• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.201-205
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• 2012

The effects of various manganese precursors for the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of $NO_x$ were investigated in terms of structural, morphological, and physico-chemical analyses. $MnO_x/TiO_2$ catalysts were prepared from three different precursors, manganese nitrate, manganese acetate(II), and manganese acetate(III), by the sol-gel method. The manganese acetate(III)-$MnO_x/TiO_2$ catalyst tended to suppress the phase transition from the anatase structure to the rutile or the brookite after calcination at $500^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. It also had a high specific surface area, which was caused by a smaller particle size and more uniform distribution than the others. The change of catalytic acid sites was confirmed by Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy and the manganese acetate(III)-$MnO_x/TiO_2$ had the strongest Lewis acid sites among them. The highest de-NOx efficiency and structural stability were achieved by using the manganese cetate(III) as a precursor, because of its high specific surface area, a large amount of anatase $TiO_2$, and the strong catalytic acidity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.1981-1987
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• 2010

A novel composite (Ag-CNT/$TiO_2$) of silver treated carbon nanotubes (Ag-CNT) and $TiO_2$ was synthesized via wet chemistry followed by a heat treatment. The dispersion and structure of the silver in the synthesized composites determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy(TEM). XRD patterns of the composites showed that the composites contained a mixing anatase and rutile phase. The EDX spectra showed the presence of C, O, Ti and Ag peaks. The $TiO_2$ particles were distributed uniformly in the CNT network, and silver particles were virtually fixed on the surface of the tube. The photocatalysis degraded behaviors of the Ag-CNT/$TiO_2$ composites of the methylene blue, which increased with an increase of the silver component. The Ag-CNT/$TiO_2$ composites have excellent antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli (E. Coli), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. Aeru) and Bacillus subtilis (B. Sub) under visible light.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.75-80
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• 1999

The formation of $n-TiO_2$ powder by oxidation of Ti-ethoxied vapor in a flat flame burner reactor maintained under 20 torr has been studied. The produced powder were characterized in terms of crystal structure, chemical composition by XRD and TEM. The results showed that the powder consisted of loose agglomerated anatase and rutile particles and their size were about 10 nm and 20 nm, respectively. In the course of synthesis, changes of the flame color were happened to each condition during heating up the bubbler. The flame color transition phenomena reveled that a critical precursor delivery rate was needed for the powder formation (obtainable powder yield). The critical precursor delivery rate was estimated by a simple function of the bubbler temperature and the carrier gas flow rate. The critical precursor delivery rate was reviewed as an important variable of the nanopowder synthesis.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.938-943
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• 2000

TiCl$_4$, 물 및 1-propanol의 혼합용액으로부터 미립 TiO$_2$분말 제조시, 1-propanol과 물의 부피비, 반응온도, 반응유지시간 및 TiCl$_4$mole 농도에 따른 분말 특성 및 결정상 생성에 대해 조사하였다. 반응온도가 3$0^{\circ}C$ 이상일 때 Ti 수화물의 초기 침전이 생성되었고 반응온도가 TiCl$_4$mole 농도가 증가함에 따라 입자크기는 증가하였고 $600^{\circ}C$ 하소시 1-propanol과 물의 부피비가 2보다 크고 반응온도가 7$0^{\circ}C$보다 낮을 때 주결정상은 anatase였다. 입자크기가 미세하고 입자크기 분포가 좁은 범위를 갖는 조건은 1-propanol과 물의 부피비가 2, 반응온도가 7$0^{\circ}C$, TiCl$_4$mole 농도가 0.2 mole/ι일 때였으며, 결정상의 생성은 1-propanol과 물의 부피비가 2, 반응온도가 3$0^{\circ}C$ 이상일 때 anatase에서 rutile로 전이하는 온도가 높아졌다. 이와 같은 반응인자에 따른 효과는 용매의 유전상수, 티타니아의 용해도, 입자의 표면전위 등의 효과와 관계가 있었다.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.1273-1279
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• 2008

This study examined the catalytic destruction of 1,2-dichlorobenzene on ${V_2}{O_5}/TiO_2$ nanoparticles. The ${V_2}{O_5}/TiO_2$ nanoparticles were synthesized by the thermal decomposition of vanadium oxytripropoxide and titanium. The effects of the synthesis conditions, such as the synthesis temperature and precursor heating temperature, were investigated. The specific surface areas of ${V_2}{O_5}/TiO_2$ nanoparticles increased with increasing synthesis temperature and decreasing precursor heating temperature. In addition, the removal efficiency of 1,2-dichlorobenzene was promoted by a decrease in heating temperature. However, the removal efficiency of 1,2-dichlorobenzene was decreased by an anatase to rutile phase transformation at temperatures $1,300^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.473-482
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• 2009

Titanium dioxide particles are used as cosmetics, pigments, photocatalysts, adsorbents, catalytic supports, and sensors. The $TiO_2$ particles were prepared by the precipitation in TTIP/Solvent mixtures and calcined at different temperatures. The resulting materials were characterized by XRD and SEM testing techniques. The $TiO_2$ particles phase composition was determined by XRD ranging from amorphous to crystalline anatase and rutile largely proportional to the calcination temperature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.469-470
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• 2006

[ $TiO_2$ ] nanoparticle was synthesized by the flame method, which was controlled by varying the ratio and flow rate of gas mixtures consisting of oxygen (oxidizer), methane (fuel) and nitrogen (carrier gas). The crystalline phases of $TiO_2$ nanoparticle depended strongly on the temperature distribution in the flame, whereas the morphology was not sensitive. We proved that the anatase phase formed without the phase transformation in the flame and the rutile phase generated through several phase transformations.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.169-176
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• 2010

The Fe-treated CNT/$TiO_2$ photocatalysts mixed with anatase and rutile phase have been developed for the decomposition of non-biodegradable different organic dyes like methylene blue (MB), rhodamine B (Rh.B), and methyl orange (MO) in two conditions as ultraviolet and visible light respectively. The results indicate that all the Fe-CNT/$TiO_2$ composites proved to be more efficient photocatalysts since degradation of MB at higher reaction rates, tthe decomposition rate of different dyes increases with an increase of $Fe^{3+}$ concentration in composites the highest rate of decomposition of different dyes was noted under UV irradiation. These results can indicate that the large CNT network is facilitate the electron transfer and strongly adsorb dye molecules on the texted photocatalysts, iron is reactive in the photo-Fenton process resulting in high production of OH radicals and also high activity of the photocatalyst. And Fe particles can generate more photoinduced electrons to conduction band of $TiO_2$ under visible light irradiation. The composites of Fe-CNT/$TiO_2$ photocatalysts synthesized by a sol-gel method were characterized by BET, TEM, SEM, XRD and EDX.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.239-243
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• 2018

Up to now, microstructure changes of photocatalysts have been studied to improve photocatalytic activity. Especially, to improve the adsorption of reactants and reactive sites, porous and fine crystal structures have received much attention because of their large specific surface area. In this study, $TiO_2$ nanotubes were synthesized by hydrothermal method using $TiO_2$ nanoparticles; nanotubes were evaluated by oxidized methylene blue reduction test. Using synthesized $TiO_2$ nanotubes, results of TEM showed that the $TiO_2$ nanoparticles were changed into folding sheets and nanotubes. XRD results showed that the peaks of the nanoparticles almost disappeared and only the rutile (110) and anatase (200) peaks were observed. Comparison of photocatalytic properties of nanoparticles and nanotube structures was performed by measuring the UV-vis absorbance with reducing oxidized methylene blue. As a result, the reduction rate of nanotubes was found to be $0.24{\mu}mol/s$, which was 2.6 times higher than the rate of reduction of nanoparticles.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.215-215
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• 2012

급속한 산업의 발달은 심각한 환경오염 및 에너지 문제를 가져왔다. 이를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 수소에너지에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있으며, 수소에너지를 생산하는 방법 중 하나로 태양에너지를 원천으로 하는 광촉매(photocatalyst)에 대한 연구가 점차적으로 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 현재 광촉매로 가장 많이 사용되는 $TiO_2$의 경우, 뛰어난 광활성과 저렴한 가격, 광 안정성, 화학적 안정성을 가짐에도 불구하고, 3.2 eV라는 넓은 band gap을 가지기 때문에 385 nm 이상의 긴 파장을 갖는 가시광선은 흡수할 수 없다. 또한, 광촉매 반응과정 중 recombination으로 인한 효율의 손실이 크기 때문에 이러한 문제들을 해결하기 위해 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 ICP-assisted DC magnetron sputtering 방법을 이용하여 높은 결정성을 갖는 $TiO_2$ 박막을 제조하였다. 제작된 $TiO_2$ 박막은 높은 광촉매 특성을 나타냈으며, 또한 $TiO_2$의 anatase phase와 rutile phase의 bilayer structure를 통하여 recombination을 감소시킴으로써 높은 효율을 갖는 광촉매를 제작하였다. 박막의 chemical state와 crystallinity를 확인하기 위하여 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy와 X-ray diffractometer를 이용하여 분석을 수행하였으며, 물 분해 장치(water splitting device)를 제작하여 수소와 산소 생성시 흐르는 전류를 측정하여 광촉매 특성을 평가하였다.