Abstract: The present invention relates to a Pt—N—C based electrochemical catalyst for chlorine evolution reaction and a production method thereof, and an aspect of the present invention provides a Pt—N—C based electrochemical catalyst including: a carbon support; and an organic compound including Pt and N distributed on the carbon support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Pt—N—C based electrochemical catalyst for chlorine evolution reaction and a production method thereof, and an aspect of the present invention provides a Pt—N—C based electrochemical catalyst including: a carbon support; and an organic compound including Pt and N distributed on the carbon support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the treatment or prevention of lung cancer, including gefitinib and a Lonicera japonica extract, and more particularly, the present invention has an advantage in that it is possible to remarkably increase the therapeutic effects of gefitinib on lung cancer and simultaneously prevent and reduce side effects caused by various treatments of lung cancer, and the like by administering gefitinib to an individual and administering a Lonicera japonica extract to the individual.

Abstract: A delay cell includes first through fifth inversion circuits. The first inversion circuit inverts an input signal, and an output electrode of the first inversion circuit is coupled to a first node. The second inversion circuit is turned on in response to a control signal, and inverts the input signal when turned on. An output electrode of the second inversion circuit is coupled to the first node. The third inversion circuit inverts a signal at the first node, and an output electrode of the third inversion circuit is coupled to a second node. The fourth inversion circuit is turned on in response to the control signal, and inverts the signal at the first node when turned on. An output electrode of the fourth inversion circuit is coupled to the second node. The fifth inversion circuit inverts a signal at the second node to generate an output signal.

Abstract: A catalyst consisting of structurally ordered mesoporous carbon containing a transition metal and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method for preparing the catalyst includes forming a mixture of a carbon precursor and structurally ordered mesoporous silica, carbonizing the mixture to form a composite, and removing mesoporous silica from the composite.

Abstract: A delay cell includes first through fifth inversion circuits. The first inversion circuit inverts an input signal, and an output electrode of the first inversion circuit is coupled to a first node. The second inversion circuit is turned on in response to a control signal, and inverts the input signal when turned on. An output electrode of the second inversion circuit is coupled to the first node. The third inversion circuit inverts a signal at the first node, and an output electrode of the third inversion circuit is coupled to a second node. The fourth inversion circuit is turned on in response to the control signal, and inverts the signal at the first node when turned on. An output electrode of the fourth inversion circuit is coupled to the second node. The fifth inversion circuit inverts a signal at the second node to generate an output signal.

Abstract: A catalyst consisting of structurally ordered mesoporous carbon containing a transition metal and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method for preparing the catalyst includes forming a mixture of a carbon precursor and structurally ordered mesoporous silica, carbonizing the mixture to form a composite, and removing mesoporous silica from the composite.

Abstract: Disclosed are ordered mesoporous carbon-carbon nanotube nanocomposites and a method for manufacturing the same. The method for manufacturing ordered carbon-carbon nanotube nanocomposites according to the present invention includes: forming a mixture of a carbon precursor and ordered mesoporous silica; carbonizing the mixture to form a ordered mesoporous silica-carbon composite; and removing the mesoporous silica from the ordered mesoporous silica-carbon composite.

Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell provides a current collector adjacent to an electrode catalyst layer. Since electrons passing between the current collector and the electrode catalyst layer do not pass through a diffusion layer or a supporting layer, the diffusion layer or supporting layer may be non-conductive. Thus, various materials that are hydrophilic, hydrophobic, porous, hydrous, or the like can be used for the diffusion layer and the supporting layer, thereby improving the performance of the fuel cell. In addition, manufacturing costs of the membrane electrode assembly can be decreased since the membrane electrode assembly can be manufactured quickly with low energy.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating energy using sensible heat of an offgas during manufacture of molten iron and a method for generating energy using the same are provided. The method for generating energy includes i) providing an offgas discharged from an apparatus for manufacturing molten iron including a reduction reactor that provides reduced iron that is reduced from iron ore and a melter-gasifier that melts the reduced iron to manufacture molten iron; ii) converting cooling water into high pressure steam by contacting the cooling water with the offgas; and iii) generating energy from at least one steam turbine by supplying the high pressure steam to the steam turbine and rotating the steam turbine.

Abstract: Provided are a mesoporous carbon containing at least one heteroatom boron and phosphorus, a manufacturing method thereof, and a fuel cell using the same. The mesoporous carbon contains a heteroatom such as boron and phosphorous to reduce sheet resistance, and thus can efficiently transfer electric energy. Such a mesoporous carbon can be used as a conductive material of electrodes for fuel cells. When the mesoporous carbon is used as a support for catalysts of electrodes, a supported catalyst containing the support can be used to manufacture a fuel cell having high efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a core-shell nanoparticle that includes a metal-oxide shell and a nanoparticle. Pores extend from an outer surface to an inner surface of the shell. The inner surface of the shell forms a void, which is filled by the nanoparticle. The pores allow gas to transfer from outside the shell to a surface of the nanoparticle. The present invention also provides a method of making a core-shell nanoparticle includes forming a metal-oxide shell on a colloidal nanoparticle, which forms a precursor core-shell nanoparticle. A capping agent is removed from the precursor core-shell nanoparticle, which produces the core-shell nanoparticle. The present invention also provides a method of using a nanocatalyst of the present invention includes providing the nanocatalyst, which is the core-shell nanoparticle. Reactants are introduced in a vicinity of the nanocatalyst, which produces a reaction that is facilitated or enhanced by the nanocatalyst.

