Ammonium chloride promoted synthesis of carbon nanofibers from electrospun cellulose acetate
Journal article, 2014

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibrous mats with the fiber diameters between 70 and 400 nm were synthesized from regenerated cellulose impregnated with ammonium chloride. Acting as a flame retardant, ammonium chloride provided the thermal stabilization of incompletely regenerated cellulose fibers, thus allowing their successful carbonization. Besides that, it improved the carbon yield from 13% to 20%. The method of carbon nanofibers (CNF) synthesis reported here is technologically simple and environmentally friendly since it significantly shortens the regeneration step and does not require water consumption for washing of the precursor fibers from deacetylation agents. More than that, introduction of nitrogen via NH4Cl impregnation led to an increase in the electrical conductivity of the obtained CNF samples, a fact which can make them useful for advanced electrochemical applications.

CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL-GROUPS

PYROLYSIS

FIBERS

NITROGEN

ACTIVATED CARBON

THERMAL-DEGRADATION

THERMODESTRUCTION

SURFACE-CHEMISTRY

CARBONIZATION

YIELD

Author

Volodymyr Kuzmenko

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

Olga Naboka

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

Paul Gatenholm

Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC)

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polymer Technology

Peter Enoksson

Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC)

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

Carbon

0008-6223 (ISSN)

Vol. 67 694-703

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Production

Subject Categories

Nano Technology

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.061

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