Imperial College London

DrRonnyPini

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Reader in Chemical Engineering
 
 
 
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415ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Joss:2019:10.1002/cphc.201801148,
author = {Joss, L and Pini, R},
doi = {10.1002/cphc.201801148},
journal = {ChemPhysChem},
pages = {524--528},
title = {3D mapping of gas physisorption for the spatial characterisation of nanoporous materials},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201801148},
volume = {20},
year = {2019}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Nanoporous materials used in industrial applications (e.g., catalysis and separations) draw their functionality from properties at the nanoscale (1 – 10 Å). When shaped into a technical form these solids reveal spatial variations in the same properties over much larger length scales (1 µm – 1 cm). The multiscale characterization of these systems is impaired by the tradeoff between sample size and image resolution that is bound to the use of most imaging techniques. We show here the application of Xray computed tomography for the noninvasive spatial characterization of a zeolite/activated carbon adsorbent bed across three orders of magnitude in scale. Through the unique combination of gas adsorption isotherms measured locally and their interpretation by physisorption analysis, we determine threedimensional maps of the specific surface area and micropore volume. We further use machine learning to identify and locate the materials within the packed bed. This novel ability to reveal the extent of heterogeneity in technical porous solids will enable a deeper understanding of their function in industrial reactors. Such developments are essential towards bridging the gap between material research and process design.
AU - Joss,L
AU - Pini,R
DO - 10.1002/cphc.201801148
EP - 528
PY - 2019///
SN - 1439-4235
SP - 524
TI - 3D mapping of gas physisorption for the spatial characterisation of nanoporous materials
T2 - ChemPhysChem
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201801148
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65113
VL - 20
ER -