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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 40, Issue 17, Pages 5788-5796Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.03.034
Keywords
Hydrogen adsorption; Activated carbon; KOH activation; Chitosan; Porous structure
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- Wroclaw Research centre EIT+ within the project The Application of Nanotechnology in Advanced Materials - Nano Mat [POIG.01.01.02-02-002/08]
- European Fund of Regional Development [POIG 1.1.2]
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Highly microporous activated carbons (ACs) were prepared using chitosan, a low cost and abundant biopolysaccharide, as a carbon precursor. Chitosan chars were activated with KOH in different experimental conditions, yielding chitosan-based ACs with high surface areas (922-3066 m(2) g(-1)) and pore volumes (0.40-1.38 cm(3) g(-1)). Microporosity was the main contributor to the total pore volume for all ACs. Chitosan-based ACs were tested as hydrogen storage systems using hydrogen physisorption at atmospheric pressure and 4 MPa. The optimized ACs exhibited excellent hydrogen adsorption capacities at 77 K (2.95 wt% at 0.1 MPa, 5.61 wt% at 4 MPa). Micropores with a width of 0.7-1 nm were mainly responsible for hydrogen adsorption at atmospheric pressure, whereas larger pores did not exert any noticeable influence. Conversely, the presence of supermicropores and small mesopores also enhanced hydrogen uptake at 4 MPa. These results show a high potential for the use of chitosan-based ACs in hydrogen storage systems. Copy-right (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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