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Competitive Photochlorination Reactions of Silane, di-Chloro and tri-Chlorosilanes at 337.1 nm

  • Jung, Kyung-Hoon;Jung, Kwang-Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.242-246
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    • 1987
  • The hydrogen abstraction reactions of $SiH_4, SiH_2Cl_2 \;and\; SiHCl_3$ by ground state chlorine atoms generated photochemically from chlorine molecules have been studied at temperatures between 15 and $100^{\circ}C.$ The absolute rates for the reactions have been obtained by a competition technique using ethane as a competitor. The rate expressions ($in cm^3/mol/s$) are found to conform to an Arrhenius rate law: $k_{SiH_4} = (7.98 {\pm} 0.42) {\times} 10^{13}$ exp $[-(1250 {\pm}20)/T].$ $k_{SiH_2Cl_2} = (2.25 {\pm} 0.12) {\times} 10^{15}$ exp[-(1010 ${\pm}$ 10)/T]. $k_{SiHCl_3} = (9.04 {\pm} 0.28) {\times} 10^{14}\; exp[-(1200 {\pm} 10)/T].$ The activation energies obtained from this study represent the same trend as with the carbon analogues, while this trend was not found with respect to the bond dissociation energies among silicon compound homologues. These anomalous behaviors were interpreted in terms of electronic effects and of the structural differences between these compounds.

Nanotube-based Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

  • Kim, Jae-Yup;Park, Sun-Ha;Choi, Jung-Woo;Shin, Jun-Young;Sung, Yung-Eun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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    • pp.71-71
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    • 2011
  • Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have drawn great academic attention due to their potential as low-cost renewable energy sources. DSCs contain a nanostructured TiO2 photoanode, which is a key-component for high conversion efficiency. Particularly, one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructured photoanodes can enhance the electron transport for the efficient collection to the conducting substrate in competition with the recombination processes. This is because photoelectron colletion is determined by trapping/detrapping events along the site of the electron traps (defects, surface states, grain boundaries, and self-trapping). Therefore, 1-D nanostructured photoanodes are advantageous for the fast electron transport due to their desirable features of greatly reduced intercrystalline contacts with specified directionality. In particular, anodic TiO2 nanotube (NT) electrodes recently have been intensively explored owing to their ideal structure for application in DSCs. Besides the enhanced electron transport properties resulted from the 1-D structure, highly ordered and vertically oriented nanostructure of anodic TiO2 NT can contribute additional merits, such as enhanced electrolyte diffusion, better interfacial contact with viscous electrolytes. First, to confirm the advantages of 1-D nanostructured material for the photoelectron collection, we compared the electron transport and charge recombination characteristics between nanoparticle (NP)- and nanorod (NR)-based photoanodes in DSCs by the stepped light-induced transient measurements of photocurrent and voltage (SLIM-PCV). We confirmed that the electron lifetime of the NR-based photoanode was much longer than that of the NP-based photoanode. In addition, highly ordered and vertically oriented TiO2 NT photoanodes were prepared by electrochemical anodization method. We compared the photovoltaic properties of DSCs utilizing TiO2 NT photoanodes prepared by one-step anodization and two-step anodization. And, to reduce the charge recombination rate, energy barrier layer (ZnO, Al2O3)-coated TiO2 NTs also applied in DSC. Furthermore, we applied the TiO2 NT photoanode in DSCs using a viscous electrolyte, i.e., cobalt bipyridyl redox electrolyte, and confirmed that the pore structure of NT array can enhance the performances of this viscous electrolyte.

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A Development of SCM Model in Chemical Industry Including Batch Mode Operations (회분식 공정이 포함된 화학산업에서의 공급사슬 관리 모델 개발)

  • Park, Jeung Min;Ha, Jin-Kuk;Lee, Euy Soo
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.316-329
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    • 2008
  • Recently the increased attention pays on the processing of multiple, relatively low quantity, high value-added products resulted in adoption of batch process in the chemical process industry such as pharmaceuticals, polymers, bio-chemicals and foods. As there are more possibilities of the improvement of operations in batch process than continuous processes, a lot of effort has been made to enhance the productivity and operability of batch processes. But the chemical process industry faces a range of uncertainties factors such as demands for products, prices of product, lead time for the supply of raw materials and in the production, and the distribution of product. And global competition has made it imperative for the process industries to manage their supply chains optimally. Supply chain management aims to integrate plants with their supplier and customers so that they can be managed as a single entity and coordinate all input/output flows (of materials, information) so that products are produced and distributed in the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time.The objective of this study is to solve the purchase, distribution, production planning and scheduling problem, which minimizes the total costs of production, inventory, and transportation under uncertainty. And development of SCM model in chemical industry including batch mode operations. Through that, the enterprise can respond to uncertainty. Also integrated process optimal planning and scheduling model for manufacturing supply chain. The result shows that, the advantage of supply chain integration are quality matters seen by customers and suppliers, order schedules, flexibility, cost reduction, and increase in sales and profits. Also, an integration of supply chain (production and distribution system) generates significant savings by trading off the costs associated with the whole, rather than minimizing supply chain costs separately.

