scholarly journals Effect of Air Oxidation on Texture, Surface Properties and Dye Adsorption of Wood-Derived Porous Carbon Materials

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhong Ren ◽  
Liping Deng ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Yafang Lei ◽  
Haiqing Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Dye Adsorption ◽  
Carbon Surface ◽  
Air Oxidation ◽  
Activation Temperature ◽  
Porous Carbon Materials ◽  
Hierarchical Porous

Hierarchical porous carbon materials made from cork were fabricated using a facile and green method combined with air activation, without any templates and chemical agents. The influence of air activation on the texture and other surface characteristics of the carbon materials were evaluated by various characterization techniques. Results indicate that air oxidation can effectively improve the surface area and the hierarchical porous structure of carbon materials, as well as increase the number of oxygen-containing functional groups on the carbon surface. The specific surface area and the pore volume of the carbon material activated by air at 450 °C (C800-M450) can reach 580 m2/g and 0.379 cm3/g, respectively. These values are considerably higher than those for the non-activated material (C800, 376 m2/g, 0.201 cm3/g). The contents of the functional groups (C–O, C=O and O–H) increased with rising activation temperature. After air activation, the adsorption capacity of the carbon materials for methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) was increased from 7.7 and 6.4 mg/g for C800 to 312.5 and 97.1 mg/g for C800-M450, respectively. The excellent dye removal of the materials suggests that the porous carbon obtained from biomass can be potentially used for wastewater treatment.

scholarly journals Dopamine Assisted One-Step Pyrolysis of Glucose for the Preparation of Porous Carbon with A High Surface Area

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanbo Xiao ◽  
Cheng-an Tao ◽  
Yujiao Li ◽  
Xianzhe Chen ◽  
Jian Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
High Current Density ◽  
High Surface ◽  
High Surface Area ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
Porous Carbon Materials

Herein, a facile dopamine assisted one-pot synthesis approach is proposed for the preparation of porous carbon with a specific surface area (SSA) up to 2593 m2/g through the direct pyrolysis of a mixture of glucose, NH4Cl, and dopamine hydrochloride (DAH). The glucose is adopted as the carbon source and foaming agent, NH4Cl is used as the blowing agent, and DAH is served as collaborative carbon precursor as well as the nitrogen source for the first time. The effect of dopamine on the component, structure, and SSA of the as-prepared porous carbon materials are systematically studied. The moderate addition of dopamine, which influences the condensation and polymerization of glucose, matches better with ammonium salt decomposition. The SSA of porous carbon increases first and then decreases with the increasing amount of dopamine. In our case, the porous carbon produced with 5 wt% dopamine (PC-5) achieves the maximum SSA of up to 2593 m2/g. Accordingly, it also shows the greatest electrochemical performance. The PC-5 shows a capacitance of 96.7 F/g calculated from the discharge curve at 1 A/g. It also has a good capacitive rate capacity, the specific capacitance can still maintain 80%, even at a high current density of 10 A/g. Moreover, PC-5 exhibits a good cycling stability of 98.1% capacitive retention after 1000 cycles. The proposed method may show promising prospects for preparing porous carbon materials as advanced energy storage materials, storage, and catalyst supports.

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