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Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based Carbon Nanofibers for Hydrogen Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

H. J. Chung ,
D. W. Lee ,
S. M. Jo ,
D. Y. Kim  and
W. S. Lee
H. J. Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Jeonnong-Dong, Dongdeamun-Gu, Seoul 130–743, Republic of Korea
D. W. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Jeonnong-Dong, Dongdeamun-Gu, Seoul 130–743, Republic of Korea
S. M. Jo
Affiliation:
Polymer Hybrid Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39–1, Hawolgok dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136–791, Republic of Korea
D. Y. Kim
Affiliation:
Polymer Hybrid Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39–1, Hawolgok dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136–791, Republic of Korea
W. S. Lee
Affiliation:
Polymer Hybrid Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39–1, Hawolgok dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136–791, Republic of Korea
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Abstract

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVdF) fine fiber of 200–300 nm in diameter was prepared through the electrospinning process. Dehydrofluorination of PVdF-based fibers for making infusible fiber was carried out using DBU, and the infusible PVdF-based nanofibers were then carbonized at 900–1800°C. The structural properties and morphologies of the resulting carbon nanofibers were investigated using XRD, Raman IR, SEM, TEM, and surface area & pore analysis. The PVdF-based carbon nanofibers had rough surfaces composed of 20-to 30-nm granular carbons, indicating their high surface area in the range of 400–970 m2/g. They showed amorphous structures. In the case of the highly ehydrofluorinated PVdF fiber, the resulting carbon fiber had a smoother surface, with d002 = 0.34–0.36 nm, and a very low surface area of 16–33 m2/g. The hydrogen storage capacities of the above carbon nano-fibers were measured, using the gravimetric method, by magnetic suspension balance (MSB), at room temperature and at 100 bars. The storage data were obtained after the buoyancy correction. The PVdF-based microporous carbon nanofibers showed a hydrogen storage capacity of 0.04–0.4 wt%. The hydrogen storage capacity depended on the dehydrofluorination of the PVdF nanofiber precursor, and on the carbonization temperatures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 837: Symposium N – Materials for Hydrogen Storage – 2004 , 2004 , N3.15
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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