近日，美國(guó)麥克儀器公司首席科學(xué)家Jeffrey Kenvin博士與資深科學(xué)家Jacek Jagiello博士在Journal of Colloid and Interface Science期刊上共同發(fā)表了題為Consistency of carbon nanopore characteristics derived from adsorption of simple gases and 2D-NLDFT Models. Advantages of using adsorption isotherms of oxygen (O2) at 77K的文章。

　　在本文的研究中，作者嘗試采用O2來(lái)進(jìn)行氣體吸附，因?yàn)閾?jù)相關(guān)研究報(bào)道，O2的四極矩值小于N2的三分之一，因此其與極性基團(tuán)的特定相互作用遠(yuǎn)小于N2。為了驗(yàn)證此結(jié)論，選用4種典型的多孔碳，分別測(cè)在77k和87K下的O2和N2吸附，得到孔徑分布（PSD）與上述結(jié)論相一致。本文中PSD（孔徑分布）計(jì)算采用了2D-NLDFT吸附模型。

　　該文章的摘要如下：

　　Thepore size distribution(PSD) ofporous carbonsis most often derived from the analysis of standard N2and Aradsorption isothermsmeasured at 77 and 87?K. From the two gases, Ar is recommended (IUPAC Technical Report 2015) as more reliable for the PSD analysis due to its minimal specific interactions with the surface polar groups. Such interactions may influence the adsorption of N2molecules due to its significantquadrupole moment. In practice, however, using liquid Ar as a cryogen for Ar adsorption measurements may be challenging because of its high cost and limited availability in various parts of the world. In this study, we propose using O2adsorption isotherms for the PSD characterization of porous carbons. The quadrupole moment of O2is less than one-third of the value reported for N2, and thus its susceptibility to specific interactions with polar groups is much smaller than that of N2. We demonstrate a quantitative agreement between the PSD results derived from the adsorption isotherms of O2and N2measured at 77?K, and Ar at 87?K on four representative carbon samples. The PSD calculations are performed using adsorption models based on the two-dimensional non-local density functional theory (2D-NLDFT).