Journal
CARBON
Volume 124, Issue -, Pages 152-160Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.08.024
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- NSF Rutgers ERC on Structured Organic Particulate Systems
- [17H03039]
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Although recent experimental studies have demonstrated that doping of nanoporous carbons with nitrogen is an effective strategy for highly diluted formaldehyde capture, the impact of carbon surface chemistry and the pore size on formaldehyde capture at similar to ppm concentrations is still poorly understood and controversial. This work presents a combined theoretical and experimental study on dynamic formaldehyde adsorption on pure and oxidized nanocarbons. We find using Monte Carlo simulations and confirm experimentally that cooperative effects of pore size and oxygen surface chemistry have profound impacts on the breakthrough time of formaldehyde. Molecular modeling of formaldehyde adsorption on pure and oxidized model nanoporous carbons at similar to ppm pressures reveals that high adsorption of formaldehyde ppm concentrations in narrow ultramicropores <6 angstrom decorated with phenolic and carboxylic groups is correlated with long formaldehyde breakthrough times measured in the columns packed with specially prepared oxidized activated carbon fiber adsorbents with the pore size of similar to 5 angstrom. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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