Protein Aggregation and Adsorption upon In vitro Refolding of Recombinant Pseudomonas Lipase

  • Lee, Young-Phil;Rhee, Joon-Shick
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.456-460
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    • 1996
  • Recombinant Pseudomonas lipase was used to study protein aggregation and adsorption upon in vitro refolding. Protein adsorption as well as aggregation was responsible for major side reactions upon in vitro refolding as a function of protein concentration. The optimal range of protein concentration was determined by the relative contribution of protein aggregation and adsorption. Above the optimal range, the yield of active lipase inversely correlated with protein aggregation, showing a competition between folding and aggregation. However, adsorption of protein rather than protein aggregation is thought to contribute as a major side reaction of the refolding process at sub-optimal concentrations at which the formation of aggregates should be more reduced. Protein aggregation was influenced by the amount of guanidine hydrochloride in the refolding solvent. The refolding temperature was a critical factor determining the extent of protein aggregation. The refolding yield was also affected by the dilution fold and dilution mode, which suggests that the refolding process might kinetically compete with the rate of mixing.

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A Study on Importance Analysis for the Department of Industrial Safety and Health through Task Analysis (직무분석을 통한 산업안전보건관련학과의 교과목 중요성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • 최상복
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.87-98
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, an effective curriculum for the department related to industrial safety and health is developed through task analysis by the following approaches. The first approach is DACUM. The method is reflected the demand of industrial fields on subjects in curriculum. In this paper, DACUM workshop involves a trained DACUM facilitator and a committee of 6 expert workers from industrial safety and health area. 21 subjects which are necessary in the industrial fields have been selected by the DACUM analysis. The other is to understand the relative importance among each subject by AHP method. The relative importance of the subject is shown in the order of safety management, mechanical safety, construction safety, human factors engineering and system safety, chemical safety, electric safety by AHP analysis. The competition of department can be improved, if the result of this research is adapted to the department curriculum related to industrial safety and health.

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Removal Rates of VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds) for Treatment Condition using DAF(Dissolved Air Flotation) in Water Treatment (DAF(Dissolved Air Flotation)를 이용한 정수처리에서 처리조건에 따른 VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds)의 처리효율에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Mi-Jeong;Jun, Se-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.91-100
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    • 1999
  • Treatment conditions of DAF(Dissolved Air Flotation) and removal rates of VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds) in mixed water of H raw water and VOCs were investigated. The used VOCs were benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene in aromatic compounds and iso propyl mereaptan, n-butyl mereaptan, dimethyl disulfide, and iso butyl mercaptan in odors. The related parameters include water type, treatment method, clay concentration, pH condition, flocculation time, flotation time, per-cent recycle, water temperature, pressure. The removal rates of VOCs were different on treatment process and water condition. Treatment time was longer, removal rates of VOCs was higher. Water temperature was more important than pressure in DAF parameters. Molecular weight was related with removal rate in several kinds of VOCs were decraesed by competition of each component in II raw water. When algac blooming D water was treated by DAF, TCOD(Total chemical Oxygen Demand) and chorophyll a was removed over 96%.

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Managing Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.) Reduces Sensitivity to Climatic Stress

