Soot inception: Carbonaceous nanoparticle formation in flames

JW Martin, M Salamanca, M Kraft - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2022 - Elsevier
The route by which gas-phase molecules in hydrocarbon flames form condensed-phase
carbonaceous nanoparticles (incipient soot) is reviewed. These products of incomplete …

A guide to and review of the use of multiwavelength Raman spectroscopy for characterizing defective aromatic carbon solids: From graphene to amorphous carbons

A Merlen, JG Buijnsters, C Pardanaud - Coatings, 2017 - mdpi.com
sp 2 hybridized carbons constitute a broad class of solid phases composed primarily of
elemental carbon and can be either synthetic or naturally occurring. Some examples are …

Effects of adding cyclohexane, n-hexane, ethanol, and 2, 5-dimethylfuran to fuel on soot formation in laminar coflow n-heptane/iso-octane diffusion flame

H Chu, Y Ya, X Nie, F Qiao, E Jiaqiang - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
The molecular structure strongly affects the fuel sooting propensity. This study aims to
investigate the effects of oxygen-free and oxygen-containing aliphatic and aromatic …

Mechanism of the noncatalytic oxidation of soot using in situ transmission electron microscopy

M Gao, Y Jang, L Ding, Y Gao, S Dai, Z Dai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soot generation is a major challenge in industries. The elimination of soot is particularly
crucial to reduce pollutant emissions and boost carbon conversion. The mechanisms for …

On determining soot maturity: A review of the role of microscopy-and spectroscopy-based techniques

A Baldelli, U Trivanovic, TA Sipkens, SN Rogak - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Incomplete combustion is the main source of airborne soot, which has negative impacts on
public health and the environment. Understanding the morphological and chemical …

Experimental and numerical study on the effect of oxymethylene ether-3 (OME3) on soot particle formation

F Ferraro, C Russo, R Schmitz, C Hasse, M Sirignano - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The reduction and control of particulate matter generated by fossil fuel combustion are
among the main issues for actual and future combustion devices due to the increasingly …

Reactivity of soot emitted from different hydrocarbon fuels: effect of nanostructure on oxidation kinetics

C Russo, A Ciajolo, S Cimino, V La Matta… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soot oxidation kinetics is relevant for the exhaust pollutant reduction through processing in
abatement systems based on filtering and oxidation as diesel particulate filters. Soot …

Physicochemical evolution of nascent soot particles in a laminar premixed flame: from nucleation to early growth

M Commodo, G De Falco, A Bruno, C Borriello… - Combustion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, particle inception and early growth stages were investigated in an ethylene/air
premixed flame by the evolution of the particle size and structure with flame residence time …

Activating graphite with defects and oxygenic functional groups to boost sodium-ion storage

J Ding, X Zhou, J Gao, Z Lei - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium-ion batteries have been one of the most promising alternatives for lithium-ion
batteries (LIBs) for large-scale energy storage systems due to cost-efficiency and rich …

Hydrogen, sp2 Carbon Hybridization, and sp2 Clustering as Pieces of the Puzzling Nanostructure of Soot: A Closer Look

C Russo, B Apicella, A Ciajolo - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper reviews recent results concerning specific structure-sensitive parameters of soot
such as the content of hydrogen and the size and shape of sp2-hybridized carbon featuring …