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Prieto M, Yue H, Brun N, Ellis GJ, Naffakh M, Shuttleworth PS. Hydrothermal Carbonization of Biomass for Electrochemical Energy Storage: Parameters, Mechanisms, Electrochemical Performance, and the Incorporation of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoparticles. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:2633. [PMID: 39339098 DOI: 10.3390/polym16182633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 08/30/2024] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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Given the pressing climate and sustainability challenges, shifting industrial processes towards environmentally friendly practices is imperative. Among various strategies, the generation of green, flexible materials combined with efficient reutilization of biomass stands out. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process as a sustainable approach for developing carbonaceous materials from biomass. Key parameters influencing hydrochar preparation are examined, along with the mechanisms governing hydrochar formation and pore development. Then, this review explores the application of hydrochars in supercapacitors, offering a novel comparative analysis of the electrochemical performance of various biomass-based electrodes, considering parameters such as capacitance, stability, and textural properties. Biomass-based hydrochars emerge as a promising alternative to traditional carbonaceous materials, with potential for further enhancement through the incorporation of extrinsic nanoparticles like graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds and metal oxides. Of particular interest is the relatively unexplored use of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), with preliminary findings demonstrating highly competitive capacitances of up to 360 F/g when combined with hydrochars. This exceptional electrochemical performance, coupled with unique material properties, positions these biomass-based hydrochars interesting candidates to advance the energy industry towards a greener and more sustainable future.
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- Manuel Prieto
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSII-UPM), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSII-UPM), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Hashemzadeh F, Derakhshandeh SH, Soori MM, Khedri F, Rajabi S. Bisphenol A adsorption using modified aloe vera leaf-wastes derived bio-sorbents from aqueous solution: kinetic, isotherm, and thermodynamic studies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH 2024; 34:2031-2051. [PMID: 37158808 DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2023.2208536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Reactive-oxygen-species are produced more often in the body when bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine-disrupting-substance, is present. In this investigation, bio-sorbents from an aqueous solution adapted from Aloe-vera were used to survey BPA removal. Aloe-vera leaf wastes were used to create activated carbon, which was then analyzed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Zeta potential, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) techniques. It was revealed that the adsorption process adheres to the Freundlich isotherm model with R2>0.96 and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model with R2>0.99 under ideal conditions (pH = 3, contact time = 45 min, concentration of BPA = 20 mg.L-1, and concentration of the adsorbent = 2 g.L-1). After five-cycle, the efficacy of removal was greater than 70%. The removal of phenolic-chemicals from industrial-effluent can be accomplished with the assistance of this adsorbent in a cost-effective and effective-approach.
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- Farzad Hashemzadeh
- Water and Wastewater Research Center, Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Lekene RBN, Ntep TMM, Fetzer MNA, Strothmann T, Nsami JN, Janiak C. The efficient removal of ibuprofen, caffeine, and bisphenol A using engineered egusi seed shells biochar: adsorption kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, and mechanism. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:100095-100113. [PMID: 37624498 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29377-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), also known as micropollutants, have been recognized in recent years as substantial water pollutants because of the potential threats they pose to the environment and human health. This study was aimed at preparing biochar (BC) based on egusi seed shells (ESS) with well-developed porosity and excellent adsorption capacity towards CECs including ibuprofen (IBP), caffeine (CAF), and bisphenol A (BPA). BC samples were prepared by pyrolysis at different temperatures (400 to 800 °C) and were characterized using nitrogen sorption, FTIR, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), SEM/EDS, elemental analysis, and thermal analysis. The nitrogen sorption and SEM results showed that the textural properties were more prominent as the pyrolysis temperature increased. The BC sample obtained at 800 °C which exhibited the largest specific surface area (688 m2/g) and the highest pore volume (0.320 cm3/g) was selected for the adsorption study of CECs. The kinetic study shows that the adsorption equilibrium of CAF and BPA was faster than that of IBP. The pseudo-first- and pseudo-second-order kinetic models best fitted the adsorption data. The Langmuir maximum monolayer adsorption capacities of biochar were found to be ~ 180, 121, and 73 mg/g respectively for IBP, CAF, and BPA. The thermodynamic study shows that the adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic for the three CECs. The results of the adsorption and the analysis of BC after adsorption showed that hydrogen bonding, van der Waals, π-π, n-π interactions, and pore filling were involved in the adsorption mechanism. The prepared biochar BC from ESS displayed a large surface area and good morphology and significantly promotes adsorption of CECs and good efficiency on synthetic effluent. Finally, it offers a low-cost and cleaner production method.
