Activated carbon fiber composites for gas phase ammonia adsorption

Zheng, Weihua; Hu, Jingtian; Rappeport, Sammuel; Zheng, Zhen; Wang, Zixing; Han, Zheshen; Langer, James; Economy, James

doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.07.011

Title: Activated carbon fiber composites for gas phase ammonia adsorption

Journal Article · Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.07.011· OSTI ID:1534111

^[1]; Hu, Jingtian ^[2]; Rappeport, Sammuel ^[3]; Zheng, Zhen ^[4]; Wang, Zixing ^[5]; Han, Zheshen ^[3]; Langer, James ^[6]; Economy, James ^[1]

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Serionix, Inc., Champaign, IL (United States)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Rice University, Houston, TX (United States)
Serionix, Inc., Champaign, IL (United States)

Low–cost activated carbon fiber composites (ACFCs) were explored as the basis for a system to remove NH₃ from the gas phase. ACFCs were synthesized by chemically activating a phenolic precursor on a glass fiber substrate using ZnCl₂ as catalyst. Additionally, ACFCs were oxidized with concentrated nitric acid at both room temperature and 83 °C to increase the density of surface oxygen groups. Commercially available phenolic-based physically activated carbon fibers were also oxidized under the same condition as a benchmark. Both physical properties and surface chemical properties of these materials were characterized using SEM, BET, elemental analysis, FTIR, XPS, and Boehm titration. Dynamic flowthrough NH₃ adsorption was measured at 500 ppm, at both 0% and 50% relative humidity. Here the results suggest ACFCs exhibit high surface area, rich oxygen functional groups, with post-treatment further improving surface oxygen content. ACFCs displayed fast sorption kinetics and high NH₃ adsorption capacity up to 50 mg/g. Acidic oxygen groups at the surface are correlated with ammonia adsorption. A new anhydride-based reaction mechanism was identified and is proposed, collectively with carboxylic acid functional groups, as being primarily responsible for retaining NH₃.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); University of Illinois; US Department of Defense (DoD)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-91ER45439; DEFG02-91-ER45439

OSTI ID:: 1534111

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1359561

Journal Information:: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 234, Issue C; ISSN 1387-1811

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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