Aerobijels: Ultralight Carbon Monoliths from Cocontinuous Emulsions
Abstract
In this work, bijels are used to develop a new class of ultralight hierarchically porous aerogels exhibiting multimodal porosity across multiple length scales. Through in situ functionalization of a particle-laden liquid interface wherein binary liquid pairs are kinetically trapped out of equilibrium through interfacial jamming, monolithic and freestanding carbon electrodes are produced with prescribed bulk densities down to ≈2 mg cm-3. Exemplary electrokinetic experiments indicate that the bicontinuity of the pore structure is essential for enhancing transport to and from the active electrode surfaces, demonstrating that these materials possess a superior ability to accumulate and transport charge when compared to analogous systems with restricted pore connectivity and fluid throughput. This approach offers a new synthetic route to bicontinuous and hierarchical aerogel materials with nested multimodal porosities. Furthermore, the flexibility of this scheme can address critical issues related to transport-limited behaviors that arise in many technological fields, ranging from energy and catalysis research to remediation and sensing applications.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1645083
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1597560
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-27282
Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; 20160519ER; LDRD 20160519ER
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; aerojels; bicontinuous materials; bijels; carbon electrodes; hierarchical materials
Citation Formats
Santiago Cordoba, Miguel A., Spendelow, Jacob S., Parra‐Vasquez, Alario Nicholas G., Kuettner, Lindsey A., Welch, Paul M., Hamilton, Christopher E., Oertel, John A., Duque, Juan G., Meierdierks, Eric J., Semelsberger, Troy A., Gordon, John C., and Lee, Matthew N. Aerobijels: Ultralight Carbon Monoliths from Cocontinuous Emulsions. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201908383.
Santiago Cordoba, Miguel A., Spendelow, Jacob S., Parra‐Vasquez, Alario Nicholas G., Kuettner, Lindsey A., Welch, Paul M., Hamilton, Christopher E., Oertel, John A., Duque, Juan G., Meierdierks, Eric J., Semelsberger, Troy A., Gordon, John C., & Lee, Matthew N. Aerobijels: Ultralight Carbon Monoliths from Cocontinuous Emulsions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201908383
Santiago Cordoba, Miguel A., Spendelow, Jacob S., Parra‐Vasquez, Alario Nicholas G., Kuettner, Lindsey A., Welch, Paul M., Hamilton, Christopher E., Oertel, John A., Duque, Juan G., Meierdierks, Eric J., Semelsberger, Troy A., Gordon, John C., and Lee, Matthew N. Wed .
"Aerobijels: Ultralight Carbon Monoliths from Cocontinuous Emulsions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201908383. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1645083.
@article{osti_1645083,
title = {Aerobijels: Ultralight Carbon Monoliths from Cocontinuous Emulsions},
author = {Santiago Cordoba, Miguel A. and Spendelow, Jacob S. and Parra‐Vasquez, Alario Nicholas G. and Kuettner, Lindsey A. and Welch, Paul M. and Hamilton, Christopher E. and Oertel, John A. and Duque, Juan G. and Meierdierks, Eric J. and Semelsberger, Troy A. and Gordon, John C. and Lee, Matthew N.},
abstractNote = {In this work, bijels are used to develop a new class of ultralight hierarchically porous aerogels exhibiting multimodal porosity across multiple length scales. Through in situ functionalization of a particle-laden liquid interface wherein binary liquid pairs are kinetically trapped out of equilibrium through interfacial jamming, monolithic and freestanding carbon electrodes are produced with prescribed bulk densities down to ≈2 mg cm-3. Exemplary electrokinetic experiments indicate that the bicontinuity of the pore structure is essential for enhancing transport to and from the active electrode surfaces, demonstrating that these materials possess a superior ability to accumulate and transport charge when compared to analogous systems with restricted pore connectivity and fluid throughput. This approach offers a new synthetic route to bicontinuous and hierarchical aerogel materials with nested multimodal porosities. Furthermore, the flexibility of this scheme can address critical issues related to transport-limited behaviors that arise in many technological fields, ranging from energy and catalysis research to remediation and sensing applications.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201908383},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 6,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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