Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for improving solar energy conversion efficiency of a metal oxide semiconductor photocatalyst, which includes rapidly performing hydrogenation and nitrogenation of a metal oxide semiconductor material through an H2/N2 mixed gas plasma treatment in a single process at room temperature, so as to enhance photocatalytic energy conversion efficiency. Specifically, disclosed is a treatment technique in which a plasma ball formed by controlling a mixing ratio of hydrogen gas to nitrogen gas in a range of 1:1 to 1:3 contacts with a surface of a metal oxide material, such that a great amount of oxygen vacancy and nitrogen elements are introduced in the surface of the metal oxide material to improve electron-hole pairs transfer ability thereof and decrease a size of the band-gap. A catalyst including the metal oxide material directly converts the solar energy into a compound by photocatalytic hydrogen generation and CO2 conversion.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, using a layer structure of porous graphene and metal oxide nanoparticles, with remarkably fast charge/discharge characteristics and long cycle life characteristics, wherein macropores of the porous graphene and a short diffusion distance of the metal oxide nanoparticles enable rapid migration and diffusion of lithium ions. The present invention may achieve remarkably fast charge/discharge behaviors and exceedingly excellent cycle life characteristics of 10,000 cycles or more even under a current density of 30,000 mA·g−1. Accordingly, the structure of the present invention may implement very rapid charge/discharge characteristics and stable cycle life characteristics while having high capacity by combining the structure with negative electrode nanostructures of the porous graphene network structure, and thereby being widely used in a variety of applications.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method for improving solar energy conversion efficiency using metal oxide photocatalysts having an energy band of core-shell structure for ultraviolet (UV) ray and visible light absorption, comprising a first process of forming a nanoparticle thin film layer; a second process of preparing a core-shell metal oxide on metal oxide nanoparticles by a plasma reaction under a hydrogen and nitrogen gas atmosphere, and a third process of depositing a transition metal on surfaces of core-shell metal oxide nanoparticles to produce a photocatalyst for energy conversion. A great amount of oxygen vacancies is formed in a shell region by the core-shell metal oxide to achieve effects of improving transfer ability of electron-hole pairs excited by light, and extending a wavelength range of absorbable light to a visible light region by changing a band-gap structure.