• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.2387-2392
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• 2009

A composite film of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/sol-gel-derived zinc oxide(ZnO)/Nafion has been utilized as an efficient immobilization matrix for the construction of a highly sensitive and stable tris(2,2'-bipyridyl) ruthenium(II) (Ru(${bpy)_3}^{2+})$ electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) sensor. The electrochemical and ECL behaviors of Ru(${bpy)_3}^{2+})$ ion-exchanged into the composite film were strongly dependent upon the sol-gel preparation condition, the amount of MWCNT incorporated into the ZnO/Nafion composite film, and the buffer solution pH. The synergistic effect of MWCNTs and ZnO in the composite films increased not only the sensitivity but also the long-term stability of the ECL sensor. The present ECL sensor based on the MWCNT/ZnO/Nafion gave a linear response ($R^2$ = 0.999) for tripropylamine concentration from 500 nM to 1.0 mM with a remarkable detection limit (S/N = 3) of 15 nM. The present ECL sensor showed outstanding long-term stability (94% initial signal retained for 5 weeks). Since the present ECL sensor exhibits large response towards NADH, it could be applied as a transduction platform for the ECL biosensor in which the NADH is produced from the dehydrogenase-based enzymatic reaction in the presence of NA$D^+$ cofactor.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.108-113
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• 2005

부드럽지만 큰 변위를 발생시키는 생체모방 액츄에이터는 관심의 대상이 되어왔다. 특히, 듀폰사의 나피온 고분자는 작은 전기장하에서도 큰 변위를 나타내었다. 전기기계적 특성을 향상시키기 위하여 탄소나노튜브/고분자 나노복합체를 제조하였다. 다중 탄소나노튜브/나피온 나노복합체를 캐스팅법으로 제조하고 탄소나노튜브 첨가량에$(0{\sim}7wt%)$ 따른 나노복합체의 전기기계적 특성을 조사하였다. 탄소나노튜브가 첨가된 나노복합체는 탄소나노튜브가 없는 고분자 액츄에이터와 비교하여 우수한 탄성계수와 응력이 관찰되었다. 다중 탄소나노튜브의 첨가는 고기능성 생체모방 액츄에이터 특성을 증진시키는데 효과적이었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2022

현대에는 배터리를 비롯한 수소 기반 에너지가 효율적이라고 널리 알려져 있다.이러한 결과는 수소가 에너지 수송체로써의 높은 효율을 가지고 있다는 사실로부터 기반한다. 자연 친화적이며 높은 순도를 가진 수소는 수전해로부터 제조할 수 있다. 다양한 종류의 전기분해 중, 수소이온 교환막 수전해는 가장 재생 가능하며 싸고 자연 친화적이다. 이는 에너지로써 사용이 되기에 적합한 산소와 수소를 생성한다. 이와 같이 많은 장점이 있기에 활발한 연구가 수소이온 교환막 전기분해에 대해 진행되고 있다. 나피온은 수소이온 교환막으로 널리 쓰이지만, 비싼 비용과 다양한 다른 단점으로 인해 여러 가지 종류의 대체재가 개발되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 크게 나피온과 비나피온(non-Nafion) 기반 수소이온 교환막 수전해로 나누어 다루었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2023

Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have been considered one of promising power sources for large scale energy storage systems (ESS) because of their excellent cycle performance and good safety. However, VRFBs still have a few challenging issues, such as poor Coulombic efficiency due to vanadium crossover between catholyte and anolyte, although recent efforts have shown promise in electrochemical performance. Herein, the vanadium complexes with various glyme ligands have been examined as active materials to suppress vanadium crossover between catholyte and anolyte, thus improving the Coulombic efficiency of VRFBs. The conventional Nafion membrane has a channel size of ca. 10 Å, whereas vanadium cation species are small compared to the Nafion membrane channel. For this reason, vanadium cations can permeate through the Nafion membrane, resulting in significant vanadium crossover during cycling, although the Nafion membrane is a kind of ion-selective membrane. In this regard, various glyme additives, such as 1,2-dimethoxyethane (monoglyme), diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (diglyme), and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (tetraglyme) have been examined as complexing agents for vanadium cations to increase the size of vanadium-ligand complexes in electrolytes. Since the size of vanadium-glyme complexes is proportional to the chain length of glymes, the vanadium permeability of the Nafion membrane decreases with increasing the chain length of glymes. As a result, the vanadium complexes with tetraglyme shows the excellent electrochemical performance of VRFBs, such as stable capacity retention (90.4% after 100 cycles) and high Coulombic efficiency (98.2% over 100 cycles).

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.78.2-78.2
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• 2010

Effect of temperature elevation of inlet air on performance of a membrane humidifier for PEMFC vehicle application was investigated both experimentally and numerically. A shell-and-tube typed gas-to-gas humidifier with Nafion membrane was tested. The experimental result showed that water transfer varies nonlinearly with the temperature elevation. Numerical analysis based on detailed modeling is also conducted on a single tube geometry to explain this nonlinear behavior. The simulation revealed that the local water flux varies nolineary and dramatically along the tube. Analysis is based on competing role of temperature increase and relative humidity decrease, both of which seriously affect water conductivity of the membrane.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2002

A method for the determination of lead(II) ion using a nafion-EDTA(ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid)-glycerol modified glassy carbon electrode was proposed. Lead(II) ion is accumulated at the electrode by complexation and electrostatic attraction with nafion-EDTA-glycerol and detected at -0.560$\pm$0.015V (vs. Ag/AgCl) by differential pulse voltammetry. For the determination of lead(II) ion, a standard calibration curve if obtained from 10$^{-9}$ M lead(II) ion to 10$^{-7}$ M, and the detection limit(3s) is as low as 5.0$\times$10$^{-10}$ M.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.345-348
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• 2009

Maintaining proper membrane humidity is crucial to ensure optimal operation of a PEMFC system. A gas-to-gas membrane humidifier is popular technology for external humidification of PEMFC reactant gases. Characteristics of heat and water transfer in shell-and-tube Nafion membrane humidifiers has been experimentally investigated for various dry side inlet temperature of membrane humidifier. The results show that heat flux decreases linearly with dry side inlet temperature of membrane humidifier. The water flux through the membrane varies nonlinearly with the temperature elevation.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2003년도 Challenges and Achievements in Environmental Health
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• pp.204-207
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• 2003

Determination of Lead(II) using nafion-DTPA (diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid)-glycerol-modified glassy carbon electrodes is described. Lead(II) is accumulated at the electrode by complexing with the DTPA, reduced, and detected by differential pulse voltammetry. In this study, we demonstrate that at a preconcentration time of 5min the nafion-DTPA-glycerol-modified glassy carbon electrode has a linear calibration curve at range 1.0${\times}$10$\^$-9/M∼1.0${\times}$10$\^$-7/M in pH 4.0 buffer solution. The detection limit(3$\sigma$) is as low as 5.0${\times}$10$\^$-6/M. This method is applied to the determination of lead(II) in certified reference material and the result agrees satisfactorily with the certified value.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2008

The electrochemical properties of Nafion type membranes as a function of temperature to examine the key factors affecting the cathodic protection process at low temperatures was investigated in this study. Variable temperature experiments for AC impedance, DC resistance were conducted. The resistances of 3 Nafion membranes (N 324, N 450, N MAC) were measured in 30% KOH (aq) for a range of temperatures between $-30^{\circ}C$ and room temperature. Membrane resistance increases exponentially with decreasing temperature. This behaviour is most significant at operational temperatures below $0^{\circ}C$. These membranes are stable under the low temperature and caustic conditions of the heat exchange system, but they place a much higher restriction on the cathodic protection of the stainless heat exchange stack. N 450 has the lowest AC impedence and DC resistance at temperatures below $0^{\circ}C$ and consequently is most suitable membrane of the three, for low temperature applications.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.524-531
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• 2008

The mitigation or elimination of methanol crossover for perfluorosulfonic acid fuel cell membranes has been investigated extensively for direct methanol fuel cell applications with the aim of increasing the electrochemical performance and enhancing the utilization rate of methanol. Self-assembly modifications by applying an oppositely charged polyelectrolyte to Nafion membranes were attempted in order to block or reduce methanol crossover while maintaining the other advantageous properties of Nafion membranes. It was reported that anionic polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH) was the most efficient polyelectrolyte in reducing methanol crossover, and considerable cell performance was obtained even at a methanol feed concentration of 10 M.