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PURPOSE: A double metal - carbon nanotube, a hybrid catalyst and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to improve hydrogen generation efficiency in comparison with the same mass of the double metal - carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst by remarkably improving catalyst activity property. CONSTITUTION: The double metal - carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst comprises more than 2 kind of transition metals selected from a group consisting of Mn, Ni, Cu, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Re, Os, Ir or Pt. The hydrogen can be occurred from the ammonia borane(NH3BH3) aqueous solution because the solution is distributed in the carbon nanotube in which the nitrogen is contained. A manufacturing method of the double metal - carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst comprises a step for manufacturing a carbon nanotube solution by adding the carbon nanotube in a polyoll solution, a step for reducing the carbon nanotube with sodium borohydride, and a step for manufacturing the double metal - carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst capable of making hydrogen from an ammonia borane aqueous solution.
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PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of a nickel-carbon nitride sphere and the nickel-carbon nitride sphere manufactured therefrom are provided to control the shape of the nickel-carbon nitride sphere. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of a nickel-carbon nitride sphere comprises the following steps: producing a melamine-formaldehyde resin by mixing and stirring a formaldehyde solution and melamine; forming a nickel-melamine resin by mixing nickel salt and a surfactant to the melamine-formaldehyde resin; spraying nitrogen gas to the nickel-melamine resin mixture to make the resin into a sphere, and solidifying the spherical nickel-melamine resin mixture using a furnace to make a solid particle containing nickel; and washing the solid particle with an ethanol solution and vacuums drying to make the nickel-carbon nitride sphere.
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An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, its manufacturing method, and a lithium secondary battery containing the anode active material are provided to prevent the shortage due to the volume expansion of a metal-based active material, thereby improving lifetime characteristics. An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprises an alloy which comprises an active metal and an inactive metal; and a carbon-based material which is combined with the active metal of the alloy by the active metal-carbon bond. Preferably the active metal is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Sn, Al, Zn, Pb, Bi, Ag, Cd and Sb.
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A new hydrogen storage material that absorbs and releases a large amount of hydrogen at a room temperature condition by doping light metal cations on covalent organic frameworks is provided, a method of storing hydrogen by using the new hydrogen storage material is provided. A covalent organic framework derivative for hydrogen storage is characterized in that: the covalent organic framework derivative has a crystal structure consisting of a covalent bond of an organic molecule with a metal cation-doped triangular structure and an organic molecule with a rectangular tetrahedral structure; a ring in the center of the triangular structure is a B3O3 ring in which three boron(B) atoms and three oxygen(O) atoms are bonded in the form of a regular hexagonal ring, or a C2O2B ring in which two carbon(C) atoms and one boron(B) atom are bonded in the form of a pentagonal ring; the B3O3 ring or the C2O2B ring is formed in such a way that two of three covalent bonds coming from the boron(B) is covalently bonded to oxygen to form the center of the triangular structure, remaining one of the covalent bonds is bonded to an organic molecule consisting of a phenyl group to form a triangular structure with three apexes, each of the apexes of the triangular structure having at least one phenyl group; and a central atom of the rectangular tetrahedral structure is carbon(C) or silicon(Si), and four bonds of the central atom of the rectangular tetrahedral structure are covalently bonded to the organic molecule consisting of phenyl groups that form the apexes of the triangular structure.
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A nano-sized metal crater catalyst having a crater-shaped hole structure formed in the center thereof is provided to obtain characteristics and structure of the nano material, a method for preparing the nano-sized metal crater catalyst is provided to simplify the process and treat a large quantity of metal nanoparticles at a low cost, and a nano material controlled to a desired structure by preparing the nano material using the metal crater catalyst is provided. A nano-sized metal crater catalyst is characterized in that vacancy and dislocation are formed in one or two metal nanoparticle(s) selected from the group consisting of iron(Fe) and cobalt(Co), and a crater-shaped hole with a diameter of 1 to 20 nm is formed in the center of the metal nanoparticle(s) having a height of 3 to 16 nm. A method for preparing a nano-sized metal crater catalyst comprises the steps of: (a) performing plasma pre-treatment of a film of metal nanoparticles deposited onto a substrate at a plasma power of 500 to 800 W and a temperature of 600 to 1000 deg.C in a nitrogen gas atmosphere with a nitrogen gas flow rate of 80 to 120 sccm to form vacancy and dislocation in the metal nanoparticles; and (b) performing chemical etching of the plasma pre-treated metal nanoparticle film for 2 to 4 hours by using a mixed solution comprising ethanol as a solvent and 10 to 30 %(v/v) of nitric acid containing 1 to 10 wt.% of iodine(I) relative to the ethanol to form a hole in the center of the metal nanoparticles. The metal is at least one selected from metal elements of Groups 3 to 14. The metal is one or two selected from the group consisting of iron(Fe) and cobalt(Co).
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본 발명은 나노크기 이하의 기공을 가지는카본나이트라이드(Carbonnitride, C 1-x N x ) 나노튜브, 이의 제조방법 및 C 1 - x N x 나노튜브의 기공 크기와 양을 조절하는 방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명은 1nm 이하의 크기를 지니는 기공을 나노튜브 구조전체에 가지는 C 1-X N X 나노튜브 및 이의 제조방법 제공을 다른 목적으로 한다. 본 발명은 1nm 이하의 크기를 지니는 기공을 나노튜브 구조전체에 가지는 C 1-X N X 나노튜브 제조시 1nm 이하의 크기를 지니는 기공의 크기와 양을 조절하는 방법을 또 다른 목적으로 한다. 본 발명은 금속촉매 입자 존재하에서 탄화수소가스와 질소가스를 플라즈마 화학기상증착법(plasma CVD)으로 반응시켜 나노크기 이하의 기공을 가지는 C 1 - x N x 나노튜브를 제조할 수 있다. 상기의 C 1-x N x 나노튜브에서 x는 0.001∼0.2이다.
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Provided is a method for modifying a structure of carbon nanotube for hydrogen storage by using atmospheric pressure plasma, wherein carbon nanotube useful for material for hydrogen storage is etched with atmospheric pressure plasma so as to increase a capacity for hydrogen storage. The method for modifying a structure of carbon nanotube for hydrogen storage by using atmospheric pressure comprises etching a carbon nanotube to be used as material for hydrogen storage with atmospheric plasma so as to increase a capacity for hydrogen storage. Helium and argon which are reaction gases, and 2-10%(based on air) of oxygen as etching gas are added, in order to increase an etching effect with the atmospheric plasma. A carbon nanotube manufactured by the method has open ends, flawed wall, and numerous nano-sized pores.