Surface oxidation of activated electrospun carbon nanofibers and their adsorption performance for benzene, butanone and ethanol

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 443, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-71

  Bai, Yu ^a   Huang, Zheng Hong ^a   Kang, Feiyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated electrospun carbon nanofibers; Adsorption; Surface oxidation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BENZENE; CARBON NANOFIBERS; ETHANOL; KETONES;

ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; ADSORPTION SELECTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS; GRAPHITIC STRUCTURES; POLAR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; SURFACE OXYGEN CONTENT; WATER ADSORPTION CAPACITY;

OXIDATION;

2 BUTANONE; ACID; ADSORBENT; ALCOHOL; BENZENE; CARBON NANOFIBER; NANOFIBER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PRISTINE NANOFIBER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHILICITY; ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84888124207     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.10.057     Document Type: Article

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