Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage

Organic aerogels were derived from aceticacidcatalysedresorcinol and furfural and then dried directly in supercriticalcarbon dioxide without the use of a solvent exchange process. These aerogels were further carbonised in nitrogen and activated in CO2 in order to obtain their corresponding carbonaer...

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Main Authors: Tian, Hu-Yong, Buckley, Craig, Paskevicius, Mark, Wang, Shaobin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29020
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author Tian, Hu-Yong
Buckley, Craig
Paskevicius, Mark
Wang, Shaobin
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Buckley, Craig
Paskevicius, Mark
Wang, Shaobin
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description Organic aerogels were derived from aceticacidcatalysedresorcinol and furfural and then dried directly in supercriticalcarbon dioxide without the use of a solvent exchange process. These aerogels were further carbonised in nitrogen and activated in CO2 in order to obtain their corresponding carbonaerogels. The carbonaerogels prepared by this method had a greater proportion of micropores in addition to a much shorter preparation time (on the order of days) than those prepared by other studies. The effect of different drying techniques on the microstructure of the wet gels was investigated by nitrogen adsorption at cryogenic liquid nitrogen temperature. Nitrogen adsorption at 77 K allowed the determination of surface areas and pore volumes, further analysed by the Dubinin–Radushkevich model and density functional theory model. The surface area and micropore volume of carbonaerogels prepared by this method increased by 19% and 12%, and accordingly, hydrogen uptake capacity was increased by 10% from 4.9 ± 0.2 wt.% to 5.4 ± 0.3 wt.% at 4.6 MPa and 77 K.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-290202017-09-13T16:08:34Z Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage Tian, Hu-Yong Buckley, Craig Paskevicius, Mark Wang, Shaobin Organic aerogels were derived from aceticacidcatalysedresorcinol and furfural and then dried directly in supercriticalcarbon dioxide without the use of a solvent exchange process. These aerogels were further carbonised in nitrogen and activated in CO2 in order to obtain their corresponding carbonaerogels. The carbonaerogels prepared by this method had a greater proportion of micropores in addition to a much shorter preparation time (on the order of days) than those prepared by other studies. The effect of different drying techniques on the microstructure of the wet gels was investigated by nitrogen adsorption at cryogenic liquid nitrogen temperature. Nitrogen adsorption at 77 K allowed the determination of surface areas and pore volumes, further analysed by the Dubinin–Radushkevich model and density functional theory model. The surface area and micropore volume of carbonaerogels prepared by this method increased by 19% and 12%, and accordingly, hydrogen uptake capacity was increased by 10% from 4.9 ± 0.2 wt.% to 5.4 ± 0.3 wt.% at 4.6 MPa and 77 K. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29020 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.10.028 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Tian, Hu-Yong
Buckley, Craig
Paskevicius, Mark
Wang, Shaobin
Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
title Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
title_full Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
title_fullStr Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
title_full_unstemmed Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
title_short Carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
title_sort carbon aerogels from acetic acid catalysed resorcinol–furfural using supercritical drying for hydrogen storage
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29020