Preparation and Adsorption Properties of Corncob-Derived Activated Carbon with High Surface Area

Abstract Bamboo trees are one of the fastest growing trees in tropical rainforests around the world, they have various uses ranging from construction to fly ash generation used in oil and gas cementing, to development of activated carbon which is one of the latest uses of bamboo trees. This paper focuses on development of activated carbon from bamboo trees for carbon capture and sequestration. The need for improved air quality becomes imperative as the SDG Goal 12 and SDG Goal13 implies. One of the major greenhouse gases is CO2 which accounts for over 80% of greenhouse gases in the environment. Eliminating the greenhouse gases without adding another pollutant to the environment is highly sought after in the 21st century. Bamboo trees are mostly seen as agricultural waste with the advent of scaffolding and other support systems being in the construction industry. Instead of burning bamboo trees or using them for cooking in the local communities which in turn generates CO2 and fly ash, an alternative was considered in this research work, which is the usage of bamboo trees to generate activated, moderately porous and high surface area carbon for extracting CO2 from various CO2 discharge sources atmosphere and for water purification. This paper focuses on the quality testing of activated carbon that can effectively absorb CO2. The porosity, pore volume, bulk volume, and BET surface area were measured. The porosity of the activated carbon is 27%, BET surface area as 1260m²/g. Fixed carbon was 11.7%, Volatility 73%, ash content 1.7%.

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Preparation of Activated Carbon with High Surface Area using Biomass Wastes and Its Application to Methane Storage Technology

KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU ◽

10.1252/kakoronbunshu.40.98 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 98-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Akihiro Yamashita ◽

Junpei Shikada ◽

Tatsuya Oshima ◽

Yoshinari Baba

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Methane Storage ◽

Storage Technology

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ChemInform Abstract: High-Surface-Area Oxides Obtained by an Activated Carbon Route.

ChemInform ◽

10.1002/chin.200248219 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 33 (48) ◽

pp. no-no

Author(s):

Manfred Schwickardi ◽

Thorsten Johann ◽

Wolfgang Schmidt ◽

Ferdi Schueth

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area

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Morphology dependent adsorption of methylene blue on trititanate nanoplates and nanotubes prepared by the hydrothermal treatment of TiO2

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2016.519 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 75 (2) ◽

pp. 350-357

Author(s):

Graham Dawson ◽

Wei Chen ◽

Luhua Lu ◽

Kai Dai

Keyword(s):

Methylene Blue ◽

Adsorption Capacity ◽

Surface Area ◽

Pore Volume ◽

Hydrothermal Reaction ◽

Low Cost ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

High Capacity ◽

Adsorption Properties

The adsorption properties of two nanomorphologies of trititanate, nanotubes (TiNT) and plates (TiNP), prepared by the hydrothermal reaction of concentrated NaOH with different phases of TiO2, were examined. It was found that the capacity for both morphologies towards methylene blue (MB), an ideal pollutant, was extremely high, with the TiNP having a capacity of 130 mg/g, higher than the TiNT, whose capacity was 120 mg/g at 10 mg/L MB concentration. At capacity, the well-dispersed powders deposit on the floor of the reaction vessel. The two morphologies had very different structural and adsorption properties. TiNT with high surface area and pore volume exhibited exothermic monolayer adsorption of MB. TiNP with low surface area and pore volume yielded a higher adsorption capacity through endothermic multilayer adsorption governed by pore diffusion. TiNP exhibited a higher negative surface charge of −23 mV, compared to −12 mV for TiNT. The adsorption process appears to be an electrostatic interaction, with the cationic dye attracted more strongly to the nanoplates, resulting in a higher adsorption capacity and different adsorption modes. We believe this simple, low cost production of high capacity nanostructured adsorbent material has potential uses in wastewater treatment.

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Microporous activated carbon developed from KOH activated biomass waste: surface mechanistic study of methylene blue dye adsorption

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2021.355 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ali H. Jawad ◽

Ahmed Saud Abdulhameed ◽

Noor Nazihah Bahrudin ◽

Nurul Nadiah Mohd Firdaus Hum ◽

S. N. Surip ◽

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Keyword(s):

Methylene Blue ◽

Activated Carbon ◽

Surface Area ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Dye Adsorption ◽

Type I ◽

Order Kinetic ◽

Bagasse Waste

Abstract In this work, sugarcane bagasse waste (SBW) was used as a lignocellulosic precursor to develop a high surface area activated carbon (AC) by thermal treatment of the SBW impregnated with KOH. This sugarcane bagasse waste activated carbon (SBWAC) was characterized by means of crystallinity, porosity, surface morphology and functional groups availability. The SBWAC exhibited Type I isotherm which corresponds to microporosity with high specific surface area of 709.3 m2/g and 6.6 nm of mean pore diameter. Further application of SBWAC as an adsorbent for methylene blue (MB) dye removal demonstrated that the adsorption process closely followed the pseudo-second order kinetic and Freundlich isotherm models. On the other hand, thermodynamic study revealed the endothermic nature and spontaneity of MB dye adsorption on SBWAC with high acquired adsorption capacity (136.5 mg/g). The MB dye adsorption onto SBWAC possibly involved electrostatic interaction, H-bonding and π-π interaction. This work demonstrates SBW as a potential lignocellulosic precursor to produce high surface area AC that can potentially remove more cationic dyes from the aqueous environment.

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Preparation and characterization of activated carbons from albizia saman pod

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) ◽

10.4314/just.v36i3.5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 44-53

Author(s):

G. D. Akpen ◽

M. I. Aho ◽

N. Baba

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Surface Area ◽

Activated Carbons ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Volatile Matter ◽

Sieve Analysis ◽

Albizia Saman ◽

Temperature Surface

Activated carbon was prepared from the pods of Albizia saman for the purpose of converting the waste to wealth. The pods were thoroughly washed with water to remove any dirt, air- dried and cut into sizes of 2-4 cm. The prepared pods were then carbonised in a muffle furnace at temperatures of 4000C, 5000C, 6000C ,7000C and 8000C for 30 minutes. The same procedure was repeated for 60, 90, 120 and 150 minutes respectively. Activation was done using impregnationratios of 1:12, 1:6, 1:4, 1:3, and 1:2 respectively of ZnCl2 to carbonised Albizia saman pods by weight. The activated carbon was then dried in an oven at 1050C before crushing for sieve analysis. The following properties of the produced Albizia saman pod activated carbon (ASPAC) were determined: bulk density, carbon yield, surface area and ash, volatile matter and moisture contents. The highest surface area of 1479.29 m2/g was obtained at the optimum impregnation ratio, carbonization time and temperature of 1:6, 60 minutes and 5000C respectively. It was recommended that activated carbon should be prepared from Albizia saman pod with high potential for adsorption of pollutants given the high surface area obtained.Keywords: Albizia saman pod, activated carbon, carbonization, temperature, surface area

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Preparation of activated carbon with high surface area for high-capacity methane storage

Journal of Energy Chemistry ◽

10.1016/s2095-4956(14)60198-4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 662-668 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Bingsi Liu ◽

Wenshuo Wang ◽

Na Wang ◽

(Peter) Chak Tong Au

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

High Capacity ◽

Methane Storage

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