• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.453-457
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• 2021

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are one of attractive energy conversion and storage system based on high theoretical specific capacity and energy density with low costs. However, volatile nature of elemental sulfur is one of critical problem for their practical acceptance in industry because it considerably affects electrode uniformity during electrode manufacturing. In this work, polymeric sulfur composite consisting of ionic liquid (IL) are suggested to reduce volatility nature of elemental sulfur, resulting in better processibility of the Li-S cell. According to systematic spectroscopic analysis, it is found that polymeric sulfur is consisting of repeating units combining with elemental sulfur and volatility of them is negligible even at high temperature. In addition, the IL-embedded polymeric sulfur shows moderate cycle performance compared to the cell with elemental sulfur. From these results, it is found that the IL-embedded polymeric sulfur composite is applicable cathode candidate for the Li-S cell based on their excellent non-volatility as well as their superior electrochemical performance.

• Carbon letters
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• 제1권3_4호
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• pp.170-177
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• 2001

Lithium intercalated carbon (LIC) are basically employed as an anode for currently commercialized lithium secondary batteries. However, there are still strong interests in modifying carbon surface of active materials of the anode because the amount of irreversible capacity, charge-discharge capacity and high rate capability are largely determined by the surface conditions of the carbon. In this study, the carbonaceous materials were coated with tin oxide and copper by fluidized-bed chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and their coating effects on electrochemical characteristics were investigated. The electrode which coated with tin oxides gave the higher capacity than that of raw material. Their capacity decreased with the progress of cycling possibly due to severe volume changes. However, the cyclability was improved by coating with copper on the surface of the tin oxides coated carbonaceous materials, which plays an important role as an inactive matrix buffering volume changes. An impedance on passivation film was decreased as tin oxides contents and it resulted in the higher capacity.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 C
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• pp.968-970
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• 1999

The trend of increasing of portable electric devices and demand for global environmental conservation have demands the development of high energy density rechargeable batteries. Lithium polymer battery has excellent theoretical energy density and energy conversion efficiency. Lithium polymer battery, included solid polymer electrolyte(SPE), can be viewed as a system suitable for wide applications from thin film batteries for microelectronics to electric vehicle batteries. The purpose of this paper is to research and development of flyash anode for lithium polymer battery. We investigated AC impedance response and charge/discharge characteristics of flyash/SPE/Li cells. The radius of semicircle associated with the interfacial resistance of flyash/SPE/Li cell increased very slowly during discharge process from 3.11V to 0.478V. And then the cell resistance was decreased at discharge process from 10% SOC to 0% SOC. Also, The radius of semicircle associated with the interfacial resistance of flyash/SPE/Li cell decreasing very slowly during charge process. And then the cell resistance was increased after 20th discharge precess. The discharge capacity based on flyash of 1st and 20th cycles was 276mAh/g and 143mAh/g.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2016

Porous tungsten oxide thin films were prepared by electrodeposition and tested as anodes of lithium secondary batteries. The synthesized films were composed of nanoparticles of 60-140 nm size, with porosities of 30-40 %. Increasing the temperature turned out to be a more effective approach to introduce porosity in the structure than increasing the electrolyte viscosity. The assessment of the synthesized films as anodes of lithium secondary batteries revealed a much higher initial discharge capacity for the porous than the dense samples. The discharge capacity retention significantly increased with increasing porosity and was further enhanced by heat treatment. In particular, a thin film composed of particles of about 140 nm in size and with a porosity of 40 % exhibited an initial discharge capacity higher than 600 mAh/g and a remaining capacity above 300 mAh/g after 30 cycles. Following heat treatment, the remaining capacity of this sample after 30 cycles increased to about 500 mA h/g.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2010

The plasticized polymer electrolytes based on polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (P(VdF-co-HFP)), tetra (ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether (TEGDME), and lithium perchlorate ($LiClO_4$) are prepared for the lithium sulfur batteries by solution casting with a doctor-blade. The polymer electrolyte with EO : Li ratio of 16 : 1 shows the maximum ionic conductivity, $6.5\;{\times}\;10^{-4}\;S/cm$ at room temperature. To understand the effect of the salt concentration on the electrochemical performance, the polymer electrolytes are characterized using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), infrared spectroscopy (IR), viscometer, and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The optimum concentration and mobility of the charge carriers could lead to enhance the utilization of sulfur active materials and the cyclability of the Li/S unit cell.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.231-235
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• 2022

As environmental pollution becomes more serious, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles is rapidly increasing worldwide. Accordingly, the amount of waste batteries is also increasing, and a technology for recycling and reusing them is required. In order to reuse a used battery, it is necessary to non-destructively diagnose the deterioration condition of the battery. Therefore, in this study, we investigate the diagnosis of degradation for parallel-connected lithium-ion battery cells through non-constructive electrochemical approach. As the number of parallel-connected cells increased, in addition to linear degradation, abrupt step-like degradation occurred, which is attributed to the predominant degradation of specific cells. In addition, it is confirmed that deteriorated cells among multiple cells can be distinguished through a simple measurement of open circuit voltage (OCV).

