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MWCNT, silver nanoparticles, CuBTC를 사용한 염소 이온 센서 합성

  • Gwak, Byeong-Gwan;Park, Su-Bin;Yu, Bong-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2018.06a
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    • pp.101-101
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    • 2018
  • Quantitative measurement of chloride ion concentration has an important role in various fields of electrochemistry, medical science, biology, metallurgy, architecture, etc. Among them, its importance of architecture is ever-growing due to unexpected degradations of building structure. These situations are caused by corrosion of reinforced concrete (RC) structure of buildings. And chloride ions are the most powerful factors of RC structure corrosion. Therefore, precise inspection of chloride ion concentration must be required to increase the accuracy of durability monitoring. Multi-walled Carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have high chemical resistivity, large surface area and superior electrical property. Thus, it is suitable for the channels of electrical signals made by the sensor. Silver nanoparticles were added to giving the sensing property. CuBTC, one of the metal organic frameworks (MOFs), was employed as a material to improve the sensing property because of its hydrophilicity and high surface area to volume ratio. In this study, sensing element was synthesized by various chemical reaction procedures. At first, MWCNTs were functionalized with a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid because of enhancement of solubility in solution and surface activation. And functionalized MWCNTs, silver nanoparticles, and CuBTC were synthesized on PTFE membrane, one by one. Electroless deposition process was performed to deposit the silver nanoparticles. CuBTC was produced by room temperature synthesis. Surface morphology and composition analysis were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was also performed to confirm the existence of sensing materials. The electrical properties of sensor were measured by semiconductor analyzer. The chloride ion sensing characteristics were confirmed with the variation of the resistance at 1 V.

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Investigation of the Effects of ZnO Thin Film Deposition Methods on Inverted Polymer Solar Cells (다양한 박막 형성법을 사용한 ZnO 전자 추출층이 역구조 고분자 태양전지에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Lee, Donggu;Noh, Seunguk;Sung, Myungmo;Lee, Changhee
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.59-62
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    • 2013
  • We investigated the effects of ZnO thin film deposition methods on the performance of inverted polymer solar cells with a structure of ITO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/MoO3/Al. The ZnO thin films were deposited by various methods (spin coating of nanoparticles, sol-gel process, atomic layer deposition) and their morphology was analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The device with ZnO nanoparticle thin films showed the highest power conversion efficiency of 3 % with low series resistance and high shunt resistance. The superior performance of the device with the ZnO nanoparticle layer is attributed to better electron extraction capability.

High-sensitivity ZnO gas Sensor with a Sol-gel-processed SnO2 Seed Layer (Sol-Gel 방법으로 제작된 SnO2 seed layer를 적용한 고반응성 ZnO 가스 센서)

  • Kim, Sangwoo;Bak, So-Young;Han, Tae Hee;Lee, Se-Hyeong;Han, Ye-ji;Yi, Moonsuk
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.420-426
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    • 2020
  • A metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor is operated by measuring the changes in resistance that occur on the surface of nanostructures for gas detection. ZnO, which is an n-type metal oxide semiconductor, is widely used as a gas sensor material owing to its high sensitivity. Various ZnO nanostructures in gas sensors have been studied with the aim of improving surface reactions. In the present study, the sol-gel and vapor phase growth techniques were used to fabricate nanostructures to improve the sensitivity, response, and recovery rate for gas sensing. The sol-gel method was used to synthesize SnO2 nanoparticles, which were used as the seed layer. The nanoparticles size was controlled by regulating the process parameters of the solution, such as the pH of the solution, the type and amount of solvent. As a result, the SnO2 seed layer suppressed the aggregation of the nanostructures, thereby interrupting gas diffusion. The ZnO nanostructures with a sol-gel processed SnO2 seed layer had larger specific surface area and high sensitivity. The gas response and recovery rate were 1-7 min faster than the gas sensor without the sol-gel process. The gas response increased 4-24 times compared to that of the gas sensor without the sol-gel method.

Xylene Sensor Using Cr-doped Cr-Co3O4 Nanoparticles Prepared by Flame Spray Pyrolysis (화염 분무 열분해법으로 합성된 Cr-Co3O4 나노입자 자일렌 가스센서)

  • Jeong, Seong-Yong;Jo, Young-Moo;Kang, Yun Chan;Lee, Jong-Heun
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.112-117
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    • 2020
  • Xylene is a hazardous volatile organic compound that should be precisely measured to monitor indoor air quality. However, the selective and sensitive detection of ppm-level xylene using oxide-semiconductor gas sensors remains a challenge. In this study, pure and Cr-doped Co3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared using flame spray pyrolysis, and their gas-sensing characteristics to 5-ppm xylene at 250 ℃ were investigated. The 4 at% Cr-doped Co3O4 NPs exhibited a high gas response to 5-ppm xylene (resistance ratio to gas and air = 39.1) and negligible cross-responses to other representative and ubiquitous indoor pollutants such as ethanol, benzene, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and ammonia. In this paper, the enhancement of the gas response and selectivity of Co3O4 NPs to xylene by Cr doping was discussed in relation to the catalytic promotion of the gas-sensing reaction. This sensor can be used to monitor indoor xylene.

