Are you using the right probe molecules for assessing the textural properties of metal–organic frameworks?

Author(s):  
Timur Islamoglu ◽  
Karam B. Idrees ◽  
Florencia A. Son ◽  
Zhijie Chen ◽  
Seung-Joon Lee ◽  
...  

Textural properties—such as the surface area, pore size distribution, and pore volume—are at the forefront of characterization for porous materials.

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazile Ural

AbstractIn this study, the relationships between geotechnical index properties and the pore-size distribution of compacted natural silt and artificial soil mixtures, namely, silt with two different clays and three different clay percentages (10%, 20%, and 40%), were examined and compared. Atterberg’s limit tests, standard compaction tests, mercury intrusion porosimetry, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface analysis were conducted. The results show that the liquid limit, the cumulative pore volume, and specific surface area of artificially mixed soils increase with an increase in the percentage of clay. The cumulative pore volume and specific surface area with geotechnical index properties were compared. High correlation coefficients were observed between the specific areas and both the liquid limit and the plasticity index, as well as between the cumulative pore volume and both the clay percentage and the


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (32) ◽  
pp. 17901-17912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artem Iakunkov ◽  
Vasyl Skrypnychuk ◽  
Andreas Nordenström ◽  
Elizaveta A. Shilayeva ◽  
Mikhail Korobov ◽  
...  

Activated reduced graphene oxide materials (a-rGO) with variation of N2 BET surface area 1000–3000 m2 g−1 were tested in supercapacitors. Correlations between electrode performance and pore size, pore volume, N2 and H2O BET surface area were evaluated.


e-Polymers ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Malik

Abstract4-Vinylpyridine-divinylbenzene copolymer beads of ~0.3 mm in diameter were synthesized by suspension polymerization technique. The beads were made porous by dilution of the monomers with phthalate esters. The porosity was varied by changing the diluent, by varying the degree of dilution, and by varying the ratio of divinylbenzene in the monomers. Pore volume, surface area, and pore size distribution were determined by mercury penetration method, and densities of the dried copolymers were determined by a measuring cylinder and a balance. Statistical analysis of the data shows that the surface area and swelling coefficient in acetone can be estimated from the pore volume value with a reasonable good accuracy. Pore size distribution curves for the copolymers having pore volume in the range of 0.1 ml/g to 0.8 ml/g are shown. One can approximately estimate the pore size distribution if the pore volume is known. The pore volume can be estimated with a reasonable good accuracy from the density of the copolymers.


2014 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. 148-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahmam Syuhaidah ◽  
Muti Mohamed Norani ◽  
Suriati Sufian

Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) have emerged and gained great interest for research in many applications because of their unique specific characteristics such as having high porosity, high surface area and the existence of a wide spectrum of surface functional groups through chemical modification. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) is a type of CNT that comprises of multiple layers of concentric cylinders. The overall study of this research work is to modify MWCNT to become a good adsorbent that can adsorb CO2 at its optimum capacity. In order to make MWCNT as an efficient adsorbent, surface treatment on pristine MWCNT is necessary to overcome the hydrophobicity issue by the introduction of carboxyl group. Upon the surface treatment, functionalization of MWCNT with 3-Aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTS) was conducted to obtain the attachment of amine group that will assist MWCNT in adsorbing CO2. The surface treatment and functionalization process undergone by MWCNT changed the physical properties of MWCNT such as the surface area, pore volume, and pore size distribution. These properties can be determined using surface area and pore analyzer (SAP). Sample that treated with the mixture of nitric and sulfuric acid (HNO3/H2SO4) and functionalized with APTS gives the lowest surface area (22.07 m2/g) and pore volume (0.06 cm3/g). The pore size distribution also decreases due to the most presence of functional group onto the surface of modified MWCNT. This research paper is focusing on the effect of surface area, pore volume, and pore size distribution on the modified MWCNT.


2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 685-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Orlovic ◽  
Djordje Janackovic ◽  
Sasa Drmanic ◽  
Zorica Marinkovic ◽  
Dejan Skala

The alumina/silica with zinc chloride aerogel alkylation catalyst was obtained using a one step sol-gel synthesis, and subsequent drying with supercritical carbon dioxide. The aerogel catalyst activity was found to be higher compared to the corresponding xerogel catalyst, as a result of the higher aerogel surface area, total pore volume and favourable pore size distribution. Mixed Al-O-Si bonds were present in both gel catalyst types. Activation by thermal treatment in air was needed prior to catalytic alkylation, due to the presence of residual organic groups on the aerogel surface. The optimal activation temperature was found to be in the range 185-225 ?C, while higher temperatures resulted in the removal of zinc chloride from the surface of the aerogel catalyst with a consequential decrease in the catalytic activity. On varying the zinc chloride content, the catalytic activity of the aerogel catalyst exhibited a maximum. High zinc chloride contents decreased the catalytic activity of the aerogel catalyst as the result of the pores of the catalyst being plugged with this compound, and the separation of the alumina/silica support into Al-rich and Si-rich phases. The surface area, total pore volume, pore size distribution and zinc chloride content had a similar influence on the activity of the aerogel catalyst as was the case of xerogel catalyst and supported zinc chloride catalysts.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Iacomi ◽  
Philip L. Llewellyn

Material characterisation through adsorption is a widely-used laboratory technique. The isotherms obtained through volumetric or gravimetric experiments impart insight through their features but can also be analysed to determine material characteristics such as specific surface area, pore size distribution, surface energetics, or used for predicting mixture adsorption. The pyGAPS (python General Adsorption Processing Suite) framework was developed to address the need for high-throughput processing of such adsorption data, independent of the origin, while also being capable of presenting individual results in a user-friendly manner. It contains many common characterisation methods such as: BET and Langmuir surface area, t and α plots, pore size distribution calculations (BJH, Dollimore-Heal, Horvath-Kawazoe, DFT/NLDFT kernel fitting), isosteric heat calculations, IAST calculations, isotherm modelling and more, as well as the ability to import and store data from Excel, CSV, JSON and sqlite databases. In this work, a description of the capabilities of pyGAPS is presented. The code is then be used in two case studies: a routine characterisation of a UiO-66(Zr) sample and in the processing of an adsorption dataset of a commercial carbon (Takeda 5A) for applications in gas separation.


Author(s):  
Hong Qian ◽  
Ying Fang ◽  
Kao Wu ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
...  

Abstract This study presents two methods to improve the air filtration performance of konjac glucomannan (KGM)-based aerogel air filters through physical structure design by changing the pore-size distribution and the surface area, using an air purifier. Results indicated that KGM-based aerogels had a comparable filtration effect with the commercial air filter with a longer purification time. This purification time could be shortened by over 50%, by changing the pore-size distribution from large size to small size or increase the surface area with the fold structure. This should boost the development of polysaccharide-based aerogel used as the air filter.


2008 ◽  
Vol 607 ◽  
pp. 39-41
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kansy ◽  
Radosław Zaleski

A new method of analysis of PALS spectra of porous materials is proposed. The model considers both the thermalization process of positronium inside the pores and the pore size distribution. The new model is fitted to spectra of mesoporous silica MCM-41 and MSF. The resulting parameters are compared with parameters obtained from fitting the “conventional” models, i.e. a sum of exponential components with discrete or/and distributed lifetimes.


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