• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.253-258
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• 2021

There is increasing demand for the development of a new material with high strength, high stiffness, and good electrical conductivity that can be used for high-voltage direct current cables. In this study, we develop aluminum-based composites containing C₆₀ fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, or graphene using a powder metallurgical route and evaluate their strength, stiffness, coefficient of thermal expansion, and electrical conductivity. By optimizing the process conditions, a material with a tensile strength of 800 MPa, an elastic modulus of 90 GPa, and an electrical conductivity of 40% IACS is obtained, which may replace iron-core cables. Furthermore, by designing the type and volume fraction of the reinforcement, a material with a tensile strength of 380 MPa, elastic modulus of 80 GPa, and electrical conductivity of 54% IACS is obtained, which may compete with AA 6201 aluminum alloys for use in all-aluminum conductor cables.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.230.1-230.1
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• 2014

대면적 그래핀의 높은 제조비용과 낮은 생산성으로 인해 최근 산화그래핀(GO)을 박리하여 대면적화 하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 하지만, Hummers 법에 의해 제조된 산화그래핀은 제조공정상 발생되는 황이나 수소 및 산소 등의 불순물에 의한 특성저하와 15층에서 25층 정도의 다층 구조에 의한 높은 접촉저항 때문에 그래핀 고유의 특성 발휘가 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 DC 열 플라즈마의 NH3 방전을 이용하여 산화그래핀의 불순물인 S, H, O를 완전히 제거하였고, DC 열 플라즈마 처리된 후의 산화그래핀의 Volume을 평균 2.5배정도 증가시켰다. 또한 N2와 He을 혼합 시킨 DC 열 플라즈마 방전으로 산화그래핀 표면에 N 을 도핑 하여 전기적 특성을 향상시켰다. N 도핑 농도는 최대 20wt%이었으며 N2과 He공급량, Current 조절에 의해 Dopping 농도를 제어하였다.

• Advances in nano research
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.427-435
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• 2022

Static stability behaviors of annular sandwich plates constructed from two layers of particle-reinforced nanocomposites have been investigated in the present article. The type of nanoscale particles has been considered to be graphene oxide powders (GOPs). The particles are assumed to have uniform and graded dispersions inside the matrix and the material properties have been defined according to Halpin-Tsai micromechanical model. The core layer is assumed to have honeycomb configuration. Annular plate has been formulated according to thin shell assumptions considering geometrical nonlinearities. After solving the governing equations via Galerkin's technique, it is showed that the post-buckling curves of annular sandwich plates rely on the core wall thickness, amount of GOP particles, sector radius, and thickness of layers.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.435-440
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• 2018

In the present study, we develop a conductive copper/carbon nanomaterial additive and investigate the effects of the morphologies of the carbon nanomaterials on the conductivities of composites containing the additive. The conductive additive is prepared by mechanically milling copper powder with carbon nanomaterials, namely, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and/or few-layer graphene (FLG). During the milling process, the carbon nanomaterials are partially embedded in the surfaces of the copper powder, such that electrically conductive pathways are formed when the powder is used in an epoxy-based composite. The conductivities of the composites increase with the volume of the carbon nanomaterial. For a constant volume of carbon nanomaterial, the FLG is observed to provide more conducting pathways than the MWCNTs, although the optimum conductivity is obtained when a mixture of FLG and MWCNTs is used.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.458-463
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• 2019

Palladium (Pd) is widely used as a catalyst and noxious gas sensing materials. Especially, various researches of Pd based hydrogen gas sensor have been studied due to the noble property, Pd can be adsorbed hydrogen up to 900 times its own volume. In this study, palladium oxide (PdO) nanostructures were grown on Si substrate ($SiO_2(300nm)/Si$) for 3 to 5 hours at $230^{\circ}C{\sim}440^{\circ}C$ using thermal chemical vapor deposition system. Pd powder (source material) was vaporized at $950^{\circ}C$ and high purity Ar gas (carrier gas) was flown with the 200 sccm. The surface morphology of as-grown PdO nanostructures were characterized by field-emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM). The crystallographic properties were confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. As the results, the as-grown nanostructures exhibit PdO phase. The nano-cube structures of PdO were synthesized at specific substrate temperatures and specific growth duration. Especially, PdO nano-cube structrures were uniformly grown at $370^{\circ}C$ for growth duration of 5 hours. The PdO nano-cube structures are attributed to vapor-liquid-solid process. The nano-cube structures of PdO on graphene nanosheet can be applied to fabricate of high sensitivity hydrogen gas sensor.