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- René Blaise Ngouateu Lekene
- Applied Physical and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, 40204, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, 40204, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, 40204, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, 40204, Germany
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- Applied Physical and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, 40204, Germany
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Sirach R, Dave PN. Thermal and bisphenol-A adsorption properties of a zinc ferrite/β-cyclodextrin polymer nanocomposite. RSC Adv 2023; 13:21991-22006. [PMID: 37483676 PMCID: PMC10358182 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03331g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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The present study investigated the use of a nanocomposite, produced by reinforcing nanosize zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) in a porous β-CD based polymeric matrix (β-CD-E-T/ZnFe2O4), for the removal of Bisphenol A (BPA) from aqueous solutions via adsorption. The thermal stability of the β-CD-based polymer and β-CD-E-T/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposite were investigated using simultaneous thermal analysis at four heating rates. Non-isothermal isoconversion methods were employed to study the thermal degradation kinetics of the β-CD based polymer before and after ZnFe2O4 nano-filling. The results showed that ZnFe2O4 nano-reinforcement increased the activation energy barrier for the thermal degradation of the β-CD-based polymeric matrix. Adsorption experiments showed that the β-CD-E-T/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposite exhibited very high BPA adsorption within 5 minutes. Isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamic investigations revealed that the adsorption of BPA was via multilayer adsorption on a heterogeneous β-CD-E-T/ZnFe2O4 surface. The thermodynamic studies indicated that BPA adsorption on β-CD-E-T/ZnFe2O4 was spontaneous and exothermic. Overall, the β-CD-E-T/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposite showed less thermal degradation and high efficiency for removing BPA from contaminated water, indicating its potential as a promising material for wastewater treatment applications.
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- Ruksana Sirach
- Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120 Gujarat India
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- Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120 Gujarat India
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Neme I, Gonfa G, Masi C. Activated carbon from biomass precursors using phosphoric acid: A review. Heliyon 2022; 8:e11940. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Loffredo E. Recent Advances on Innovative Materials from Biowaste Recycling for the Removal of Environmental Estrogens from Water and Soil. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15051894. [PMID: 35269122 PMCID: PMC8911978 DOI: 10.3390/ma15051894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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New technologies have been developed around the world to tackle current emergencies such as biowaste recycling, renewable energy production and reduction of environmental pollution. The thermochemical and biological conversions of waste biomass for bioenergy production release solid coproducts and byproducts, namely biochar (BC), hydrochar (HC) and digestate (DG), which can have important environmental and agricultural applications. Due to their physicochemical properties, these carbon-rich materials can behave as biosorbents of contaminants and be used for both wastewater treatment and soil remediation, representing a valid alternative to more expensive products and sophisticated strategies. The alkylphenols bisphenol A, octylphenol and nonylphenol possess estrogenic activity comparable to that of the human steroid hormones estrone, 17β-estradiol (and synthetic analog 17α-ethinyl estradiol) and estriol. Their ubiquitous presence in ecosystems poses a serious threat to wildlife and humans. Conventional wastewater treatment plants often fail to remove environmental estrogens (EEs). This review aims to focus attention on the urgent need to limit the presence of EEs in the environment through a modern and sustainable approach based on the use of recycled biowaste. Materials such as BC, HC and DG, the last being examined here for the first time as a biosorbent, appear appropriate for the removal of EEs both for their negligible cost and continuously improving performance and because their production contributes to solving other emergencies, such as virtuous management of organic waste, carbon sequestration, bioenergy production and implementation of the circular economy. Characterization of biosorbents, qualitative and quantitative aspects of the adsorption/desorption process and data modeling are examined.
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- Elisabetta Loffredo
- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Tarso Ferreira Sales P, Souza KM, Bezerra AG, Ojala SA, Oliveira SB, Santos PA, Freitas Bara MT. Chemical Reaction: Understanding the Key to the Formation of Carbonaceous Materials from Sucralose. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202102243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Paulo Tarso Ferreira Sales
- Faculty of Pharmacy Federal University of Goiás Rua 240, esquina com a 5ª Avenida, s/n°, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-170 Goiânia Goiás Brazil
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- Chemistry Department Federal Institut of Goiás – Campus Goiânia CEP 74055-110 Goiânia Goiás, Brasil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy Federal University of Goiás Rua 240, esquina com a 5ª Avenida, s/n°, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-170 Goiânia Goiás Brazil
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- Faculty of Technology Environmental and Chemical Engineering. University of Oulu FI-90014. P.O. Box 4300 Oulu Finland
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- Chemistry Department Federal Institut of Goiás – Campus Goiânia CEP 74055-110 Goiânia Goiás, Brasil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy Federal University of Goiás Rua 240, esquina com a 5ª Avenida, s/n°, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-170 Goiânia Goiás Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy Federal University of Goiás Rua 240, esquina com a 5ª Avenida, s/n°, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-170 Goiânia Goiás Brazil
