Effect of microporosity and oxygen surface groups of activated carbon in the adsorption of molecules of different polarity

1992 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 2707-2713 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Rodriguez-Reinoso ◽  
M. Molina-Sabio ◽  
M. A. Munecas
Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Seguel ◽  
Rafael García ◽  
Ricardo José Chimentão ◽  
José Luis García-Fierro ◽  
I. Tyrone Ghampson ◽  
...  

Glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO) was performed over activated carbon supported copper-based catalysts. The catalysts were prepared by impregnation using a pristine carbon support and thermally-treated carbon supports (450, 600, 750, and 1000 °C). The final hydrogen adsorption capacity, porous structure, and total acidity of the catalysts were found to be important descriptors to understand catalytic performance. Oxygen surface groups on the support controlled copper dispersion by modifying acidic and adsorption properties. The amount of oxygen species of thermally modified carbon supports was also found to be a function of its specific surface area. Carbon supports with high specific surface areas contained large amount of oxygen surface species, inducing homogeneous distribution of Cu species on the carbon support during impregnation. The oxygen surface groups likely acted as anchorage centers, whereby the more stable oxygen surface groups after the reduction treatment produced an increase in the interaction of the copper species with the carbon support, and determined catalytic performances.


1997 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Coloma ◽  
A. Sepúlveda-Escribano ◽  
J.L.G. Fierro ◽  
F. Rodríguez-Reinoso

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1969-1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujing Ren ◽  
Haisheng Wei ◽  
Guangzhao Yin ◽  
Leilei Zhang ◽  
Aiqin Wang ◽  
...  

An activated carbon with OSGs (Oxygen Surface Groups) supported nickel catalyst shows high activity and chemoselectivity for hydrogenation of a variety of substituted nitroarenes under mild reaction conditions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1370-1376 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Grivé ◽  
D. García ◽  
C. Domènech ◽  
L. Richard ◽  
I. Rojo ◽  
...  

Granular activated carbon (GAC) is commonly used as adsorbent in water treatment plants given its high capacity for retaining organic pollutants in aqueous phase. The current knowledge on GAC behaviour is essentially empirical, and no quantitative description of the chemical relationships between GAC surface groups and pollutants has been proposed. In this paper, we describe a quantitative model for the adsorption of atrazine onto GAC surface. The model is based on results of potentiometric titrations and three types of adsorption experiments which have been carried out in order to determine the nature and distribution of the functional groups on the GAC surface, and evaluate the adsorption characteristics of GAC towards atrazine. Potentiometric titrations have indicated the existence of at least two different families of chemical groups on the GAC surface, including phenolic- and benzoic-type surface groups. Adsorption experiments with atrazine have been satisfactorily modelled with the geochemical code PhreeqC, assuming that atrazine is sorbed onto the GAC surface in equilibrium (log Ks = 5.1 ± 0.5). Independent thermodynamic calculations suggest a possible adsorption of atrazine on a benzoic derivative. The present work opens a new approach for improving the adsorption capabilities of GAC towards organic pollutants by modifying its chemical properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukosha Lloyd ◽  
Onyango S. Maurice ◽  
Ochieng Aoyi ◽  
Taile Y. Leswifi

The environmental discharge of inefficiently treated waste solutions of the strong biocide glutaraldehyde (GA) from hospitals has potential toxic impact on aquatic organisms. The adsorption characteristics of mixed polarized monomeric and polymeric molecules of GA from water on mesoporous acid-amine modified low-cost activated carbon (AC) were investigated. It was found that the adsorption strongly depended on pH and surface chemistry. In acidic pH, the adsorption mechanism was elaborated to involve chemical sorption of mainly hydroxyl GA monomeric molecules on acidic surface groups, while in alkaline pH, the adsorption was elaborated to involve both chemical and physical sorption of GA polymeric forms having mixed functional groups (aldehyde, carboxyl, and hydroxyl) on acidic and amine surface groups. The optimum pH of adsorption was about 12 with significant contribution by cooperative adsorption, elucidated in terms of hydrogen bonding and aldol condensation. Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich models were fitted to isotherm data. The adsorption kinetics was dependent on initial concentration and temperature and described by the Elovich model. The adsorption was endothermic, while the intraparticle diffusion model suggested significant contribution by film diffusion. The developed low-cost AC could be used to supplement the GA alkaline deactivation process for efficient removal of residual GA aquatic toxicity.


Carbon ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Guerrero-Ruiz ◽  
I. Rodriguez-Ramos ◽  
F. Rodriguez-Reinoso ◽  
C. Moreno-Castilla ◽  
J.D. López-González

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 94-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthuan Ferino-Pérez ◽  
Juan José Gamboa-Carballo ◽  
Zhuojun Li ◽  
Luiza C. Campos ◽  
Ulises Jáuregui-Haza

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Li ◽  
Chengwei Wang ◽  
Michael J. O'Connell ◽  
Candace K. Chan

Carbon nanospheres prepared using a facile spray pyrolysis method display good adsorption to arsenate and selenate compared to commercial activated carbon, due to the presence of basic surface groups, high surface-to-volume ratio, and suitable microporous structure.


1996 ◽  
Vol 92 (15) ◽  
pp. 2779-2782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Carrasco-Marín ◽  
José Rivera-Utrilla ◽  
Jean-Pierre Joly ◽  
Carlos Moreno-Castilla

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