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Does water condense in carbon pores?

J-C Liu1, P A Monson

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.

Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids
|October 19, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Water condensation in graphitic slit pores depends on pore width. Wider pores show no capillary condensation below bulk vapor pressure, while narrow pores may exhibit it due to strong surface interactions.

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Area of Science:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Understanding water behavior in confined spaces is crucial for applications like carbon capture and storage.
  • Porous carbons are widely used, and their interaction with water influences their performance.
  • Capillary condensation in nanopores is a key phenomenon affecting adsorption properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate water adsorption and desorption in graphitic slit pores using molecular simulations.
  • To determine if capillary condensation occurs below the bulk vapor pressure in these confined systems.
  • To explore the influence of pore width and water-carbon interactions on condensation behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations of molecular water models (SPC, SPC/E, and a site-based model).
  • Utilizing the Steele 10-4-3 potential for water-carbon interactions.
  • Determining adsorption/desorption isotherms and locating vapor-liquid equilibrium states for bulk and confined water.

Main Results:

  • For wider pores (>1 nm), condensation occurs only above the bulk vapor pressure (P0) due to destabilized dense water phases.
  • In narrow pores, strong dispersion interactions can stabilize dense water phases, enabling condensation below P0 in some cases.
  • For the narrowest pores (0.6 nm), condensation is shifted to pressures above P0.
  • Phase-equilibrium calculations show vapor-liquid coexistence below P0 for all but the narrowest pores.

Conclusions:

  • Water condensation in graphitic slit pores is highly sensitive to pore width and surface interactions.
  • The absence of strong hydrogen bonding with graphite destabilizes water in wider pores, preventing low-pressure condensation.
  • Narrow pores can exhibit capillary condensation below bulk vapor pressure due to enhanced van der Waals forces.
  • Results provide insights for interpreting water adsorption isotherms in porous carbon materials.

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