  • Chhin, Sophan
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.338-351
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    • 2018
  • This study was conducted in a long-term experimental forest in the central hardwoods region of southwestern Michigan to retrospectively examine the role of past forest management practices and climate on red oak (Quercus rubra L.) productivity. Initially, in 1971, plots within the experimental forest were treated separately with a clearcut and shelterwood regeneration harvest in an attempt to increase red oak regeneration. From 1987-1989, a new study was initiated within a portion of the clearcut and shelterwood plots to evaluate the effectiveness of additional oak crop tree release using mechanical and chemical applications. Cumulative diameter and mortality rates of 719 red oaks were monitored across the four silvicultural treatments: Clearcut-A (clearcut without additional release treatment), Clearcut-B (clearcut with additional release treatment), Shelterwood-A (shelterwood without additional release), and Shelterwood-B (shelterwood with additional release) plus an untreated control. Increment cores were obtained from red oak trees and neighboring competitor species. Tree-ring analyses (dendrochronology) were applied to examine the effect of these silvicultural treatments and climatic factors (temperature and precipitation) on red oak productivity. The results indicated that crop tree release following a clearcut or shelterwood harvest reduced mortality rates and thus increased survival of red oak. Red oak in control plots or plots only receiving the initial regeneration harvesting treatment and no additional competition release were negatively affected by climatic stress, which included summer moisture stress. In contrast, red oak in plots that received the competition release treatment from shade tolerant tree species not only had higher tree level productivity (i.e., tree basal area) and lower mortality rates, but were also relatively more resilient to climatic stress by showing limited or no associations between climate and growth.

A Study on the Management Risk Factors of Korean Firms in China (국내 중소·벤처기업의 중국진출 경영위험요인에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Hoon;Lee, Dong-Myung
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 2017
  • By applying the AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process), we have analyzed the importance and the order for priorities to the management risk factors of Korean SMEs & Venture companies in China. The major management risk factors of manufacturing companies were the rise in labor costs followed by fierce competition in the marketplace, problems involved with human resource management and the rise in the cost of materials. In the case of companies manufacturing electronic products, the rise of labor costs and alteration in government's tax policy were seen as the main risk factors. In the case of chemical product manufacturing companies, the reinforcement of environmental protection law and in automobile component manufacturing companies, apart from the rise in labor cost, the increase in raw materials costs were analyzed as the main risk factors. While considering the time period, the main risk factors of the companies that entered China in the 1990's were fierce competition and alteration in government's tax policy and for the companies that entered China in the 2000's, increase in raw material cost, the rise in labor cost etc were analyzed to be the main risk management factors.

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Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency from Controlled Nanostructure in Polymer Bulk-Hetero Junction Solar Cells

  • Wang, Dong-Hwan;Park, O-Ok;Park, Jong-Hyeok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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    • pp.76-76
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    • 2011
  • Polymer-fullerene based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells can be fabricated in large area using low-cost roll-to-roll manufacturing methods. However, because of the low mobility of the BHJ materials, there is competition between the sweep-out of the photogenerated carriers by the built-in potential and recombination within the thin BHJ film [12-15]. Useful film thicknesses are limited by recombination. Thus, there is a need to increase the absorption by the BHJ film without increasing film thickness. Metal nanoparticles exhibit localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) which couple strongly to the incident light. In addition, relatively large metallic nanoparticles can reflect and scatter the light and thereby increase the optical path length within the BHJ film. Thus, the addition of metal nanoparticles into BHJ films offers the possibility of enhanced absorption and correspondingly enhanced photo-generation of mobile carriers. In this work, we have demonstrated several positive effects of shape controlled Au and Ag nanoparticles in organic P3HT/PC70BM, PCDTBT/PC70BM, Si-PCPDTBT/PC70BM BHJ-based PV devices. The use of an optimized concentration of Au and Ag nanomaterials in the BHJ film increases Jsc, FF, and the IPCE. These improvements result from a combination of enhanced light absorption caused by the light scattering of the nanomaterials in an active layer. Some of the metals induce the plasmon light concentration at specific wavelength. Moreover, improved charge transport results in low series resistance.

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Photo-Alignment Mechanism Study of Poly(siloxane cinnamate) (폴리(실록산 신나메이트)의 광배향 메커니즘 연구)

  • Choi Ji-Won;Lim Ji-Chul;Song Ki-Gook
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.417-421
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    • 2006
  • Photo -alignment of poly (siloxane cinnamate) (PSCN) was studied to better understand the alignment mechanism of cynnamoyl groups under various process conditions. DSC and polarized microscope studies showed that the isotropic temperature oi PSCN was about $105^{\circ}C$ and the liquid crystallinity, once formed, did not completely disappear even when the temperature went into the isotropic regions. UV/Vis absorption study suggested that the photo - dimerization was the main photo alignment mechanism and it's efficiency could be enhanced through the self-alignment of PSCN. It was also found that photo-dimerization was in competition with photo-fries reaction and the photo- alignment of PSCN was interfered with the excessive UV because of the strong photo-fries reaction. However, photo - fries reaction could be suppressed by adjusting the UV wavelength.