• 청정기술
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2024

전기차의 수요가 증가함에 따라 리튬이온전지의 시장 또한 급증하고 있다. 리튬이온전지의 배터리 수명은 제한되어 있으며, 수명을 다한 배터리의 교체 필연적이므로 폐리튬이온전지 배터리가 발생하게 된다. 이에 리튬이온전지 중 폐리튬인산철(LiFePO₄, 이하 LFP라고 함) 양극재 분말에서부터 리튬은 선택적으로 선침출하고 인산철(FePO₄) 분말을 회수하였다. 회수된 인산철 분말은 탄산나트륨(Na₂CO₃) 분말과 혼합하여 열처리하여 그 결정상을 확인하였다. 열처리 온도를 변수로 하였고, 이후 증류수를 이용하여 수침출 후 각 성분의 침출률 및 분말 특성을 비교하였다. 본 연구에서 리튬은 약 100% 침출률을 보였고 800 ℃에서 열처리한 분말의 경우 인이 약 99% 침출되었으며, 침출 잔사는 Fe₂O₃ 단일 결정상으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 폐LFP 분말로부터 리튬, 인 그리고 철 성분을 개별적으로 분리 및 회수할 수 있었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2015

본 논문은 층상구조에 기반을 둔 리튬 2차 전지용 양극 활물질 관련 기술에 대한 특허정량분석에 관한 것으로, 우리나라 356건, 미국 1,628건, 일본 2,915건, 유럽 439건, PCT (WO) 611건 등 등록/공개된 5,000여 건의 특허를 분석하였다. 본 특허정량분석을 통해 1991년도부터 2013년까지의 리튬 코발트 개량기술, 대체 기술의 경향을 분석하였으며, 우리나라, 미국, 일본 유럽 등 주요국별로 리튬이차전지 기술의 특허 점유율을 구하였다. 그중 차세대 리튬이차전지 기술로 부상하고 있는 구조 혼합 기술 관련 특허는 2000년에 다수 출원되기 시작하여 2005년도에는 SANYO (34.5% 점유), SONY (17.5% 점유), LG (7% 점유) 및 SAMSUNG (5.5% 점유)을 필두로 많은 특허가 출원되었다. 마지막으로 성분계별 공정 분포도를 버블차트로 작성하여 분야별 연구 집중도를 확인하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.154-159
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• 2012

Si계 음극소재는 리튬 삽입-탈착 중 일어나는 큰 구조적 부피변화와 입도변화로 인해 빠른 성능 퇴화가 일어나는 단점이 있다. 산화물 SiO 음극소재는 리튬과의 반응 중 비활성상인 $Li_2O$ 및 lithium silicate가 형성되어 Si의 부피변화를 완화시키는 버퍼 역할을 하므로 용량은 Si보다 적으나 개선된 용량 유지 특성을 보이는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 Si의 부피변화 완화를 위하여 저가의 $SiO_2$와 입자간 전기전도성을 향상시키는 흑연을 구조안정화 기재로서 사용하여 Si-$SiO_2$-흑연 복합재 음극을 제작하였다. 구조안정화 뿐만 아니라 silane계 전해액 첨가제를 이용하여 Si-$SiO_2$-흑연 복합재 음극과 전해액간 계면을 안정화시킴으로써 용량 유지 특성이 개선되는 효과에 대해 보고하고자 한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2023

The carbonaceous materials have attracted much attention for utilization of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Among them, hollow carbon spheres have great advantages (high specific capacity and good rate capability) to replace currently used graphite anode materials, due to their unique features such as high surface areas, high electrical conductivities, and outstanding chemical and thermal stability. Herein, we have synthesized various sizes of hollow carbon spheres by a facile hardtemplate method and investigated the anode properties for lithium-ion batteries. The obtained hollow carbon spheres have uniform diameters of 350 ~ 600 nm by varying the template condition, and they do not have any cracks after the optimization of the process. Increasing the diameter of hollow carbon spheres decreases their specific capacities, since the larger hollow carbon spheres have more useless spaces inside that could have a disadvantage for lithium storage. The hollow carbon spheres have outstanding rate and cyclic performance, which is originated from the high surface area and high electrical properties of the hollow carbon spheres. Therefore, hollow carbon spheres with smaller diameters are expected to have higher specific capacities, and the noble channel structures through various doping approaches can give the great possibility of high lithium storage properties.