Lithium (Li) is a key resource driving the rapid growth of the electric vehicle industry globally, with demand and prices continually on the rise. To address the limited reserves of major lithium sources such as rock and brine, research is underway on seawater Li extraction using electrodialysis and Li-ion selective membranes. Lithium lanthanum titanate (LLTO), an oxide solid electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries, is a promising Li-ion selective membrane. An important factor in enhancing its performance is employing the powder synthesis process. In this study, the LLTO powder is prepared using two synthesis methods: sol-gel reaction (SGR) and solid-state reaction (SSR). Additionally, the powder size and uniformity are compared, which are indices related to membrane performance. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy are employed for determining characterization, with crystallite size analysis through the full width at half maximum parameter for the powders prepared using the two synthetic methods. The findings reveal that the powder SGR-synthesized powder exhibits smaller and more uniform characteristics (0.68 times smaller crystal size) than its SSR counterpart. This discovery lays the groundwork for optimizing the powder manufacturing process of LLTO membranes, making them more suitable for various applications, including manufacturing high-performance membranes or mass production of membranes.

This study investigates the paste mixing of positive active materials which, affect the life cycle of batteries in Pb-Ca-Sn grids, and generation of 4BS in a curing process and considers the effects of these things on the initial charge characteristics and life cycle. In the results of the experiments applied in this study, it was possible to reduce the curing time in which the fine 4BS was formed by the mixing of the positive active materials of lead acid battery applied at high temperature compared to that of the existing coarse 4BS and that represented some improvements in the life cycle performance.

The size of crystallites in mono-dispersed cubic silver bromide grains was measured by applying a powder X-ray diffraction method and Scherrer's equation to grains that were suspended in swollen gelatin layers. In order to evaluate the existence of defects, the measured crystallite size was compared to those measured by using a scanning electron microscope. In the case of the grains prepared by the controlled double jet method, the size of crystallites was equal to the edge length of the grains that had edge lengths smaller than 400 nm. This result proved the usefulness of the above-stated method for measuring the size of crystallites and also evaluating the presence of any crystal defect in each grain. In the case of the grains, which were precipitated in the presence of a sensitizing dye and potassium iodide, the size of crystallites was smaller than the edge's length, indicating the discontinuities in the grains introduced during the precipitation process.

Core loss of soft magnetic powder cores have been focused on to achieve high efficiency of power supplies. In this study the effects of crystal grain size on core loss were investigated by changing heat treatment conditions. It was found that core loss is influenced by crystal grain size because eddy current loss decreased and hysteresis loss increased by making crystal grain size smaller, and it is also influenced by particle size.

본 연구에서는 X-선 회절(XRD) 분석과 주사전자현미(SEM) 분석을 통해 이온세기, 온도, 그리고 결정성장시간과 같은 이화학적 조건들이 합성된 스트론티아나이트(SrCO3)의 물리적 특성에 미치는 영향을 밝혔다. XRD 분석결과, 모든 합성 시료들은 스트론티아나이트의 단일 광물인 것으로 나타났다. 배경전해질이온 NaNO3를 사용한 반응용액의 이온세기와 합성온도가 증가할 때, 합성된 스트론티아나이트의 결정도는 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. SEM을 이용하여 합성된 스트론티아나이트 결정의 크기와 형상을 규명한 결과, 결정크기는 이온세기와 온도가 증가할 때 증가하며, 결정형상은 막대 또는 수지상에서 점차 주상으로 변화되는 것이 관찰되었다. 결정성장시간에 대한 영향은 성장시간이 길어질수록 결정크기가 증가하고 막대 또는 주상 단일결정들의 집합체인 구형 결정형상이 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과들은 합성 시 스트론티아나이트의 결정도 및 결정형상이 결정 생성당시의 이화학적 조건에 크게 영향 받고 있음을 시사한다. 따라서 본 연구 결과는 다양한 조건에서 생성되는 스트론티아나이트 결정들의 물리적 특성들을 예측하는데 매우 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 판단된다.

최근 기능성 나노물질로서 반도체 공정 중 기계.화학적 평탄화(CMP)용 연마제로 중요하게 사용되는 세리아(Ceria, CeO2)에 대해서 X-선 회절분석을 실시하여 리트벨트법에 의한 상세한 구조해석 및 세리아의 입자크기와 미세응력을 측정하였다. 두 시료(RT735. RT835)의 리트벨트 계산 결과 R지수 값은 각각 Rp(%)=8.50, 8.34; Rwp(%)=13.4, 13.5; Rexp(%)=11.3, 11.5; RB(%)=2.21, 2.36; S(GofF: Goodness of fit)=1.2, 1.2를 보여주며 계산이 잘 이루어졌음을 알 수 있다. CeO2는 공간군 Fm3m을 가지며, 격자상수는 a=5.41074(2), 5.41130(6) a, V=158.406(1), 158.455(3) a3으로 각각 계산되었다. 입자크기 및 미세응력 계산 결과, RT735의 평균 입자크기와 최대 응력은 37.42(1) nm, 0.0026이며, RT835는 72.80(2) nm, 0.0013으로 각각 결정되었다. 입자크기와 미세응력은 서로 반비례함을 알 수 있다.