알칼라인 수전해 공정에 사용되는 복합 분리막은 고분자와 나노 세라믹 입자로 구성되며 기계적 안정성과 높은 이온 전도성을 가지는 것이 필수적이다. 나노 세라믹 입자는 알칼라인 용액 내 수산화이온(OH-)의 전도성을 높인다고 보고되어 왔으나 세라믹 입자의 비율에 따른 OH-의 관계와 효과의 이해가 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 여러 물성 측정(버블포인트, 이온 저항 등)을 통하여 분리막 성능에 입자의 비율이 미치는 영향과 원인을 연구하였다. 입자의 비율이 증가하면 이온 저항은 감소하며, 높은 버블포인트를 유지한다. 이는 분리막 내의 OH-증가로 이온 저항이 낮아지며, 입자의 밀집한 배열이 버블포인트를 유지하는 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 비율의 증가에 따라 OH-상호 작용으로 높은 전도성과 안정성을 가져온다.

A unique porous material with controlled pore characteristics can be fabricated by the freeze-drying process, which uses the slurry of organic material as the sublimable vehicle mixed with powders. The essential feature in this process is that during the solidification of the slurry, the dendrites of the organic material should repel the dispersed particles into the interdendritic region. In the present work, a model experiment is attempted using some transparent organic materials mixed with glass powders, which enable in-situ observation. The organic materials used are camphor-naphthalene mixture (hypo- and hypereutectic composition), salol, camphene, and pivalic acid. Among these materials, the constituent phases in camphor-naphthalene system, i.e. naphthalene plate, camphor dendrite, and camphornaphthalene eutectic exclusively repel the glass powders. This result suggests that the control of organic material composition in the binary system is useful for producing a porous body with the required pore structure.

실 산성 도금폐수를 입상활성탄(GAC)이 유동메디아로 첨가된 유동상 멤브레인 반응기를 이용하여 처리하였다. GAC 유동조건에서 적용 투과플럭스에 대해 시간에 따른 흡입압의 증가는 관찰되지 않았다. 폐수의 중성 pH에서 파울링 속도는 산성 조건에 비해 GAC 유동조건에서 크게 감소하였다. 해당 폐수의 용액 pH 증가는 입자크기의 증가를 가져왔고 이는 멤브레인 표면에서 상대적으로 성긴 구조의 케이크층 형성을 야기시켰다. 유동상 멤브레인 반응기에서 GAC 유동 하에 95% 이상의 COD 제거율이 관찰되었으며 총부유물질은 거의 완벽하게 제거되었다. 실 도금폐수의 pH에서, 유동상 멤브레인 반응기의 구리 및 크롬의 제거는 거의 관찰 되지 않았다. 그러나 pH를 중성으로 증가 시켰을 시 구리와 크롬의 제거율은 각각 99%와 94%까지 증가를 하였다. 적용해 준 pH에 상관 없이, 시안의 경우 95% 이상의 제거율을 달성하였다. 이는 유기물과 시안 착물 형성으로 인해 유동상 멤브레인 반응기 내 GAC의 강한 흡착으로 제거된 것으로 사료된다.

Using a high pressure homonizer, we report on the electrochemical performance of Li4Ti5O12(LTO) particles manufactured as anode active material for lithium ion battery. High-pressure synthesis processing is performed under conditions in which the mole fraction of Li/Ti is 0.9, the synthesis pressure is 2,000 bar and the numbers of passings-through are 5, 7 and 10. The observed X-ray diffraction patterns show that pure LTO is manufactured when the number of passings-through is 10. It is found from scanning electron microscopy analysis that the average size of synthesized particles decreases as the number of passings-through increases. LiCoO2-based active cathode materials are used to fabricate several coin half/full cells and their battery characteristics such as lifetime, rate capability and charge transfer resistance are then estimated, revealing quite good electrochemical performance of the LTO particles as an effective anode active material for lithium secondary batteries.

SIFSIX-3, containing a coordinative complex of hexafluorosilicate, transition metal ions, and the organic ligands, is a subclass of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). SIFSIX-3 is considered a high capacity adsorbent for CO2 capture due to the enriched interaction sites of fluoride groups in SIFSIX. Also, SIFSIX-3-Zn is known to have an appropriate effective aperture size for efficient CO2/CH4 separation. In this work, we successfully incorporated different metal-based SIFSIX-3 crystallites into polyimide (PI) matrix and demonstrated that the associated mixed matrix membranes improved CO2/N2, CO2/CH4 and CO2/CO separation performance compared to pristine polyimide membranes due to the excellent molecular sieving behaviors of SIFSIX crystallites.

