Properties of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Membranes and Chemically-activated Carbon Nanofibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-134

  Liu, Wei ^a   Adanur, Sabit ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activated carbon nanofibers; polyacrylonitrile; pore size distribution; porosity; strength; surface area

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STABILIZATION; TENSILE STRESS;

ACTIVATION PROCESS; DUBININ-ASTAKHOV EQUATIONS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN); POLYACRYLONITRILE MEMBRANES; STABILIZATION PROCESS; STRENGTH; SURFACE AREA;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON FIBER; ELECTROSPINNING; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE; NANOFIBER; NEEDLE; PERMEABILITY; POLYACRYLONITRILE; STRENGTH; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 72749091477     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517509102384     Document Type: Article

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