Abstract: A method of preparing a supported catalyst, a supported catalyst prepared by the method, and a fuel cell using the supported catalyst. In particular, a method of preparing a supported catalyst by preparing a primary supported catalyst containing catalytic metal particles that are obtained by a primary gas phase reduction reaction of a portion of the final loading amount of a catalytic metal, and reducing the remaining portion of the catalytic metal by a secondary liquid phase reduction reaction using the primary supported catalyst. The supported catalyst contains catalytic metal particles having a very small average particle size, which are uniformly distributed on a carbon support at a high concentration, and thus exhibits maximal catalyst activity. A fuel cell produced using the supported catalyst has improved efficiency.

Abstract: A duty control circuit including a clock input unit connected to a first node and a second node, the clock input unit receiving an input clock signal through the first node and changing a voltage of the second node to one of a first voltage level and a second voltage level in response to respective low and high logic levels of the input clock signal, a slew controller connected to the second node, the slew controller including one or more switches controlled by respective control signals, the one or more switches providing one of the first voltage level and the second voltage level to the second node in response to the control signals such that a slew rate of a signal at the second node is varied, and a clock output unit, the clock output unit outputting an output clock signal having a duty that varies.

Abstract: Provided is a silica nanocomposite including silica and a siloxane-based polymer covalently bonded to the silica.

Abstract: A sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon that has mesopores with an average diameter of 2 to 10 nm, a method of preparing the same, a catalyst containing the mesoporous carbon as a catalyst support, and a fuel cell using the catalyst in which the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon has a good affinity for and adhesion to catalyst particles so as to strongly support the catalyst particles due to the sulfur atoms substituting for carbons in an OMC carbon skeleton structure. The growth of metal catalyst particles is prevented when heat-treating the metal catalyst particles. The catalyst using the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon can be applied to a fuel cell to prevent a reduction in catalytic activity due to increased particle size by an accumulation of catalyst particles. The catalyst containing the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon as a catalyst support can be used to manufacture a fuel cell having an improved performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing molten iron. The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing molten iron including a charge container receiving the supply of reducing material in which hot fine direct reduced iron from multiple fluidized-bed reactors are mixed; at least one pair of roller presses to which the fine direct reduced iron is supplied to undergo roll pressing, thereby producing continuous compacted material having lumped portions adjacent to each other; a crusher crushing the compacted material produced by the roller presses; and a melter-gasifier to which is charged crushed compacted material that is crushed by the crusher. Each of the pair of roller presses include pressed portions and protruded lines formed between the pressed portions.

Abstract: A mesoporous carbon is prepared by mixing a carbon precursor, an acid, and a solvent to obtain a carbon precursor mixture; impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) with the carbon precursor mixture; carbonizing the impregnated OMS at 800 to 1300° C. by irradiating microwave energy with a power of 100 to 2000 W thereon to form an OMS-carbon composite; and removing the mesoporous silica from the OMS-carbon composite. The method of preparing a mesoporous carbon can significantly reduce a carbonization time by carbonizing a carbon precursor using microwave energy in a silica template compared to a conventional method using a heat treatment. A supported catalyst and a fuel cell include the mesoporous carbon.

Abstract: A nanocomposite includes metal-carbon nanotubes and a sulfonated polysulfone. In the nanocomposite, the sulfonated polysulfone and the metal-carbon nanotubes have strong attraction therebetween due to ?-? interactions or van der Waals interactions, and thus the nanocomposite has excellent ionic conductivity and mechanical properties. In addition, the nanocomposite includes a metal that can be used as a catalyst for an anode, and thus the reduction in power generation caused by methanol crossover can be minimized. Therefore, a nanocomposite electrolyte membrane prepared using the nanocomposite can minimize the reduction in power generation caused by the crossover of a polar organic fuel such as methanol. In a fuel cell employing the nanocomposite electrolyte membrane, when an aqueous methanol solution is used as a fuel, crossover of the methanol is more suppressed, and accordingly, the fuel cell has an improved operating efficiency and a longer lifetime.

Abstract: A counter electrode for a photovoltaic cell and a photovoltaic cell including the same include a transparent substrate and a catalyst layer formed on the transparent substrate using a supported catalyst The counter electrode of the present invention has an economical preparation cost and process, and also has an enlarged contact area with an electrolyte layer of the cell, leading to improved catalytic activity. Thus, in the case where the counter electrode is applied to the photovoltaic cell, excellent photoconversion efficiency is exhibited. In an exemplary embodiment, the photovoltaic cell is a dye-sensitized photovoltaic cell including such a counter electrode.