relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/8502/ title: Polyacrylonitrile/magnesium oxide-based activated carbon nanofibers with well-developed microporous structure and their adsorption performance for methane creator: Che Othman, F.E. creator: Yusof, N. creator: Hasbullah, H. creator: Jaafar, J. creator: Ismail, A.F. creator: Abdullah, N. creator: Md Nordin, N.A.H. creator: Aziz, F. creator: Wan Salleh, W.N. description: PAN-based ACNFs incorporated with MgO was prepared by electrospinning process followed by appropriate activation process. The addition of MgO caused physicochemical changes in term of smaller fiber diameter with an average diameter of 520 nm and higher surface area which is up to four times (1893 m2 g�1) as compared to pristine ACNFs (478 m2 g�1). Moreover, the modified ACNFs possessed a better adsorption capacity with higher CH4 adsorption of 2.37 mmol g�1. From the experimental data, the adsorption of CH4 by composite ACNFs obeyed the pseudo-second order kinetic model with R2 value up to 0.9996 and best fitted by Freundlich isotherm model. © 2017 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry publisher: Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry date: 2017 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Che Othman, F.E. and Yusof, N. and Hasbullah, H. and Jaafar, J. and Ismail, A.F. and Abdullah, N. and Md Nordin, N.A.H. and Aziz, F. and Wan Salleh, W.N. (2017) Polyacrylonitrile/magnesium oxide-based activated carbon nanofibers with well-developed microporous structure and their adsorption performance for methane. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 51. pp. 281-287. ISSN 1226086X relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85016453819&doi=10.1016%2fj.jiec.2017.03.014&partnerID=40&md5=da2f3ac6fd86ed5e210ac367398b62a9 relation: 10.1016/j.jiec.2017.03.014 identifier: 10.1016/j.jiec.2017.03.014