A methodology for the morphological and physicochemical characterisation of asymmetric carbon hollow fiber membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Favvas, E P ^a   Romanos, G E ^a   Papageorgiou, S K ^a   Katsaros, F K ^a   Mitropoulos, A Ch ^b   Kanellopoulos, N K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Cavala Institute of Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon hollow fibers; Gas selectivity; Permeability; Pore morphology characterization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON HOLLOW FIBERS; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; ASYMMETRIC CARBONS; CARBON DIOXIDE ACTIVATION; CARBON HOLLOW FIBERS; CARBON MEMBRANE; CHARACTERISATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS SELECTIVITY; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MESO-PORES; MICROPORE SIZE; MICROPORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PERMEABILITY; PORE MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERIZATION; PROBE MOLECULES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SINGLE PHASE; SMALL POPULATION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SURFACE EXCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; PORE STRUCTURE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIBER; PYROLYTIC CARBON;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79955807791     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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