Effect on TENG Performance by Phase Control of TiOx Nanoparticles

  • Huynh, Nghia Dinh;Park, Hyun-Woo;Chung, Kwun-Bum;Choi, Dukhyun
    • Composites Research
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.365-370
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    • 2018
  • One of the critical parameters to improve the output power for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) is the surface charge density. In this work, we modify the tribo-material of TENG by introducing the $TiO_x$ embedded Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in anatase and rutile phase. The effect of dielectric constant and electronic structure of the $TiO_x$ on the capacitance of TENG and the output power as well are discussed. The surface charge density is increased as the control of the dielectric constant in difference weight percent of $TiO_x$ and PDMS. As the results of that, the 5% $TiO_x$ rutile phase and 7% $TiO_x$ anatase phase embedded PDMS exhibit the highest TENG output. The peak value of voltage/current obtained from $TiO_x$ rutile and anatase phase are ${\sim}180V/8.2{\mu}A$ and $211.6V/8.7{\mu}A$, respectively, at the external force of 5 N and working frequency of 5 Hz, which gives over 12-fold and 15-fold power enhancement compared with the TENG based on the pristine PDMS film. This study provides a better understanding for TENG performance enhancement from the materials view.

Study on High Sensitivity Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Sensors for HNS Monitoring of Emissions from Marine Industrial Facilities (해양산업시설 배출 HNS 모니터링을 위한 고감도 금속산화물 나노입자 센서에 대한 연구)

  • Changhan Lee;Sangsu An;Yuna Heo;Youngji Cho;Jiho Chang;Sangtae Lee;Sangwoo Oh;Moonjin Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.28 no.spc
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    • pp.30-36
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    • 2022
  • A sensor is needed to continuously and automatically measure the change in HNS concentration in industrial facilities that directly discharge to the sea after water treatment. The basic function of the sensor is to be able to detect ppb levels even at room temperature. Therefore, a method for increasing the sensitivity of the existing sensor is proposed. First, a method for increasing the conductivity of a film using a conductive carbon-based additive in a nanoparticle thin film and a method for increasing ion adsorption on the surface using a catalyst metal were studied.. To improve conductivity, carbon black was selected as an additive in the film using ITO nanoparticles, and the performance change of the sensor according to the content of the additive was observed. As a result, the change in resistance and response time due to the increase in conductivity at a CB content of 5 wt% could be observed, and notably, the lower limit of detection was lowered to about 250 ppb in an experiment with organic solvents. In addition, to increase the degree of ion adsorption in the liquid, an experiment was conducted using a sample in which a surface catalyst layer was formed by sputtering Au. Notably, the response of the sensor increased by more than 20% and the average lower limit of detection was lowered to 61 ppm. This result confirmed that the chemical resistance sensor using metal oxide nanoparticles could detect HNS of several tens of ppb even at room temperature.

CFD simulation of cleaning nanometer-sized particulate contaminants using high-speed injection of micron droplets (초고속 미세 액적 충돌을 이용한 나노미터 크기 입자상 오염물질의 세정에 대한 CFD 시뮬레이션)

  • Jinhyo, Park;Jeonggeon, Kim;Seungwook, Lee;Donggeun, Lee
    • Particle and aerosol research
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 2022
  • The line width of circuits in semiconductor devices continues to decrease down to a few nanometers. Since nanoparticles attached to the patterned wafer surface may cause malfunction of the devices, it is crucial to remove the contaminant nanoparticles. Physical cleaning that utilizes momentum of liquid for detaching solid nanoparticles has recently been tested in place of the conventional chemical method. Dropwise impaction has been employed to increase the removal efficiency with expectation of more efficient momentum exchange. To date, most of relevant studies have been focused on drop spreading behavior on a horizontal surface in terms of maximum spreading diameters and average spreading velocity of drop. More important is the local liquid velocity at the position of nanoparticle, very near the surface, rather than the vertical average value. In addition, there are very scarce existing studies dealing with microdroplet impaction that may be desirable for minimizing pattern demage of the wafer. In this study, we investigated the local velocity distribution in spreading liquid film under various impaction conditions through the CFD simulation. Combining the numerical results with the particle removal model, we estimated an effective cleaning diameter (ECD), which is a measure of the particle removal capacity of a single drop, and presented the predicted ECD data as a function of droplet's velocity and diameter particularly when the droplets are microns in diameter.

