Entropic effects in diffusion-adsorption processes in micropores

I Santamaria-Holek, ZJ Grzywna, JM Rubi - The European Physical …, 2013 - Springer
The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2013Springer
We analyze the kinetics of diffusion-adsorption processes of one component systems in
micropores. In realistic situations, the pores exhibit irregular forms which give rise to
inhomogeneous adsorption with preferred sites for the adsorbing particles. By modeling the
tortuosity of the pores by means of entropic barriers, we obtain a kinetic equation for the
averaged concentration of particles along the pore and on its surface. The analysis
performed yields expressions for the adsorption rate, the effective diffusion coeffcient, the …
Abstract
We analyze the kinetics of diffusion-adsorption processes of one component systems in micropores. In realistic situations, the pores exhibit irregular forms which give rise to inhomogeneous adsorption with preferred sites for the adsorbing particles. By modeling the tortuosity of the pores by means of entropic barriers, we obtain a kinetic equation for the averaged concentration of particles along the pore and on its surface. The analysis performed yields expressions for the adsorption rate, the effective diffusion coeffcient, the adsorption isotherms and the concentration of the adsorbed particles. It is shown that this last quantity strongly depends on the form of the pore. This feature opens the possibility to design micropores with an optimal adsorption rate at selected sites. Our results show that to consider the geometry of the pore in the reaction-diffusion scheme is crucial to reproduce experimental observations of the concentration of adsorbed particles in micropores.
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