Abstract
Industrial grade multi-walled carbon nanotubes (IG-MWCNTs) are a low-cost substitute for commercially purified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (P-MWCNTs). In this work, IG-MWCNTs were functionalized with tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) for CO2 capture. The TEPA impregnated IG-MWCNTs were characterized with various experimental methods including N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms, elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Both the adsorption isotherms of IG-MWCNTs-n and the isosteric heats of different adsorption capacities were obtained from experiments. TEPA impregnated IG-MWCNTs were also shown to have high CO2 adsorption capacity comparable to that of TEPA impregnated P-MWCNTs. The adsorption capacity of IG-MWCNTs based adsorbents was in the range of 2.145 to 3.088 mmol/g, depending on adsorption temperatures. Having the advantages of low-cost and high adsorption capacity, TEPA impregnated IG-MWCNTs seem to be a promising adsorbent for CO2 capture from flue gas.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 111-118 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Energy Chemistry |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CO adsorption multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) heat of adsorption amine modification