Comparative analysis on darcy-forchheimer flow of 3-D MHD hybrid nanofluid (MoS2-Fe3O4/H2O) incorporating melting heat and mass transfer over a rotating disk with dufour and soret effects

  • A.M. Abd-Alla;Esraa N. Thabet;S.M.M.El-Kabeir;H. A. Hosham;Shimaa E. Waheed
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.325-340
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    • 2024
  • There are several novel uses for dispersing many nanoparticles into a conventional fluid, including dynamic sealing, damping, heat dissipation, microfluidics, and more. Therefore, melting heat and mass transfer characteristics of a 3-D MHD Hybrid Nanofluid flow over a rotating disc with presenting dufour and soret effects are assessed numerically in this study. In this instance, we investigated both ferric sulfate and molybdenum disulfide as nanoparticles suspended within base fluid water. The governing partial differential equations are transformed into linked higher-order non-linear ordinary differential equations by the local similarity transformation. The collection of these deduced equations is then resolved using a Chebyshev spectral collocation-based algorithm built into the Mathematica software. To demonstrate how different instances of hybrid/ nanofluid are impacted by changes in temperature, velocity, and the distribution of nanoparticle concentration, examples of graphical and numerical data are given. For many values of the material parameters, the computational findings are shown. Simulations conducted for different physical parameters in the model show that adding hybrid nanoparticle to the fluid mixture increases heat transfer in comparison to simple nanofluids. It has been identified that hybrid nanoparticles, as opposed to single-type nanoparticles, need to be taken into consideration to create an effective thermal system. Furthermore, porosity lowers the velocities of simple and hybrid nanofluids in both cases. Additionally, results show that the drag force from skin friction causes the nanoparticle fluid to travel more slowly than the hybrid nanoparticle fluid. The findings also demonstrate that suction factors like magnetic and porosity parameters, as well as nanoparticles, raise the skin friction coefficient. Furthermore, It indicates that the outcomes from different flow scenarios correlate and are in strong agreement with the findings from the published literature. Bar chart depictions are altered by changes in flow rates. Moreover, the results confirm doctors' views to prescribe hybrid nanoparticle and particle nanoparticle contents for achalasia patients and also those who suffer from esophageal stricture and tumors. The results of this study can also be applied to the energy generated by the melting disc surface, which has a variety of industrial uses. These include, but are not limited to, the preparation of semiconductor materials, the solidification of magma, the melting of permafrost, and the refreezing of frozen land.

Synthesis of Sludge Waste-derived Semiconductor Grade Uniform Colloidal Silica Nanoparticles and Their CMP Application (슬러지 폐기물을 활용한 반도체급 균일한 콜로이달 실리카 나노입자의 제조 및 CMP 응용)

  • Kim, Dong Hyun;Kim, Jiwon;Jekal, Suk;Kim, Min Jeong;Kim, Ha-Yeong;Kim, Min Sang;Kim, Sang-Chun;Park, Seon-Young;Yoon, Chang-Min
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.5-12
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    • 2022
  • This study suggests the effective recycling method of sludge waste from various industrial fields to synthesize uniform colloidal silica nanoparticles. In detail, polymers are removed from the sludge waste to attain sludge-extracted silica (s-SiO2) micron-sized particles, and ammonia assisted sonication is applied to s-SiO2, which has effectively extracted the silanol precursor. The nano-sized silica (n-SiO2) particles are successfully synthesized by a typical sol-gel method using silanol precursor. Also, the yield amounts of n-SiO2 are determined by the function of s-SiO2 etching time. Finally, n-SiO2-based slurry is synthesized for the practical CMP application. As a result, rough-surfaced semiconductor chip is successfully polished by the n-SiO2-based slurry to exhibit the mirror-like clean surface. In this regard, sludge wastes are successfully prepared as valuable semicondutor grade materials.

Optically transparent and electrically conductive indium-tin-oxide nanowires for transparent photodetectors

  • Kim, Hyunki;Park, Wanghee;Ban, Dongkyun;Kim, Hong-Sik;Patel, Malkeshkumar;Yadav, Pankaj;Kim, Joondong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.390.2-390.2
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    • 2016
  • Single crystalline indium-tin-oxide (ITO) nanowires (NWs) were grown by sputtering method. A thin Ni film of 5 nm was coated before ITO sputtering. Thermal treatment forms Ni nanoparticles, which act as templates to diffuse Ni into the sputtered ITO layer to grow single crystalline ITO NWs. Highly optical transparent photoelectric devices were realized by using a transparent metal-oxide semiconductor heterojunction by combining of p-type NiO and n-type ZnO. A functional template of ITO nanowires was applied to this transparent heterojunction device to enlarge the light-reactive surface. The ITO NWs/n-ZnO/p-NiO heterojunction device provided a significant high rectification ratio of 275 with a considerably low reverse saturation current of 0.2 nA. The optical transparency was about 80% for visible wavelengths, however showed an excellent blocking UV light. The nanostructured transparent heterojunction devices were applied for UV photodetectors to show ultra fast photoresponses with a rise time of 8.3 mS and a fall time of 20 ms, respectively. We suggest this transparent and super-performing UV responser can practically applied in transparent electronics and smart window applications.

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