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Title: SANS Investigations of CO2 Adsorption in Microporous Carbon

Abstract

The high pressure adsorption behavior of CO2 at T = 296 K in microporous carbon was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) technique. A strong densification of CO2 in micropores accompanied by non-monotonic adsorption-induced pore deformation was observed. The density of confined CO2 increases rapidly with pressure and reaches the liquid –like density at 20 bar, which corresponds to the relative pressure of P/Psat ~0.3. At P > 20 bar density of confined CO2 increases slowly approaching a plateau at higher pressure. The size of micropores first increases with pressure, reaches a maximum at 20 bar, and then decreases with pressure. A complementary SANS experiment conducted on the same microporous carbon saturated with neutron-transparent and non-adsorbing inert gas argon shows no deformation of micropores at pressures up to ~200 bars. This result demonstrates that the observed deformation of micropores in CO2 is an adsorption-induced phenomenon, caused by the solvation pressure - induced strain and strong densification of confined CO2 .

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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1214021
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1247083
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Carbon
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Bahadur, Jitendra, Melnichenko, Yuri B., He, Lilin, Contescu, Cristian I., Gallego, Nidia C., and Carmichael, Justin R. SANS Investigations of CO2 Adsorption in Microporous Carbon. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.010.
Bahadur, Jitendra, Melnichenko, Yuri B., He, Lilin, Contescu, Cristian I., Gallego, Nidia C., & Carmichael, Justin R. SANS Investigations of CO2 Adsorption in Microporous Carbon. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.010
Bahadur, Jitendra, Melnichenko, Yuri B., He, Lilin, Contescu, Cristian I., Gallego, Nidia C., and Carmichael, Justin R. Fri . "SANS Investigations of CO2 Adsorption in Microporous Carbon". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214021.
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title = {SANS Investigations of CO2 Adsorption in Microporous Carbon},
author = {Bahadur, Jitendra and Melnichenko, Yuri B. and He, Lilin and Contescu, Cristian I. and Gallego, Nidia C. and Carmichael, Justin R.},
abstractNote = {The high pressure adsorption behavior of CO2 at T = 296 K in microporous carbon was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) technique. A strong densification of CO2 in micropores accompanied by non-monotonic adsorption-induced pore deformation was observed. The density of confined CO2 increases rapidly with pressure and reaches the liquid –like density at 20 bar, which corresponds to the relative pressure of P/Psat ~0.3. At P > 20 bar density of confined CO2 increases slowly approaching a plateau at higher pressure. The size of micropores first increases with pressure, reaches a maximum at 20 bar, and then decreases with pressure. A complementary SANS experiment conducted on the same microporous carbon saturated with neutron-transparent and non-adsorbing inert gas argon shows no deformation of micropores at pressures up to ~200 bars. This result demonstrates that the observed deformation of micropores in CO2 is an adsorption-induced phenomenon, caused by the solvation pressure - induced strain and strong densification of confined CO2 .},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.010},
journal = {Carbon},
number = ,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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