• 文献标题:   Polyethyleneimine-impregnated activated carbon nanofiber composited graphene-derived rice husk char for efficient post-combustion CO2 capture
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OTHMAN FEC, YUSOF N, PETRU M, NORDIN NAHM, HAMID MF, ISMAIL AF, RUSHDAN AI, ABU HASSAN S
  • 作者关键词:   activated carbon nanofiber, carbon dioxide adsorption, graphenederived rice husk char, nanocomposite, polyethyleneimine
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY REVIEWS
  • ISSN:   2191-9089 EI 2191-9097
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1515/ntrev-2022-0055
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

This study presents the fabrication of polyethyleneimine (PEI)-graphene-derived rice husk char (GRHC)/activated carbon nanofiber (ACNF) composites via electrospinning and physical activation processes and its adsorption performance toward CO2. This study was performed by varying several parameters, including the loading of graphene, impregnated and nonimpregnated with amine, and tested on different adsorption pressures and temperatures. The resultant ACNF composite with 1% of GRHC shows smaller average fiber diameter (238 +/- 79.97 nm) with specific surface area (S (BET)) of 597 m(2)/g, and V (micro) of 0.2606 cm(3)/g, superior to pristine ACNFs (202 m(2)/g and 0.0976 cm(3)/g, respectively). ACNF/GRHC0.01 exhibited CO2 uptakes of 142 cm(3)/g at atmospheric pressure and 25 degrees C, significantly higher than that of pristine ACNF's 69 cm(3)/g. The GRHC/ACNF0.01 was then impregnated with PEI and further achieved impressive increment in CO2 uptake to 191 cm(3)/g. Notably, the adsorption performance of CO2 is directly proportional to the pressure increment; however, it is inversely proportional with the increased temperature. Interestingly, both amine-impregnated and nonimpregnated GRHC/ACNFs fitted the pseudo first-order kinetic model (physisorption) at 1 bar; however, best fitted the pseudo second-order kinetic model (chemisorption) at 15 bar. Both GRHC/ACNF and PEI-GRHC/ACNF samples obeyed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model, which indicates monolayer adsorption. At the end of this study, PEI-GRHC/ACNFs with excellent CO2 adsorption performance were successfully fabricated.