About this Abstract |
Meeting |
MS&T23: Materials Science & Technology
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Symposium
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Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials
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Presentation Title |
Facile Synthesis, Structural and Catalytic Performances of the Porous Carbon Foam Composites Containing Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Oxide as Reinforcements |
Author(s) |
Muhammad Khan, Emrah Unalan |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Muhammad Khan |
Abstract Scope |
The different amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene oxide (GO) were synergistically dispersed into the carbon foam (CF) matrix via direct pyrolysis. The prepared CF composites were checked for structural and catalytic behaviors. Results revealed that porous morphology, compressive strength(19.3 MPa), and Young's modulus(57.4 MPa) were achieved after the 2 wt.% MWCNTs-GO inclusion. Whereas, the optimum thermal and electrical conductivities of 30.92 W/m. K and 27.4 ×103 S/m were revealed by 2 wt.% MWCNTs-GO loaded CF sample. Furthermore, the catalytic decolorization performance of the CF samples against methyl orange (MO) dye was checked and results revealed that the 4% CF sample containing MWCNTs and GO has good decolorization activity and is more sustainable than other samples. The 4% CF/MWCNTs-GO decolorized about 76% MO dye under exposure to UV light within 60 min. The decolorization of MO dye increases with increasing nanocomposite dosage and decreasing initial dye concentration. |