Double-layer capacitors (DLCs) are developed with high surface electrodes to achieve a high capacitance value. In the present work, the initial bulk concentration of 1 mol/m3 and 3 mol /m3 are selected to show the consequential effects on the performance of a double-layer capacitor. A 1D model of COMSOL Multiphysics has been developed to analyze the electric field and potential in cell voltage, the electric displacement field and polarization induced by the field, and energy density in a double-layer structure. The electrostatics and the electric circuit modes in COMSOL are used to simulate the electrochemical processes in the double-layer structure. The analytical analysis of a double-layer capacitor with different initial bulk concentrations is investigated by using Poisson-Nernst-Plank equations. From the simulation results, the differential capacitance changes as a function of compact layer thickness and initial bulk concentration. The energy density varies with the differential capacitance and voltage window. The values of energy density are dominated by the interaction of ions in the solution and electrode surface.

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) is used as an electrode material for electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs), and is being consistently researched to improve its electrochemical performance. However, CNF still faces important challenges due to the low mesopore volume, leading to a poor high-rate performance. In the present study, we prepared the unique architecture of the activated mesoporous CNF with a high specific surface area and high mesopore volume, which were successfully synthesized using PMMA as a pore-forming agent and the KOH activation. The activated mesoporous CNF was found to exhibit the high specific surface area of 703 m2 g−1, total pore volume of 0.51 cm3 g−1, average pore diameter of 2.9 nm, and high mesopore volume of 35.2 %. The activated mesoporous CNF also indicated the high specific capacitance of 143 F g−1, high-rate performance, high energy density of 17.9-13.0Wh kg−1, and excellent cycling stability. Therefore, this unique architecture with a high specific surface area and high mesopore volume provides profitable synergistic effects in terms of the increased electrical double-layer area and favorable ion diffusion at a high current density. Consequently, the activated mesoporous CNF is a promising candidate as an electrode material for high-performance EDLCs.

A hierarchical pore structured novolac-type phenol based-activated carbon with micropores and mesopores was fabricated. Physical activation using a sacrificialsilicon dioxide (SiO2) template and chemical activation using potassium hydroxide (KOH) were employed to pre-pare these materials. The morphology of the well-developed pore structure was character-ized using field-emissionscanning electron microscopy. The novolac-type phenol-based activated carbon retained hierarchical pores (micropores and mesopores); it exhibited high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specificsurface areas and hierarchical pore size distributions. The hierarchical pore novolac-type phenol-based activated carbon was used as an electrode in electric double-layer capacitors, and the specificcapacitance and the retained capacitance ratio were measured. The specificcapacitances and the retained capacitance ratio were en-hanced, depending on the SiO2 concentration in the material. This result is attributed to the hierarchical pore structure of the novolac-type phenol-based activated carbon.

대형 시스템의 건전성 평가를 위한 동적 재하시험에 있어서 변위를 측정하는 것보다 가속도를 측정하는 것이 수월하나 대부분의 공학적 기준은 응력과 비례관계를 지니는 변화를 기준으로 하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시스템의 재하시험시 측정된 가속도신호를 이용하여 변위응답을 산정하는데 그 목적을 두고 적분을 위한 신호처리시 발생되는 문제점을 정상상태 및 천이영역에 대하여 규명하였다. 기존의 연구에서 고려하지 못하였던 초기조건의 항을 도입함으로써 시간영역의 적분과 주파수영역의 적분결과가 일치함을 해석적으로 입증하였으며 이동하중을 받는 보의 동적거동에 대하여 제시된 타당성을 검증하였다.

최근 납의 대체물질로서 연구되고 있는 바륨(Ba)과 요오도(I) 등은 차폐능은 우수하지만, 30 keV 근처의 에너지 영역에서 특성 X선이 방출되는 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 황산바륨(BaSO4)과 산화비스무스(BiO)로 구성된 친환경 이중차폐체의 적용가능성을 검증하기 위한 선행연구로 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 통해 투과스펙트럼, 차폐율 등을 평가하였다. 평가결과, 0.6mm 두께의 Pb 단일층과 비교하여 0.1 mm 두께의 BaSO4 하부층에 BiO 층의 두께가 0.4 mm 와 0.5 mm에서는 각각 차폐율이 1.9 %, 3.9 % 높은 성능을 보였다. 뿐만 아니라, 상대적인 중량 또한 각각 34.5 %, 28 % 경량화가 가능하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.