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Carbon Fiber Aerogel Made from Raw Cotton: A Novel, Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents
Author(s) -
Bi Hengchang,
Yin Zongyou,
Cao Xiehong,
Xie Xiao,
Tan Chaoliang,
Huang Xiao,
Chen Bo,
Chen Fangtao,
Yang Qingling,
Bu Xinyang,
Lu Xuehong,
Sun Litao,
Zhang Hua
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201302435
Subject(s) - sorption , sorbent , aerogel , materials science , raw material , carbon fibers , distillation , combustion , process engineering , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , adsorption , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , engineering , composite number
Twisted carbon fiber (TCF) aerogel with good selective sorption is produced in large scale by using raw cotton as the precursor. TCF aerogel shows highly efficient sorption of organic liquids (pump oil: up to 192 times its own weight; chloroform: up to 115 times its own weight). Moreover, it could be regenerated many times without decrease of sorption capacity by distillation, combustion or squeezing, which depends on the type of pollutants.