Accumulation of Natural Gas with a Prospective Material Based on Graphene Aerogel

The assessment of the possibility of effective use of graphene aerogels for the adsorption storage and transportation of methane is given. For the study, an aerogel based on reduced graphene oxide was synthesized using supercritical methods for processing a hydrogel in an isopropyl alcohol medium. A narrow distribution of micropores with a maximum at 0.8 nm, a narrow distribution of mesopores with a maximum at about 4.5 and 6.5 nm were revealed. The obtained graphene aerogel (GA) was used to study the adsorption of methane at pressures up to 10 MPa and temperatures of 298, 303, 313 K. The maximum gravimetric absorption of methane reaches 0.86 g/g (37 cm3 (STP)/cm3) and 2.6 g/g (109 m3 (STP)/m3) at corresponding pressures of 35 and 100 bar and a temperature of 298 K, which is the highest recorded value for porous carbon previously reported.