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Comparison of characteristics of the cellulose nanocrystal aerogels aminosilane-functionalized through gas-phase reaction

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The cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) aerogels through freeze-drying (FD) and supercritical CO2 drying (SC) were functionalized using aminosilane via vapor-phase reaction, and then they were characterized with a few different techniques. It was shown that the distinct microstructures in both pristine CNC aerogels generated no difference in their amine loading, being about 7.2 mmol g−1. The grafting reaction took place only on the CNC surfaces, and more amorphous phase from the aminosilane was formed in the CNC-FD aerogel than in the CNC-SC one during the modification. As a result, the modified CNC-FD (m-CNC-FD) aerogel exhibited a lower crystallinity and thermal stability than the modified CNC-SC (m-CNC-SC) one. The dual Langmuir isotherm model gave a good description of CO2 adsorption on both modified CNC aerogels. The m-CNC-FD aerogel gave a greater chemical affinity to CO2 than the m-CNC-SC one, but the latter exhibited a greater chemisorption capacity for CO2 than the former. The two modified aerogel exhibited a different adsorption–desorption profiles for CO2. However, the total CO2 uptakes for the m-CNC-FD and the m-CNC-SC aerogels were up to 2.5 mmol g−1 at 25 ℃ and 100 kPa, and the temperature for its complete removal was 108 ℃. Therefore, the similarity in the CO2 adsorption performance illustrated that both the CNC aerogels were all good porous materials of aminosilane for CO2 capture.

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Jia, P., Xu, J., Wang, X. et al. Comparison of characteristics of the cellulose nanocrystal aerogels aminosilane-functionalized through gas-phase reaction. J Porous Mater 29, 745–758 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-022-01209-1

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