A new insight into adsorption state and mechanism of adsorbates in porous materials

An in situ freeze method (in liquid N2) is developed to study the adsorption behaviours of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Using the proposed method, the adsorption state and adsorption mechanism of adsorbates (pore filling effect or mono/multilayer stacking) in pores of adsorbent can be perceived clearly. We can also acquire the contribution rate of each pore to adsorption capacity. It is found that for toluene adsorption, more pores smaller...