Beyond membrane: Efficient water treatment by carbon channel array
Project/Area Number |
22K18047
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 64030:Environmental materials and recycle technology-related
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Research Institution | Tohoku University |
Principal Investigator |
唐 睿 東北大学, 材料科学高等研究所, 特任助教 (70880144)
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Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Project Status |
Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2022)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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Keywords | carbon channel array / water treatment / freeze casting |
Outline of Research at the Start |
Seawater treatment is one method to address the shortage of freshwater. Porous carbons are promising purification materials. Unlike the conventional way of using thin carbon sheets, a thick carbon monolith that has straight channel arrays and abundant micropores within the channel walls is proposed.
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
1. We investigated the effects of dispersed nanocellulose on the structure, mechanics, and mass transport property of porous cellulose monoliths prepared by unidirectional freezing. The results indicated that both the aspect ratio and concentration of the nanocellulose affect their possibility of forming connected pore walls. Additionally, the aspect ratio affects the uniformity of the nanocellulose rearrangement. Consequently, porous cellulose monoliths with various structures including irregular honeycomb-, well-aligned honeycomb- and irregular lamellar-shaped microchannels are obtained.
2. A tough carbon microhoneycomb was synthesized by the unidirectional freezing method with nanocellulose as a structure-directing agent and carbon black/phenol-formaldehyde resin as carbon sources.
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Research Products
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