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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 336, Issue 1, Pages 226-234Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.03.049
Keywords
Carbon nanofibers; Chemical activation; Hydroxide; Porous structure; Surface area
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- Consejeria de Ciencia y Tecnologia de la junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha [PBI-05-038, PCI 08-0020-1239]
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In this study, highly porous carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were prepared by chemical activation in order to develop promising energy storage materials. The activation was performed at a temperature of 850 degrees C by using different metal hydroxides as the activating agents. Pore structures of the CNFs were analyzed using N-2/77 K adsorption isotherms. The presence of oxygen groups was analyzed by means of acid-base titration. The structural order (crystallinity) of the materials was studied by XRD and TGA analysis and the morphology and diameter distributions by means of TEM. The use of hydroxide of alkaline metals of low melting and boiling points (K, Rb, and Cs) led to the best results of porosity development. On the contrary, the pore opening was lower if the alkaline metal had a high boiling point (Na) or when alkali earth cations were used as activating agents. After the activation, the porous CNFs showed a decrease in diameter and scratches on their surfaces, as a consequence of the surface oxidation and opening of the graphitic layers, respectively. It was found that the specific surface area of the porous CNFs prepared using KOH and RbOH was more than 400 and 280 m(2) g(-1), respectively, without loss of their fiber shape. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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