Adsorption of N2, CH4, CO and CO2 gases in single walled carbon nanotubes: A combined experimental and Monte Carlo molecular simulation study

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 510-523

  Lithoxoos, George P ^a,b   Labropoulos, Anastasios ^a   Peristeras, Loukas D ^b   Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Samios, Jannis ^c   Economou, Ioannis G ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Scienomics GmbH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Grant canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations; Gravimetric gas adsorption measurements; Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED GAS; ADSORBENT MATERIALS; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION DATA; CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; CARBON MATERIAL; CARBONACEOUS IMPURITIES; COMMERCIAL SAMPLE; COMPUTATIONAL WORK; CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; GAS UPTAKE; GCMC SIMULATION; GRAND CANONICAL; GRAVIMETRIC GAS ADSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; LANGMUIR TYPE EQUATIONS; LANGMUIRS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NANOMATERIAL; PARALLEL TUBES; PRESSURE RANGES; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS); SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; SUBSTRATE INTERACTION; SURFACE EXCESS; UPTAKE VALUES;

ADSORBATES; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 78649778474     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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