Patents by Inventor Joon-Yong Sohn

Joon-Yong Sohn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200143952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology for treating radioactive liquid waste containing a hardly degradable compound, and more specifically, to a technology for treating radioactive liquid waste containing a material such as an organic decontamination agent, an inorganic decontamination agent, liquid scintillation counter liquid waste, and the like generated at nuclear power plants, nuclear facilities, facilities at which radiation (radioactivity) is used, and the like. The method for treating radioactive liquid waste of the present invention includes adding two or more selected from the group consisting of a metal ion, an oxidizing agent, air, oxygen, or nitrous oxide, and a semiconductor to radioactive liquid waste to prepare a pre-treatment solution, and irradiating the pre-treatment solution with radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Joo Lim, Tak Hyun Kim, Kang Lee, Dong Woo Kim, Joon Pyo Jeun, In Tae Hwang, Joon Yong Sohn, Kyung Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 9922773
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ionic polymer membrane prepared by irradiating the compound represented by formula 1 and an ionic polymer. The ionic polymer membrane of the present invention has the advantage of excellent processability, low production costs, high ion exchange capacity and high durability. Also, the method for preparing the ionic polymer membrane of the invention not only facilitates the production of the ionic polymer membrane in a 3-dimensional network structure which has high ion exchange capacity and high dimensional stability but also makes it easy to produce membranes in various forms and sizes by using the composition itself as a coating solution with using the commercialized inexpensive ionic polymer without additional high-risk multi-step introduction process of ionic exchange group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Chan Hee Jung, Junhwa Shin, In Tae Hwang, Joon Yong Sohn, Chang-Hee Jung
  • Patent number: 9790339
    Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a crosslinked sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) cation exchange membrane including: preparing a crosslinker mixture of a first crosslinker containing two or more vinyl oxy groups and a second crosslinker containing three or more vinyl groups; preparing a mother liquor containing the crosslinker mixture, a SPEEK polymer substituted with sodium, and a solvent; and casting the mother liquor and then irradiating radiation thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Junhwa Shin, Joon Yong Sohn, Ju-Myung Song, Sun-Young Lee, Hyun-Su Woo
  • Publication number: 20170098511
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ionic polymer membrane prepared by irradiating the compound represented by formula 1 and an ionic polymer. The ionic polymer membrane of the present invention has the advantage of excellent processability, low production costs, high ion exchange capacity and high durability. Also, the method for preparing the ionic polymer membrane of the invention not only facilitates the production of the ionic polymer membrane in a 3-dimensional network structure which has high ion exchange capacity and high dimensional stability but also makes it easy to produce membranes in various forms and sizes by using the composition itself as a coating solution with using the commercialized inexpensive ionic polymer without additional high-risk multi-step introduction process of ionic exchange group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Chan Hee Jung, Junhwa Shin, In Tae Hwang, Joon Yong Sohn, Chang-Hee Jung
  • Publication number: 20150133570
    Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a crosslinked sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) cation exchange membrane including: preparing a crosslinker mixture of a first crosslinker containing two or more vinyl oxy groups and a second crosslinker containing three or more vinyl groups; preparing a mother liquor containing the crosslinker mixture, a SPEEK polymer substituted with sodium, and a solvent; and casting the mother liquor and then irradiating radiation thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Junhwa SHIN, Joon Yong SOHN, Ju-Myung SONG, Sun-Young LEE, Hyun-Su WOO
  • Patent number: 8741470
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a plurality of unit cells, each having a first separator and a cathode and an anode positioned at both sides of the first separator, and a continuous single second separator interposed between adjacent unit cells in correspondence with each other in a laminated pattern and arranged to surround each unit cell. The first separator includes a heat-resisting porous substrate having a melt point of 200° C. or above and a first porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the heat-resisting porous substrate and made of a mixture of a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The second separator includes a polyolefin porous substrate and a second porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polyolefin porous substrate and made of a mixture of a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hun Kim, Hyun-Min Jang, Jang-Hyuk Hong, Joon-Yong Sohn, Sang-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8318360
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic composite porous separator, which comprises: (a) a porous substrate having pores; and (b) an organic/inorganic composite layer formed by coating at least one region selected from the group consisting of a surface of the substrate and a part of pores present in the substrate with a mixture of inorganic porous particles and a binder polymer, wherein the inorganic porous particles have a plurality of macropores with a diameter of 50 nm or greater in the particle itself thereby form a pore structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electrochemical device using the same. As an additional pathway for lithium ions is created due to a number of pores existing in the inorganic porous particle itself, degradation in the battery performance can be minimized, and energy density per unit weight can be increased by the weight loss effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Jong Seo, Seok Koo Kim, Jang Hyuk Hong, Joon Yong Sohn, Sang Young Lee, Soon Ho Ahn
  • Publication number: 20110045168
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic composite porous separator, which comprises: (a) a porous substrate having pores; and (b) an organic/inorganic composite layer formed by coating at least one region selected from the group consisting of a surface of the substrate and a part of pores present in the substrate with a mixture of inorganic porous particles and a binder polymer, wherein the inorganic porous particles have a plurality of macropores with a diameter of 50 nm or greater in the particle itself thereby form a pore structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electrochemical device using the same. As an additional pathway for lithium ions is created due to a number of pores existing in the inorganic porous particle itself, degradation in the battery performance can be minimized, and energy density per unit weight can be increased by the weight loss effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Jong SEO, Seok Koo KIM, Jang Hyuk HONG, Joon Yong SOHN, Sang Young LEE, Soon Ho AHN
