Hybrid Effects in Graphene Oxide/Carbon Nanotube-Supported Layered Double Hydroxides: Enhancing the CO2 Sorption Properties
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Graphene oxide (GO) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) have been previously used independently as active supports for layered double hydroxides (LDH), and found to enhance the intrinsic CO2 sorption capacity. However, the long-term stability of the materials subjected to temperature-swing adsorption (TSA) cycles still requires improvement. In this contribution, GO and MWCNT are hybridized to produce mixed substrates with improved surface area, and compatibility for the subsequent deposition of LDH platelets, compared to either phase alone. The incorporation of a robust and thoroughly hybridized carbon network considerably enhances the thermal stability of activated, promoted LDH over twenty cycles of gas adsorption-desorption (96% of retention of the initial sorption capacity at the 20th cycle), dramatically reducing the sintering previously observed when either GO or MWCNT were added separately. Detailed characterization of the morphology of the supported LDH, at several stages of the multicycle adsorption process, shows that the initial morphology of the adsorbents is more strongly retained when supported on the robust hybrid GO/MWCNT network; the CO2 adsorption performance correlates closely with the specific surface area of the adsorbents, with both maximized at small loadings of a 1:1 ratio GO:MWCNT substrate.
Date Issued
2017-08-03
Date Acceptance
2017-08-02
Citation
Carbon, 2017, 123, pp.616-627
ISSN
0008-6223
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
616
End Page
627
Journal / Book Title
Carbon
Volume
123
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/L001896/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Materials Science
WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
HYDROTALCITE-LIKE COMPOUNDS
DE-COLORATION
OXIDE
ADSORPTION
LDH
AL
PERFORMANCE
COMPOSITES
ADSORBENT
03 Chemical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Publication Status
Published