• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권8호
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• pp.3084-3089
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• 2024

An electron beam may be used to generate bremsstrahlung photons that go on to create photoneutrons within metals. This serves as a low-energy neutron source for irradiation experiments. In this article, we present simulation results for optimizing photoneutron yield for a 10-MeV electron beam on tantalum foil and erbium deuteride (ErD₃). The thickness of the metal layers was varied. A tantalum foil thickness of 1.5 mm resulted in the most photons reaching the second metal layer. When a second metal layer of ErD₃ was included, the photoneutron yield increased with the thickness of the secondary layer. When the electron beam was directly incident upon a layer of ErD₃, the photoneutron yield did not differ significantly from the yield when a layer of tantalum was included. The directional photoneutron yield reached a maximum level when the thickness of the ErD₃ layer was around 12 cm. About 1 neutron was generated per 10⁴ source electrons. When using a 2-mA beam current, it is possible to generate up to 10¹² neutrons per second, making this combination a relatively-inexpensive neutron generator.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.58-61
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• 2016

Basic 암모노써멀 방법을 사용하여 벌크 GaN 단결정을 성장시켰다. 종자 결정은 Hydride vapor phase epitaxy법으로 성장한 c면의 GaN 템플릿을 사용하고 광화제는 sodium metal, amide, azide를 사용하였다. 결정 성장 온도는 $500{\sim}600^{\circ}C$, 성장 압력은 2~3 kabr에서 실시하였다. c 축의 결정 성장 속도는 운용 압력이 증가함에 따라 선형적으로 증가하였다. Cathodoluminescence로 측정한 평균 전위 밀도는 $1{\times}10^5/cm^2$였다. Double Crystals X-ray Diffraction로 측정한 (002)면의 반치폭은 Ga 면에 대해서는 약 270 arcsec, N 면에 대해서는 약 80 arcsec이었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.81-89
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• 1994

고성능 니켈/금속수소 축전지를 개발하기 위하여 전극용량도 비교적 높고, 합금가격이 저렴한 Mm계 전극에 대하여 P-C-T 특성, 충방전 특성, microencapsulation 방법 및 그 효과 등에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. P-C-T 특성조사로부터 플라토압력, 수소저장량을 구하였는데, Mm계 합금인 경우는 각각 0.4기압, 310mAh/g으로 나타났다. Microencapsulation 처리를 함으로써 도전재를 혼합한 전극보다 전극용량 및 전극의 안정성을 향상시켰으며, 또한 전처리없이 microencapsulation처리가 가능하였다. Microencapsulation 처리한 Mm계 합금의 전극용량은 240~250 mAh/(0.2 C)이었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.367-372
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• 2013

Hydrogen storage as a metal hydride is the most promising alternative because of its relatively large hydrogen storage capacities near room temperature. TiMn2-based C14 Laves phases alloys are one of the promising hydrogen storage materials with easy activation, good hydriding-dehydriding kinetics, high hydrogen storage capacity and relatively low cost. In this work, multi-component, hyper-stoichiometric $Ti_{0.85}Zr_{0.13}(Fe_x-V)_{0.56}Mn_{1.47}Ni_{0.05}$ C14 Laves phase alloys were prepared by a vacuum induction melting for a hydrogen storage tank. Since pure vanadium (V) is quite expensive, the substitution of the V element in these alloys has been tried and some interesting results were achieved by replacing V by commercial ferrovanadium (FeV) raw material. In addition, the melt-spinning process, which was applied to the manufacturing of some of these alloys, could make the plateau slopes much flatter, which resulted in the increase of reversible hydrogen storage capacity. The improvement of sloping properties of melt-spun $Ti_{0.85}Zr_{0.13}(Fe_x-V)_{0.56}Mn_{1.47}Ni_{0.05}$ alloys was mainly attributed to the homogeneity of chemical composition.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2006

마이크로전극을 사용하여 니켈-수소 전지의 전극 활물질인 수소저장합금$(MmNi_{3.55}Co_{0.75}Mn_{0.4}Al_{0.3})$과 수산화니켈의 단일입자에 대하여 전기화학적 특성을 평가하였다. 즉 마이크로 전극을 활물질 입자 한 개 위에 전기적인 접촉을 이루도록 조정하고 전위 주사(Cyclic Voltammograms) 및 포텐셜 스텝(Potential Step)으로 실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 수소저장 합금 입자의 경우 -0.9, -0.75, -0.65V 부근에서 3개의 산화 피크 및 -0.98V에서 수소발생 전위, 그리고 수산화니켈 입자의 경우 프로톤 산화 환원 반응(0.45V, 0.32V)과 산소 발생 반응 전위를 보다 명확하게 확인 할 수 있었다. 그리고 수소흡장합금 입자 내에서의 수소 흡장 및 방출 전 과정에 대해 수소 확산계수 $(D_{app})\;(10^{-9}\sim10^{-10}cm^2/s)$가 얻어졌다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.528-535
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• 2017

