Abstract: Disclosed is a composite polymer electrolyte membrane comprising: a support membrane; a metal ion-blocking layer stacked on the support membrane; a stabilization layer; and a protecting layer, wherein the support membrane includes a cation conductive polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite polymer electrolyte membrane comprising: a support membrane; a metal ion-blocking layer stacked on the support membrane; a stabilization layer; and a protecting layer, wherein the support membrane includes a cation conductive polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a porous carbon material having carbon nano-rods on the surface thereof. The porous carbon material has an increased specific surface area and an increased electrochemically active area, and thus may be expected to provide improved performance, when used as an electrode for electrochemical reactions. In addition, the carbon nano-rods of the porous carbon material are formed through an etching process using a catalyst for etching formed on the carbon material, and thus the carbon material may have various functions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a process of preparing precipitated calcium carbonate of high purity by extracting calcium ion contained in an alkali ion-containing inorganic material such as mineral, steelmaking slag and waste concrete with the use of an acidic aqueous solution, separating other metal ions from the extracted solution, preparing an alkaline earth metal hydroxide using an alkaline aqueous solution and then contacting the same with carbon dioxide.

Abstract: An animal trap having a housing including an open end, the open end having a bottom wall plate, both side wall plates and both side lateral guides; and a door slidably and movably mounted to the housing through the both side lateral guides for swinging upward and downward between an open position and a closed portion, whereby an animal that enters the housing through the door is automatically trapped.

Abstract: A concentration of a fuel supplied to a fuel cell and a heat exchange rate of a heat exchanger are controlled simultaneously in order to maintain a temperature of fuel cell stack and a diluted fuel concentration that is supplied to the fuel cell stack in a target level. Further, by appropriately responding to an exterior temperature changes or unexpected fuel cell performance changes, it is possible to improve a system efficiency and stability of fuel cell operation and to regulate the fuel concentration quickly and accurately compared to a prior sensor-less concentration controller.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a fuel concentration of a liquid fuel cell apparatus by voltage amplitude control-based feed-back control without using a concentration sensor, which saves power consumed by the fuel cell apparatus and lowers a price of the fuel cell apparatus by using the fuel cell in a simple and small design without using a concentration sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for a redox flow battery including at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a taurine compound and an amino acid compound. Thus, it is possible to provide an electrolyte for a redox flow battery which may have high solubility of active materials, be stable at high temperature or high pH, and show excellent electrochemical properties. In addition, when the electrolyte for a redox flow battery includes a nitrogen (N)-containing organic molecule having high redox activity as an active material, it is possible to realize a high-efficiency demetallized redox flow battery capable of solving the problems of dendrite formation or irreversible precipitation fundamentally.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a process of preparing precipitated calcium carbonate of high purity by extracting calcium ion contained in an alkali ion-containing inorganic material such as mineral, steelmaking slag and waste concrete with the use of an acidic aqueous solution, separating other metal ions from the extracted solution, preparing an alkaline earth metal hydroxide using an alkaline aqueous solution and then contacting the same with carbon dioxide.

Abstract: Provided is a porous carbon material having carbon nano-rods on the surface thereof. The porous carbon material has an increased specific surface area and an increased electrochemically active area, and thus may be expected to provide improved performance, when used as an electrode for electrochemical reactions. In addition, the carbon nano-rods of the porous carbon material are formed through an etching process using a catalyst for etching formed on the carbon material, and thus the carbon material may have various functions.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a fuel concentration of a liquid fuel cell apparatus by voltage amplitude control-based feed-back control without using a concentration sensor, which saves power consumed by the fuel cell apparatus and lowers a price of the fuel cell apparatus by using the fuel cell in a simple and small design without using a concentration sensor.

Abstract: An animal trap according to an embodiment includes a housing including an open end, the open end having a bottom wall plate, both side wall plates and both side lateral guides; and a door slidably and movably mounted to the housing through the both side lateral guides for swinging upward and downward between an open position and a closed portion, whereby an animal that enters the housing through the door is automatically trapped

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a carbonate of an alkali ion using an electrolysis system, more particularly to an improved method for preparing a carbonate of an alkali ion, including eluting an alkali ion from an inorganic material containing the alkali ion and converting the eluted alkali ion to a carbonate, using an electrolysis system which generates an eluting agent and a quick precipitating agent used for the elution of the alkali ion and the conversion to the carbonate at the same time.

Abstract: A concentration of a fuel supplied to a fuel cell and a heat exchange rate of a heat exchanger are controlled simultaneously in order to maintain a temperature of fuel cell stack and a diluted fuel concentration that is supplied to the fuel cell stack in a target level. Further, by appropriately responding to an exterior temperature changes or unexpected fuel cell performance changes, it is possible to improve a system efficiency and stability of fuel cell operation and to regulate the fuel concentration quickly and accurately compared to a prior sensor-less concentration controller.

Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) is prepared by a low-temperature transfer method. A binder-free carbon layer is formed on a transfer substrate so as to avoid decreased performance due to the formation of a skin layer caused by the interfacial segregation of the ionomer or binder.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a carbon material, by which carbon fibers or carbon tubes, particularly branched carbon fibers or carbon tubes, are obtained via a so-called self-growing process without using external carbon sources. The carbon material obtained by the method has a large specific surface area and further includes a metal catalyst, and thus may be used in cell materials for a fuel cell or secondary battery, hydrogen storage devices, capacitors, solar cells, display panel or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Ni—Al alloy anode for molten carbonate fuel cell made by in-situ sintering the Ni—Al alloy. Further, disclosed is a method for preparing the same comprising steps of preparing a sheet with Ni—Al alloy powders (S1); and installing the sheet in a fuel cell without any heat treatment for sintering the Ni—Al alloy in the sheet and then in-situ sintering the Ni—Al alloy in the sheet during a pretreatment process of the cell with the sheet (S2), wherein a reaction activity of the Ni—Al alloy anode can be maintained, the method is simple and economic, and a mass production of the Ni—Al alloy anode and a scale-up in the method are easy.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode coated with a metal-doped carbon film. A metal-doped carbon film covers the interface of an electrode active material where it contacts an electrolyte. Such an artificial interface improves ion and electrical conductivity of the electrode interface and prevents pass of water or electrolyte during electrochemical reactions, thereby preventing undesired reactions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid-type power supplying apparatus which may use a fuel cell device as a main power supplier for a robot and a rechargeable battery as an auxiliary power supplier for the robot. In the hybrid-type power supplying apparatus, when the power consumption of the robot exceeds the selected amount of power generation of the fuel cell device, the loads of the rechargeable battery and the fuel cell stack can be managed in such a manner that power is supplied from the rechargeable battery to the robot as an auxiliary power for the robot supplementing the main power for the robot.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-layered electrode for fuel cell and a method for producing the same, wherein the electrode can be operated under non-humidification and normal temperature, the flooding of the electrode catalyst layer can be prevented, and the long-term operation characteristic can be increased due to the prevention of the loss of the electrode catalyst layer.