Industrially benign super-compressible piezoresistive carbon foams with predefined wetting properties: from environmental to electrical applications.

ABSTRACT: In the present work electrically conductive, flexible, lightweight carbon sponge materials derived from open-pore structure melamine foams are studied and explored. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic surface properties - depending on the chosen treatment conditions - allow the separation and storage of liquid chemical compounds. Activation of the carbonaceous structures substantially increases the specific surface area from ~4 m(2)g(-1) to ~345 m(2)g(-1), while retaining the original three-dimensional, open-pore structure suitable for hosting, for example, Ni catalyst nanoparticles. In turn the structure is rendered suitable for hydrogenating acetone to 2-propanol and methyl isobutyl ketone as well for growing hierarchical carbon nanotube structures used as electric double-layer capacitor electro

SUBMITTER: Pham TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381471 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature