Activated carbon cloth can be synthesised through a simple carbonisation and activation process, its porosity tuned to either dioxide capture or methane storage.

In this paper we report the observation of enhanced field emission properties from thiolated multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) produced by a simple and effective two-step chemical surface modification technique. This technique implements carboxylation and thiolation on the MWCNTs synthesized by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) on the flexible carbon cloth substrate. The res...

Electrothermal Swing Adsorption (ESA), or Joule-Effect heating of adsorbents in a cyclic adsorption process, is an energy-efficient technology on which to base a regenerative protective filter system. In an attempt to define the performance envelope of ESA systems, we evaluated three different ESA media: Activated carbon fiber cloth (ACFC), Carbon Fiber Composite Molecular Sieve (CFCMS), and Mi...

Co3O4 nanolayers have been successfully deposited on a flexible carbon nanotubes/carbon cloth (CC) substrate by atomic layer deposition. Much improved capacitance and ultra-long cycling life are achieved when the CNTs@Co3O4/CC is tested as a supercapacitor electrode. The improvement can be from the mechanically robust CC/CNTs substrate, the uniform coated high capacitance materials of Co3O4 nan...

To successfully apply sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) in remediating aquacultural sediments and water bodies on a large scale, SMFC systems with different electrode materials (carbon fiber brush, graphite felt, carbon cloth) structural forms were constructed, the advantages disadvantages of various electrodes compared terms electricity generation, pollutant removal, application cost. The ...

Ruthenium containing molecular electrocatalyst onto pyridine modified, fluorine-doped carbon cloth represents an efficient, bifunctional, and regenerable electrode for water electrolysis at pH 7.

We present the implementation of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a method to enhance properties of traditional advanced composites. The hybrid composites are 3-dimensional architectures of aligned CNTs, and existing advanced fibers and polymeric resins creating nanoengineered composites. Our work to date has focused on interlaminar strength and toughness, and electrical and thermal conductiv...

The use of activated carbon fabrics (ACFs) that are desorbed electrothermally, also known as the Joule effect, is explored as a potential method to create a regenerating chemical warfare agent (CWA) filter. Electrical resistance vs. temperature measurements are presented for KynolTM-based ACF and compared with results for ACFs produced from other substrates. Adsorption and desorption results fo...

The fabrication of activated carbon air cathodes for larger-scale microbial fuel cells requires a diffusion layer (DL) that is highly resistant to water leakage, oxygen permeable, and made using inexpensive materials. A hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane synthesized using a simple phase inversion process was examined as a low cost ($0.9/m(2)), carbon-free DL that prevented wate...