Spherical monosized pure aluminum (Al) particles are successfully fabricated by the pulsated orifice ejection method (POEM). The surface reaction between Al and the graphite crucible is investigated by analysing the microstructure and chemical composition of the materials. No significant chemical reaction occurs between Al and the graphite owing to the crystalline Al oxide (γ-Al2O3) layer generated in the initial state. The γ-Al2O3 layer is clearly observed in all regions between the Al particles and graphite via transmission electron microscopy and confirmed by the selected area diffraction pattern. The morphology of the γ-Al2O3 layer perfectly follows the surface morphology of the graphite crucible, which showed nanoscale roughness. This implies that molten Al could not directly contact graphite even though the surface of the crucible became rough to some extent. However, this passivation phenomenon allowed the successful fabrication of monosized pure Al particles. Therefore, POEM is a useful process at least to manufacture monosized pure Al particles.

An electroless deposition method was used to modify the surface properties of rice husk ceramic particles (RHC) by depositing nano-nickel on the surface of the RHC (Ni-RHC). The dry tribological performances of aluminum matrix composite adobes containing different contents of RHC and Ni-RHC particles have been investigated using a micro-tribometer. Results showed that the Ni–RHC particles substantially improved both the friction and wear properties of the Ni-RHC/aluminum matrix adobes. The optimal concentration was determined to be 15 wt% for both the RHC and Ni–RHC particles. The improvements in the tribological properties of aluminum adobes including the Ni-RHC were ascribed to frictioninduced peeling off of Ni coating and formation of protection layer on the wear zone, both of which led to low friction and wear volume.

The dielectric medium used in electrophoretic displays (EPDs) is required to be an environmentally friendly solvent with high density, low viscosity, and a large electric constant. Hydrofluoroether, a highly fluorinated solvent with eco-friendly characteristics, is regarded as a viable alternative medium for EPDs, owing to the similarity of its physical properties to those of the conventional EPD medium. Surface modification of particles is required, however, in order for it to disperse in the charged solvent. Also, positive/negative charges should be present on the particle surface to enable electrophoretic behavior. In this study, carbon black particles wrapped with positively charged nitrogen (N-CBs) were fabricated by a simple hydrothermal process using a poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) solution as a black coloring agent for the EPD. The dispersion behavior of N-CBs was investigated in various solvents.

In this study, we have devised an effective cleaning method of metal objects to be cleaned. The experimental setup of cleaning system was designed to adopt environmentally friendly cleaning agent, vacuum ultrasonic technology, micro-bubbles generator and vacuum drying technology. In order to maximize the cleaning effect, cleaning parameter’s conditions that can affect the strength of the cavitation are suggested. The effectiveness of the cleaning system using an alternative cleaning agent was verified by testing under the specified conditions.

Hydroxy sodalite (HS) is reported as high-temperature water separating zeolite membrane because of its small β-cage structure (pore size=2.8Å). HS zeolite particles were synthesized using various experimental set-ups including water bath, oil bath, refluxing and hydrothermal method using a gel composition of 5SiO2:1Al2O3:50Na2O:1000H2O. The morphology, crystallinity and purity of HS particles by changing silica source, temperature and synthesis time were studied. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Particle sizes were increased with increase of temperature (90 °C - 180 °C) and time (2 – 24 h). Pure HS particles were obtained by using conventional hydrothermal synthesis at 120°C for 2h.

Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) has drawn attention as a nanofiller for thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to improve desalination performance due to their high porosity and high surface area. Although a few studies on ZIF-8 embedded TFNs have been reported, size effects of ZIF-8 particles on TFNs have not yet been studied. In this work, TFNs incorporated with different sizes of ZIF-8 (small, middle, large) were prepared and the ZIF-8 particles were characterized using electron microscopy and XRD. All of TFNs incorporated with ZIF-8 showed a higher water permeance without losing NaCl rejection compared to the bare RO membranes. Remarkably, TFNs with middle size of ZIF-8 represented the highest water permeance, which is attributed to the highest volume fraction of ZIF-8 filler in polyamide matrix.

포토리소그래피는 웨이퍼 위에 선폭 10나노 이하의 패턴을 올리는 반도체 제조 공정의 핵심 기술이며 선폭을 줄이고 불량을 줄이기 위하여 photo-resist 용 액 제조 및 정제 기술이 상당한 수준에 올라와 있지만 아직고 soft particle 정제를 위한 공정을 시도되고 있다. 현재 개발되어 있는 필터는 soft particle 정제 기술이 상당히 미흡한 수준이다. 나일론이나 폴리에틸렌 위에 아라미드 고분자 를 함침하여 soft particle 정제 특성을 살펴보았다. 또한 팔라듐 나노입자를 합성하여 투과 특성에 사용하였다.