Electrospun carbon nanofibers with multi-aperture/opening porous hierarchical structure for efficient CO2 adsorption
| Autor: | Nadir Ali, Xianfeng Wang, Aijaz Ahmed Babar, Jianyong Yu, Ahmed A. Aboalhassan, Bin Ding, Ghazala Zainab |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sorbent
Materials science Carbonization Carbon nanofiber chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Electrospinning 0104 chemical sciences Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Biomaterials Colloid and Surface Chemistry Adsorption chemistry Chemical engineering Nanofiber Desorption 0210 nano-technology Carbon |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 561:659-667 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9797 |
| Popis: | Hypothesis Carbonaceous materials are believed to be excellent source for developing essential vessels for carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption. However, most of the carbonaceous materials used for CO2 capture have particle form, which is hard to recycle and also may cause choking of the gas pipes. Additionally, they also either require chemical activation or attachment of any functional groups for proficient CO2 capture. Thus, facile fabrication of multi-aperture porous carbon nanofiber (CNF) based CO2 sorbent via combination of three simple steps of electrospinning, washing, and carbonization, may be an effective approach for developing efficient sorbents for CO2 capture. Experiment PAN/PVP composite solution was electrospun, PVP was used as pore forming template and PAN was opted as nitrogen rich precursor for carbon during electrospinning process. Selective removal of PVP from the electrospun PAN/PVP fiber matrix prior to carbonization generated highly rough and extremely porous PAN nanofibers, which were then carbonized to develop multi-aperture/opening porous carbon nanofibers (PCNF) with ultra-small pores with average pore diameter of ~0.71 nm. Findings Synthesized PCNF exhibited high CO2 gas selectivity (S = 20) and offered superior CO2 adsorption performance of 3.11 mmol/g. Moreover, no apparent change in mass for up to 50 cycles of CO2 adsorption/desorption unveil the long-term stability of synthesized PCNF, making them a potential candidate for CO2 adsorption application. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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