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Preparation and methane adsorption of two-dimensional carbide Ti2C

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Here a novel material for methane adsorption was synthesized and studied, which is a graphene-like two-dimensional (2D) carbide (Ti2C, a member of MXenes), formed by exfoliating Ti2AlC powders in a solution of lithium fluoride (LiF) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) at 40 °C for 48 h. Based on first-principles calculation, theoretically perfect Ti2C with O termination has a specific surface area (SSA) of 671 m2 g−1 and methane storage capacity is 22.9 wt%. Experimentally, 2.85 % exfoliated Ti2C with mesopores shown methane capacity of 11.58 cm3 (STP: 0 °C, 1 bar) g−1 (0.82 wt%) under 5 MPa and the SSA was 19.1 m2 g−1. For Ti2C sample intercalated with NH3·H2O, the adsorbed amount was increased to 16.81 cm3 (STP) g−1 at same temperature. At the temperature of 323 K, the adsorbed amount of as-prepared Ti2C was increased to 52.76 cm3 (STP) g−1. For fully exfoliated Ti2C, the methane capacity was supposed to be 28.8 wt% or 1148 V (STP)v−1. Ti2C theoretically has much larger volume methane capacity than current methane storage materials, though its SSA is not very high.

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This work was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (51472075, 51205111), Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in the University of Henan Province (No. 16IRTSTHN005), Plan for Scientific Innovation Talent of Henan Province (134100510008), Program for Innovative Research Team of Henan Polytechnic University (T2013-4), Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities of Henan Province (NSFRF140401, 140601).

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    Fanfan Liu, Aiguo Zhou, Jinfeng Chen, Heng Zhang, Jianliang Cao, Libo Wang & Qianku Hu

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Liu, F., Zhou, A., Chen, J. et al. Preparation and methane adsorption of two-dimensional carbide Ti2C. Adsorption 22, 915–922 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-016-9795-8

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