Carbon-based monoliths with improved thermal and mechanical properties for methane storage
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Title: | Carbon-based monoliths with improved thermal and mechanical properties for methane storage |
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Authors: | Reljic, Snezana | Cuadrado-Collados, Carlos | Farrando Pérez, Judit | Jardim, Erika de Oliveira | Martinez-Escandell, Manuel | Silvestre-Albero, Joaquín |
Research Group/s: | Materiales Avanzados | Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Molecular (NANOMOL) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Inorgánica | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Materiales |
Keywords: | Activated carbon | Carbon monoliths | Methane storage | Graphene | Graphite |
Knowledge Area: | Química Inorgánica |
Issue Date: | 14-Jun-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Fuel. 2022, 324(Part C): 124753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124753 |
Abstract: | A series of activated carbon materials have been prepared from petroleum residue using KOH as activating agent. The gravimetric adsorption capacity for methane of the synthesized samples increases with the activation degree, albeit at a lower packing density of the carbon material. These results anticipate an optimum pitch/KOH ratio (1:3) to achieve an upper limit in the volumetric storage capacity. Activated carbon powders have been conformed into monoliths using a small amount of a binder (5 wt%), either carboxymethyl cellulose or polyvinyl alcohol, with proper mechanical properties. Incorporation of graphite or graphene in the initial formulation does not alter and/or modify significantly the textural properties of the original activated carbon. However, once conformed into monoliths, the presence of graphite or graphene allows to improve i) the packing density of the monoliths (up to 0.52 g/cm3), ii) their mechanical properties (compressive strength ≈ 12.3 MPa) and iii) their thermal conductivity (up to 0.49 W/mK) without compromising the methane storage capacity (ca. 100 V/V). |
Sponsor: | Authors would like to acknowledge financial support from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Project PID2019-108453GB-C21), MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and EU “NextGeneration/PRTR (Project PCI2020-111968 /3D-Photocat) and NATO SPS program (Project G5683). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/124302 |
ISSN: | 0016-2361 (Print) | 1873-7153 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124753 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124753 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - LMA - Artículos de Revistas INV - NANOMOL - Artículos de Revistas |
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