설계 기준 온도는 100 ℃ 미만이기에 완충재의 열 분산 능력이 개선된다면 처분장의 처분 터널과 처분 공의 간격을 줄일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 완충재의 열-수리-역학 성능 기준을 분석하고자 하였으며, 완충재의 열전도도를 개선할 수 있는 고기능 완충재의 연구 현황에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 우선, 열전도도는 가능한 높아야 하며 완충재의 열전도도 값은 건조밀도, 함수비, 온도, 광물조성, 벤토나이트 유형에 영향을 받는다. 또한 완충재에 함유된 유기물은 처분용기의 부식 성능에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있기에 완충재의 유기물 함량은 매우 낮아야 한다. 수리전도도는 근계암반보다 더 낮게 설정해야 하며, 완충재가 제 기능을 하기 위해 팽윤성이 적정해야 한다. 고기능 완충재 개발을 위해 대표적으로 모래, 흑연, 산화 흑연 등의 첨가제를 사용하며 흑연의 경우 모래보다 아주 적은 첨가량으로 열전도도를 크게 향상시킬 수 있다.