• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.3331-3335
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• 2014

We examine the potential use of disordered mesoporous carbon as a functional additive for confining dissolved Li-polysulfides and improving the cycling performance of Li-S batteries. To promote a better understanding of the correlation between the total pore volume of disordered mesoporous carbon and the cycling performance of Li-S batteries, a series of disordered mesoporous carbons with different total pore volumes are successfully synthesized using a commercial silica template. Based on the electrochemical and structural analyses, we suggest that the total pore volume of disordered mesoporous carbon is a predominant factor in determining its capability for either the absorption or adsorption of Li-polysulfides, which is primarily responsible for enhancing the cycling performance. The addition of disordered mesoporous carbon is also effective in enhancing the homogeneous distribution of active sulfur in the cathode, thereby affecting the cycling performance.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.488-495
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• 2011

This study was performed to fabricate the porous titanium foam by space holder method using NaCl powder, and to evaluate the effect of NaCl volume fractions (33.3~66.6 vol.%) on the porosities, compressive strength, Young's modulus and permeability. For controlling pore size, CP titanium and NaCl particles were sieved to different size range of 70~150 ${\mu}m$ and 300~425 ${\mu}m$ respectively. NaCl of green Ti compact was removed in water followed by sintered at $1200^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. Total porosities of titanium foam were in the range of 38-70%. Pore shape was a regular hexahedron similar that of NaCl shape. Porous Ti body showed that Young's modulus and compressive strength were in the range of 0.6-6 GPa and 8-127 MPa respectively. It showed that pore size and mechanical properties of Ti foams was controllable by NaCl size and volume fractions.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.838-842
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• 2015

The Li-air battery is a promising candidate for the most energy-dense electrochemical power source because it has 5 to 10 times greater energy storage capacity than that of Li-ion batteries. However, the Li-air cell performance falls short of the theoretical estimate, primarily because the discharge terminates well before the pore volume of the air electrode is completely filled with lithium oxides. Therefore, the structure of carbon used in the air electrode is a critical factor that affects the performance of Li-air batteries. In a previous study, we reported a new class of carbon nanomaterial, named carbon nanoballs (CNBs), consisting of highly mesoporous spheres. Structural characterization revealed that the synthesized CNBs have excellent a meso-macro hierarchical pore structure, with an average diameter greater than 10 nm and a total pore volume more than $1.00cm^3g^{-1}$. In this study, CNBs are applied in an actual Li-air battery to evaluate the electrochemical performance. The formation mechanism and electrochemical performance of the CNBs are discussed in detail.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1075-1078
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• 2005

Hydrogen adsorption on various porous materials have been studied with a volumetric method at low temperature in the pressure of 0-760 torr. Their hydrogen uptakes depend at least partly on microporosity rather than total porosity. However, it is also necessary to consider other parameters such as pore size and pore architecture to explain the adsorption capacity. The heat of adsorption and adsorption-desorption-readsorption experiments show that the hydrogen adsorption over the porous materials are composed of physisorption with negligible contribution of chemisorption. Among the porous materials studied in this work, SAPO-34 has the highest adsorption capacity of 160 mL/g at 77 K and 1 atm probably due to high micropore surface area, micropore volume and narrow pore diameter.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.681-687
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• 2010

Mesoporous silica was prepared from hydrothermal synthesis using gel mixture of tetraethylorthosilcate (TEOS) as silica source and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMABr) as a surfactant. In the optimum synthesis cause, molar ratio of template and silica changed. The surface and structure properties of mesoporous silica were determined by XRD, SEM, TEM and BET. Also, surface potential of mesoporous silica was measured using zeta potential. $N_2$ adsorption isotherm characteristics, including the specific surface area ($S_{BET}$), total pore volume $V_T$), and average pore diameter ($D_{BJH}$), were determined by BET. As a result, SBET of $100m^2/g{\sim}1500m^2/g$ was determined from the $N_2$ adsorption isotherm. Also, the average pore diameter was 2 nm∼4 nm. Mesoporous silica's surface potential of minus charge was determined from zeta potential.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.696-700
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• 2003

$H_2SO_4$과 Citric acid 은 다른 화학물질보다 토양으로부터 $^{137}Cs$의 추출효율이 높았다. 오래 저장된 방사능오염 토양으로부터 $^{137}Cs$ 제거효율을 높이기 위해 동전기방법에 의한 토양복원 실험 시 $H_2SO_4$과 citric acid를 첨가제로 사용했다. 실험 컬럼으로부터 방출된 방출수의 평균속도는 $2.0{\times}10^{-2}$cm/min이고, 10일 동안 방출된 토양폐액의 부피는 3.6 Pore Volume이다. 10일간 컬럼 내의 $^{137}Cs$의 제거효율이 54%이었다. 한편, 개발된 모델에 의해 계산된 잔류농도 예측 값은 실험으로부터 구한 결과와 거의 일치했다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2007

The characteristics of carbonaceous particles collected from the combustion of Vacuum Residue (VR) in a test furnace have been investigated. The physical and chemical characterization includes particle size, scanning electron microscopy of the surface structure, measurement of porosity, surface area and density, EDX/XRD analyses and measurement of chemical composition. The studies show that the carbonaceous VR particles are very porous and spheroidal, and have many blow-holes on the surface. The particles become smaller and more sponge-like as the reaction proceeds. The present porosity of VR particles is similar to that of cenospheres from the combustion of heavy oil, and the majority of pores are distributed in macro-pores above $0.03\;{\mu}m$ in diameter. Measurements of pore distribution and surface area showed that the macro-pores contributed most to total pore volume, whereas the micro-pores contributed to total surface area.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.442-448
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• 2001

제주산 온주 밀감 주스의 제품화 기술개발에 필요한 기초자료를 얻기 위하여 공극의 크기가 서로 다른 네종류의 한외여과 막을 사용하여 잔류액과 투과액의 성분 변화를 조사하였다. 공극의 크기에 따른 감소율은 총산, citric acid, ascorbic acid 유리당, neohesperidin은 10K에서 100K daltons 사이에서는 막의 공극 크기가 커짐에 따라서 증가하다가 500K daltons에서 감소하였다. 색도, 당도, 총 질소, 아미노태 질소, naringin, hesperidin의 함량은 막 공극의 크기에 따른 차이가 적거나 일정한 경향을 나타내지 않았다. 한외여과 처리를 한 결과 구연산이 감소하여, 당산비가 증가하였다. 연구된 한외여과 막 중 flux가 가장 높고, 성분들의 감소율이 가장 적은 500K daltons 막이 온주 밀감 주스 제조시 가장 적합할 것으로 생각된다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.407-413
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• 2017

본 연구는 콘크리트 보수재료로서의 MgO계 세라믹(Magnesia Phosphate Cement: MPC) 모르타르의 기초물성 평가를 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 응결시간, 압축강도, 부착강도를 측정하였으며 수화물의 측정을 위해 X-ray 회절분석을 실시하였다. 시편은 중질 마그네시아(dead burnt magnesia)를 바인더로 사용하였으며 활성제로 칼륨계 인산염을 사용하였고, 응결시간을 지연 시키기 위해 Borax를 지연제로 사용하였다. 또한, 이온침투저항성 평가를 위해 공극구조와 촉진염화물침투시험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 MPC 모르타르의 응결시간은 M/P 비에 따라 16~21분 사이로 빠르게 경화하였으며 지연제인 Borax는 MPC의 응결시간을 68분까지 늦추는 데 도움이 되었다. MPC 모르타르의 압축 강도는 12시간 재령에서 M/P 비에 따라 11.0~30.0 MPa 범위로 발현되었고 특히 M/P 비가 4인 MPC의 압축 강도는 12시간 이내에 30 MPa 정도의 강도를 발현하였다. MPC의 인장 부착강도와 휨 부착강도는 OPC 모르타르에 비해 각각 19 MPa와 17 MPa로 더 높게 측정되었으며 MPC 모르타르의 총 공극량은 OPC 모르타르에 비해 적게 측정되었고 촉진염화물침투시험에서도 MPC 모르타르를 통과한 총 전하가 OPC 모르타르보다 적었으며 이는 공극량과 공극분포로 설명 할 수 있다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.299-306
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• 2007

Four stream- activated carbons were prepared by carbonizing apricot stones at $600^{\circ}C$ followed by gasification with steam at $950^{\circ}C$ to burn-off's=17, 32, 49 and 65%. The textural parameters of these activated carbons were determined from nitrogen adsorption results at 77 K. The total pore volume and the mean pore radius increased with the increase of % burn-off whereas the surface area increased with the increase of burn- off from 17 to 32 and further to 49%. Further increase of burn-off to 65% was associated with a considerable decrease in surface area as a result of pronounced pore widening due to pore erosion. The surface pH values of the carbons investigated range between 7.1 and 8.2. The adsorption of oxamyl onto the activated carbon followed pseudo-second order kinetics and the equilibrium adsorption isotherms fitted Langmuir adsorption model. The adsorption of oxamyl proved to be of the physical type and took place in non-micropores. The amount of oxamyl adsorbed expressed as $q_m$ depends to a large extent to the surface area located in non-micropores $S^{\propto}\;_n$, where a straight line relationship passing through the origin was obtained.