Fuel cells have been spotlighted in the world for being highly efficient and environmentally friendly. A hydrogen which is the fuel of fuel cell can be obtained from a number of sources. Hydrogen source for operating the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) in the current underwater environment, such as a submarine and unmanned underwater vehicles are currently from the metal hydride cylinder. However, metal hydride has many limitations for using hydrogen carrier, such as large volume, long charging time, limited storage capacity. To solve these problems, we suggest diesel reformer for hydrogen supply source. Diesel fuel has many advantages, such as high hydrogen storage density, easy to transport and also well-infra structure. However, conventional diesel reforming system for PEMFC requires a large volume and complex CO removal system for lowering the CO level to less than 10 ppm. In addition, because the preferential oxidation(PROX) reaction is the strong exothermic reaction, cooling load is required. By changing this PROX reactor to hydrogen separation membrane, the problem from PROX reactor can be solved. This is because hydrogen separation membranes are small and permeable to pure hydrogen. In this study, we conducted the pressurized diesel reforming and water-gas shift reaction experiment for the hydrogen separation membrane application. Then, the hydrogen permeation experiments were performed using a Pd alloy membrane for the reformate gas.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.439-451
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• 2005

수소저장기술은 수소경제를 달성하기 위해 개발해야할 핵심요소기술이다. 이 논문에서는 고체수소저장기술의 최신 개발 동향을 고찰하였다. 나노구조 탄소계 물질(nanostructured carbon materials), 유기금속구조물(metal organic framework, MOFs), 금속수소화물(metal hydrides), 클래스레이트수화물(clathrate hydrates), 금속착수소화물(complex chemical hydrides)과 같은 고체수소저장매체를 중점적으로 고찰하였다. 그 결과 지금까지 개발된 고체수소저장재료의 수소저장용량은 고체의 표면적에 비례하여 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 수송용 탑재형 수소저장 응용을 목적으로 안전하면서도 가역적 고밀도 수소저장이 가능한 기능성 신 나노재료의 개발 방향을 제시하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.563-566
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• 2002

Copper complexes have been directly incorporated into cellulose acetate (CA) and the resulting light blue colored homogeneous films of 5-20 wt.% copper acetate complex concentrations are found to be thermally stable up to 200 $^{\circ}C$. The reaction chem istry of Cu in CA has been investigated by reacting them with small gas molecules such as CO, H2, D2, O2, NO, and olefins in the temperature range of 25-160 $^{\circ}C$, and various Cu-hydride, -carbonyl, -nitrosyl, and olefin species coordinated to Cu sites in CA are characterized by IR and UV/Vis spectroscopic study. The reduction of Cu(II) complexes by reacting with H2 gas at the described conditions results in the formation of Cu2O and copper metal nanoparticles in CA, and their sizes in 30-120 nm range are found to be controlled by adjusting metal complex concentration in CA and/or the reduction reaction conditions. These small copper metal particles show various catalytic reactivity in hydrogenation of olefins and CH3CN; CO oxidation; and NO reduction reactions under relatively mild conditions.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2012

Mg and Mg-based alloys are regarded as strong candidate hydrogen storage materials since their hydrogen capacity exceeds that of known metal hydrides. One of the approaches to improve kinetic is addition of metal oxide. In this paper, we tried to improve the hydrogenation properties of Mg-based hydrogen storage composites. The effect of transition metal oxides, such as $Nb_2O_5$ on the kinetics of the Magnesium hydrogen absorption kinetics was investigated. $MgH_x$-5wt.% $Nb_2O_5$ composites have been synthesized by hydrogen induced mechanical alloying. The powder fabricated was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy (Fe-SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), BET and simultaneous Thermo Gravimetric Analysis / Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TG/DSC) analysis. The Absorption / desorption kinetics of $MgH_x$-5wt.% $Nb_2O_5$ (type I and II) are determined at 423, 473, 523, 573 and 623 K.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2012

Hydrogen is in the spotlight as an alternative next generation energy source for the replacement of fossil fuels because it has high specific energy density and emits almost no pollution, with zero $CO_2$ emission. In order to use hydrogen safely, reliable storage and transportation methods are required. Recently, solid hydrogen storage systems using metal hydrides have been under extensive development for application to fuel cell vehicles and fuel cells of MCFC and SOFC. For the practical use of hydrogen on a commercial basis, hydrogen storage materials should satisfy several requirements such as 1) hydrogen storage capacity of more than 6.5wt.% $H_2$, moderate hydrogen release temperature below $100^{\circ}C$, 3) cyclic reversibility of hydrogen absorption/desorption, 4) non toxicity and low price. Among the candidate materials, Li based metal hydrides are known to be promising materials with high practical potential in view of the above requirements. This paper reviews the characteristics and recent R&D trends of Li based complex hydrides, Li-alanates, Li-borohydrides, and Li-amides/imides.