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| Investigation of CO2 Capture Performance of Hierarchical Porous Carbon Nanofiber Composite Membranes Modified with TEPA |
| PAN Shuaixing1, WANG Yun1,*, YANG Kaiwen1, ZHU Changshun1, WU Weiguang1, MENG Hu2
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1 School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, China 2 Jiangsu Qingyi Environmental Protection Equipment Co., Ltd., Yangzhou 225267, Jiangsu, China |
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Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture is pivotal for achieving carbon neutrality goals. This work presents a novel fabrication process for tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA)-functionalized carbon nanofiber (CNFs) composite membranes: hierarchical porous CNFs skeletons were first prepared via solution blow spinning (SBS) combined with gradient carbonization, followed by surface modification using TEPA solution via impregnation to construct CNFs/TEPA composite membranes. Key properties including specific surface area, pore size distribution, and CO2 adsorption perfor-mance were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Performance tests revealed that the CNFs/TEPA composite membranes effectively integrate TEPA’s chemical adsorption mechanism with the physical adsorption characteristics of CNFs skeletons, exhibiting an adsorption behavior following a "active site enhancement-structural damage loss" competitive model. At an optimal TEPA loading of 10%, the composite membrane achieved a balance between active site density and preserved pore structure (specific surface area and pore diameter), demonstrating a CO2 adsorption capacity of 2.41 mmol/g at 25 ℃ under atmospheric pressure—approximately 10 times higher than the pristine CNFs skeleton. Additionally, the composite membrane showed excellent selective adsorption capability with a separation factor of 30 and maintained 91% of its initial adsorption capacity after 15 adsorption-desorption cycles, highlighting its promising potential for practical CO2 capture applications.
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Online: 2026-04-16
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