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@ARTICLE{Fischer:1021974,
author = {Fischer, Tom and Kretzschmar, Ansgar and Selmert, Victor
and Jovanovic, Sven and Kungl, Hans and Tempel, Hermann and
Eichel, Rüdiger-A.},
title = {{P}ost-treatment strategies for pyrophoric {KOH}-activated
carbon nanofibres},
journal = {RSC Advances},
volume = {14},
number = {6},
issn = {2046-2069},
address = {London},
publisher = {RSC Publishing},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-01113},
pages = {3845 - 3856},
year = {2024},
abstract = {The effect of two atmospheric post-treatment conditions
directly after the KOH activation of polyacrylonitrile-based
nanofibres is studied in this work. As post-treatment
different N2 : O2 flow conditions, namely high O2-flow
and low O2-flow, are applied and their impact on occurring
reactions and carbon nanofibres' properties is studied by
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning
calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman
spectroscopy, elemental analysis and CO2 and Ar gas
adsorption. At high O2-flow conditions a pyrophoric effect
was observed on the KOH-activated carbon nanofibers. Based
on the obtained results from the TGA and DSC the pyrophoric
effect is attributed to the oxidation reactions of metallic
potassium formed during the KOH activation process and a
consequent carbon combustion reaction. Suppression of this
pyrophoric effect is achieved using the low O2-flow
conditions due to a lower heat formation of the potassium
oxidation and the absence of carbon combustion. Compared to
the high O2-flow samples no partial destruction of the
carbon nanofibers is observed in the SEM images. The
determination of the adsorption isotherms, the surface area,
the pore size distribution and the isosteric enthalpies of
adsorption show the superior properties under low O2-flow
conditions. The present micropore volume is increased from
0.424 cm3 g−1 at high O2-flow to 0.806 cm3 g−1 for low
O2-flow samples, resulting in an increase of CO2 adsorption
capacity of $38\%$ up to 6.6 mmol g−1 at 1 bar. This
significant improvement clearly points out the importance of
considering highly exothermic potassium oxidation reactions
and possible post-treatment strategies when applying KOH
activation to electrospun carbon nanofiber materials.},
cin = {IEK-9},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-9-20110218},
pnm = {1232 - Power-based Fuels and Chemicals (POF4-123) / DFG
project 390919832 - EXC 2186: Das Fuel Science Center –
Adaptive Umwandlungssysteme für erneuerbare Energie- und
Kohlenstoffquellen (390919832) / HITEC - Helmholtz
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate
Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1232 / G:(GEPRIS)390919832 /
G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {38274173},
UT = {WOS:001148490900001},
doi = {10.1039/D3RA07096D},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1021974},
}