Ultralight carbon aerogel from nanocellulose as a highly selective oil absorption material

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 435-447

  Meng, Yujie ^a   Young, Timothy M ^a   Liu, Peizhi ^b   Contescu, Cristian I ^c   Huang, Biao ^a,d   Wang, Siqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D network structure; Carbon aerogel; Nanocellulose; Oil absorption

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCELLULOSE; PARAFFIN OILS; REUSABILITY;

3D-NETWORK STRUCTURES; CARBON AEROGELS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY; OIL ABSORPTION; SORPTION CAPACITIES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84925500057     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0519-5     Document Type: Article

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