title: Influence of heat treatment of rayon-based activated carbon fibers on the adsorption of formaldehyde.
abstract: The influence of heat treatment of rayon-based activated carbon fibers on the adsorption behavior of formaldehyde was studied. Heat treatment in an inert atmosphere of nitrogen for rayon-based activated carbon fibers (ACFs) resulted in a significant increase in the adsorption capacities and prolongation of breakthrough time on removing of formaldehyde. The effect of different heat-treatment conditions on the adsorption characteristics was investigated. The porous structure parameters of the samples under study were investigated using nitrogen adsorption at the low temperature 77.4 K. The pore size distributions of the samples under study were calculated by density functional theory. With the aid of these analyses, the relationship between structure and adsorption properties of rayon-based ACFs for removing formaldehyde was revealed. Improvement of their performance in terms of adsorption selectivity and adsorption rate for formaldehyde were achieved by heat post-treatment in an inert atmosphere of nitrogen.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 165, Taiyuan 030001, People's Republic of China. ronghaiqin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Haiqin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: Zhenyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Jingtang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yuanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang