Synthesis of hierarchical fabrics by electrospinning of PAN nanofibers on activated carbon microfibers for environmental remediation applications

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1194-1200

  Katepalli, Hari ^a   Bikshapathi, Mekala ^a   Sharma, Chandra S ^a,b   Verma, Nishith ^a   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fibers (ACF); Adsorption; Air pollution; Electrospinning; Hierarchical web; PAN nanofibers

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON FABRICS; CARBON MICROFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HIERARCHICAL WEB; MULTISCALES; PAN NANOFIBERS; PORE VOLUME; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; CARBON FIBERS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROSPINNING; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IONIC LIQUIDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURFACES; TOLUENE; USER INTERFACES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 79959977047     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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