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Analysis of adsorbate-adsorbate and adsorbate-adsorbent interactions to decode isosteric heats of gas adsorption

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posted on 2016-01-14, 13:15 authored by S. Hadi Madani, Saeid Sedghi, Mark Biggs, Phillip Pendleton
A qualitative interpretation is proposed to interpret isosteric heats of adsorption by considering contributions from three general classes of interaction energy: fluid–fluid heat, fluid–solid heat, and fluid—high-energy site (HES) heat. Multiple temperature adsorption isotherms are defined for nitrogen, T=(75, 77, 79) K, argon at T=(85, 87, 89) K, and for water and methanol at T=(278, 288, 298) K on a well-characterized polymer-based, activated carbon. Nitrogen and argon are subjected to isosteric heat analyses; their zero filling isosteric heats of adsorption are consistent with slit-pore, adsorption energy enhancement modelling. Water adsorbs entirely via specific interactions, offering decreasing isosteric heat at low pore filling followed by a constant heat slightly in excess of water condensation enthalpy, demonstrating the effects of micropores. Methanol offers both specific adsorption via the alcohol group and non-specific interactions via its methyl group; the isosteric heat increases at low pore filling, indicating the predominance of non-specific interactions.

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This paper was supported by the Australian Research Council discovery program (DP110101293).

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  • Chemistry

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ChemPhysChem

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MADANI, S.H. ...et al., 2015. Analysis of adsorbate-adsorbate and adsorbate-adsorbent interactions to decode isosteric heats of gas adsorption. ChemPhysChem, 16(18), pp. 3797–3805.

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2015

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1439-4235

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  • en

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