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Pyrolysis temperature effect on electrical properties and ethane storage capacity of bimodal porous synthetic carbon

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Using the sol–gel method coupled with thermal treatment in an inert atmosphere, electrical conducting bimodal porous carbon materials based on pyrogallol-formaldehyde (PyFo) were prepared. The pyrolysis temperature is the keynote factor for the preparation condition of the samples. In this work, we studied how this factor affects the pore structure and the ethane (C2H6) adsorption capacity of the synthetic carbon based on PyFo xerogel at relatively low pressure. In order to explain the C2H6 storage capacity and the adsorption mechanism of the synthesized materials, different characterization techniques were performed. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms (N2 adsorption–desorption), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were investigated for a series of samples pyrolyzed at different temperatures from 150 to 1000 °C in order to correlate the proprieties of our materials to the ethane storage capacity. The different samples exhibit bimodal porosity with macropores dimensions of the order of 1 m and micropores size of 2 nm. The porosity, the specific surface area, and the electrical conductivity change tremendously with pyrolysis temperature. The obtained results proved that this last parameter had an interesting effect on structural, textural, and electrical properties. For the C2H6 adsorption capacity, the sample prepared at 1000 °C showed the maximum adsorption capacity of 4 mmol.g−1 at room temperature and at a relatively low pressure of about 10 bars. It was found that both the nanopore volume and charge state surface had a huge influence on the ethane storage capacity.

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This work was financially supported by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research through the budget of the Tunisian Laboratories.

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  1. Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Nanomaterials Applied at Environment (LaPhyMNE), Faculty of Sciences in Gabes, Gabes University, 6072, Gabes, Tunisia

    W. Ahmed, H. Jeidi, N Ben Mansour, H. Dahman & L El Mir

  2. Research Laboratory: Engineering Process and Industrial Systems, National School of Engineers of Gabes, University of Gabes, St Omar Ibn Elkhattab, 6029, Gabes, Tunisia

    W. Djeridi

  3. Chemistry Laboratory of Provence, University Aix-Marseille I, II, III, CNRS, UMR 6264, Centre de Saint Jerome, 13397, Marseille, France

    P. L. Llewellyn

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All the authors conceived the study design. WA and HJ contributed to conceptualization, methodology, investigation, data analysis, and original draft preparation. WD and NBM contributed to synthesis conceptualization and structural electrical and textural characterizations. PLL performed gas storage measurements. HD and LEM performed the supervision, reviewing, and editing of the manuscript.

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Ahmed, W., Jeidi, H., Djeridi, W. et al. Pyrolysis temperature effect on electrical properties and ethane storage capacity of bimodal porous synthetic carbon. Indian J Phys 97, 1769–1779 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-022-02530-w

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