  • Patent number: 7883799
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic composite porous separator, which comprises: (a) a porous substrate having pores; and (b) an organic/inorganic composite layer formed by coating at least one region selected from the group consisting of a surface of the substrate and a part of pores present in the substrate with a mixture of inorganic porous particles and a binder polymer, wherein the inorganic porous particles have a plurality of macropores with a diameter of 50 nm or greater in the particle itself thereby form a pore structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electrochemical device using the same. As an additional pathway for lithium ions is created due to a number of pores existing in the inorganic porous particle itself, degradation in the battery performance can be minimized, and energy density per unit weight can be increased by the weight loss effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Jong Seo, Seok Koo Kim, Jang Hyuk Hong, Joon Yong Sohn, Sang Young Lee, Soon Ho Ahn
  • Publication number: 20100261047
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a plurality of unit cells, each having a first separator and a cathode and an anode positioned at both sides of the first separator, and a continuous single second separator interposed between adjacent unit cells in correspondence with each other in a laminated pattern and arranged to surround each unit cell. The first separator includes a heat-resisting porous substrate having a melt point of 200° C. or above and a first porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the heat-resisting porous substrate and made of a mixture of a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The second separator includes a polyolefin porous substrate and a second porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polyolefin porous substrate and made of a mixture of a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Hun Kim, Hyun-Min Jang, Jang-Hyuk Hong, Joon-Yong Sohn, Sang-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 7709152
    Abstract: An organic/inorganic composite separator includes (a) a polyolefin porous substrate having pores; and (b) a porous active layer containing a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, with which at least one surface of the polyolefin porous substrate is coated, wherein the porous active layer has a peeling force of 5 gf/cm or above, and a thermal shrinkage of the separator after being left alone at 150° C. for 1 hour is 50% or below in a machine direction (MD) or in a transverse direction (TD). This organic/inorganic composite separator solves the problem that inorganic particles in the porous active layer formed on the porous substrate are extracted during an assembly process of an electrochemical device, and also it may prevent an electric short circuit between cathode and anode even when the electrochemical device is overheated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Koo Kim, Joon-Yong Sohn, Jong-Hyeok Park, Hyun-Min Jang, Byoung-Jin Shin, Sang-Young Lee, Jang-Hyuk Hong
  • Patent number: 7638241
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic/inorganic composite separator including: a porous substrate having pores; and a porous active layer containing a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer with which at least one surface of the porous substrate is coated. The organic/inorganic composite separator of the present invention may be useful to enhance peeling and scratch resistances and improve a lamination characteristic by introducing a porous active layer onto a porous substrate having pores, the porous active layer having heterogeneity of morphology toward a thickness direction in which a content ratio of the binder polymer/inorganic particles present in a surface layer is higher than that of the binder polymer/inorganic particles present inside the surface layer. Accordingly, the stability and performances of a battery can be improved together since the detachment of inorganic particles from the porous active layer may be reduced during the assembly process of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Young Lee, Dae-Jong Seo, Joon-Yong Sohn, Seok-Koo Kim, Jang-Hyuk Hong, Young-Soo Kim, Hyun-Min Jang
  • Publication number: 20090111026
    Abstract: An organic/inorganic composite separator includes (a) a polyolefin porous substrate having pores; and (b) a porous active layer containing a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, with which at least one surface of the polyolefin porous substrate is coated, wherein the porous active layer has a peeling force of 5 gf/cm or above, and a thermal shrinkage of the separator after being left alone at 150° C. for 1 hour is 50% or below in a machine direction (MD) or in a transverse direction (TD). This organic/inorganic composite separator solves the problem that inorganic particles in the porous active layer formed on the porous substrate are extracted during an assembly process of an electrochemical device, and also it may prevent an electric short circuit between cathode and anode even when the electrochemical device is overheated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Seok-Koo Kim, Joon-Yong Sohn, Jong-Hyeok Park, Hyun-Min Jang, Byoung-Jin Shin, Sang-Young Lee, Jang-Hyuk Hong
  • Publication number: 20080311479
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode having a current collector coated with an electrode active material, wherein non-coated regions of the electrode and boundary regions of intermittently pattern-coated electrodes are coated with a porous active layer including a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The electrode of the present invention may be useful to improve safety of a battery and also minimize reduction in the capacity of a battery by introducing the porous active layer onto non-coated regions of the electrode and/or boundary regions of the intermittently pattern-coated electrodes to prevent internal short circuit caused by the contact between both electrodes, wherein the boundary regions are coated with the electrode active material but vulnerable to the electrical short circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Young Lee, Dae-Jong Seo, Joon-Yong Sohn, Seok-Koo Kim, Jang-Hyuk Hong, Young-Soo Kim, Hyun- Min Jang
  • Publication number: 20080292968
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic/inorganic composite separator including: a porous substrate having pores; and a porous active layer containing a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer with which at least one surface of the porous substrate is coated. The organic/inorganic composite separator of the present invention may be useful to enhance peeling and scratch resistances and improve a lamination characteristic by introducing a porous active layer onto a porous substrate having pores, the porous active layer having heterogeneity of morphology toward a thickness direction in which a content ratio of the binder polymer/inorganic particles present in a surface layer is higher than that of the binder polymer/inorganic particles present inside the surface layer. Accordingly, the stability and performances of a battery can be improved together since the detachment of inorganic particles from the porous active layer may be reduced during the assembly process of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Young Lee, Dae-Jong Seo, Joon-Yong Sohn, Seok-Koo Kim, Jang-Hyuk Hong, Young-Soo Kim, Hyun-Min Jang