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Mpatani FM, Han R, Aryee AA, Kani AN, Li Z, Qu L. Adsorption performance of modified agricultural waste materials for removal of emerging micro-contaminant bisphenol A: A comprehensive review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 780:146629. [PMID: 34030339 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This review is an attempt to assess the adsorption performance of different green adsorbents derived from agricultural waste materials (AWMs) that were used for the elimination of bisphenol A (BPA) from aqueous matrices. Different processes including grafting, polymerization, activation and chemical treatment have been applied to functionalize and modify agricultural waste materials for the purposes of increasing their adsorptive performances toward BPA. The highest reported adsorption capacity of adsorbent from agricultural waste for the uptake of BPA is the highly microporous carbon adsorbent derived from Argan nut shell (1408 mg g-1). Hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic and π-π interactions were reported in most studies as the main mechanisms governing the adsorption of BPA onto agricultural waste adsorbents. Equilibrium isotherm and kinetic studies for the uptake of BPA onto agricultural waste adsorbents were best described by Langmuir/Freundlich model and pseudo-second order model, respectively. Despite the effective elimination of BPA by various agricultural waste adsorbents, an appropriate selection of elution solvent is important for effective desorption of BPA from spent adsorbent. To date, ethanol, diethyl ether-methanol, methanol-acetic acid, mineral acids and sodium hydroxide are the most eluents applied for desorption of BPA molecules loaded onto AW-adsorbents. Looking toward the future, studies on the agricultural waste adsorbents based on polymers, activated carbons, nanoparticles and highly microporous carbons should be mostly considered by the researchers toward removing BPA. These future studies should be performed both in laboratory, pilot and industrial scales, and also should report the sustainable techniques for disposal of the spent AW-adsorbents after lose their adsorption performance on BPA.
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- Farid Mzee Mpatani
- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 of Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 of Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 of Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 of Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 of Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 of Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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da Silva Santos DH, Paulino JCPL, Dos Santos Alves GF, de Magalhães Oliveira LMT, de Carvalho Nagliate P, da Silva Duarte JL, Meili L, Tonholo J, Zanta CLDPES. Effluent treatment using activated carbon adsorbents: a bibliometric analysis of recent literature. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:10.1007/s11356-021-14267-w. [PMID: 33950424 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14267-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Agricultural practices and industrial and human discharges play an important role in the generation of highly contaminated effluents, which becomes a threat to the environment. The persistence of many of these compounds to conventional treatments in recent years has meant that numerous efforts have been devoted to the proposal of new selective materials that allow the removal of these contaminants by adsorption. In addition, bibliometric studies have grown as powerful tools to indicate trends in innovation. In this way, the present study consisted of evaluating the potential interest to use activated carbon as adsorbent through a prospection study in scientific and technological databases. The number of records obtained for the use of activated carbon in effluent remediation processes is equivalent to 4898, which corresponds to approximately 2.5% of the total documents (articles/patents) found for the use of carbon with no defined purpose. A total of 2275 works that used the adsorptive property of activated carbon were recovered. According to the data recovered, Brazil is the leader in scientific publications among Latin American countries and the 12th worldwide, according to the SciELO and Scopus databases, respectively. In general, a significant number of patents have been recovered for this theme, in the Derwent database, 1167 documents were recovered. The results obtained in this work evidenced the growing interest in developing technologies in this area.
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- Danilo Henrique da Silva Santos
- Laboratório de Eletroquímica Aplicada, Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL, Maceió, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Eletroquímica Aplicada, Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL, Maceió, Brazil
- Laboratório de Processos, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL, Maceió, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Processos, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL, Maceió, Brazil.
- Laboratory of Processes - LAPRO, Center of Technology, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, Tabuleiro dos Martins, Maceió, AL, CEP 57072-970, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Eletroquímica Aplicada, Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL, Maceió, Brazil
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Characterization and comparison of walnut shells-based activated carbons and their adsorptive properties. ADSORPT SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0263617420946524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The production of low-cost biologically activated carbons (BACs) is urgent need of environmental protection and ecological sustainability. Hence, walnut shells were treated by traditional pyrolysis, direct KOH impregnation and combined activation composed of hydrothermal carbonization and two-step H3PO4- and pyrolysis-activation process to obtain porous carbon with high adsorption capacity. It was found that the best adsorption capacity for iodine and organic dye methylene blue (MB) can be obtained using the KOH impregnation at impregnation ratio of 1:1 or combined activation comprising of 2 h H3PO4 activation and 1 h pyrolysis activation at 1000°C. The produced KOH, H3PO4/pyrolysis activated BACs at the optimum conditions are superior to that of commercial ACs, 9.4 and 1.3 times for MB removal, 4 and 4.5 times for iodine number respectively. Characterization results demonstrated their porous structure with very good textural properties such as high BET surface area (1689.1 m2/g, 1545.3 m2/g) and high total pore volume (0.94 cm3/g, 0.96 cm3/g). The N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm of H3PO4/pyrolysis activated hydrochar suggested the co-existence of micro and meso-pores. Moreover, they are more effective for the removal of Fe(III) and Cr(VI) from aqueous solution than the commercial AC, suggesting a promising application in the field of water treatment.
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