scholarly journals Evaluation of Porous Carbon Adsorbents Made from Rice Husks for Virus Removal in Water

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1280
Author(s):  
Vu Duc Canh ◽  
Seiichiro Tabata ◽  
Shun Yamanoi ◽  
Yoichi Onaka ◽  
Toshiyuki Yokoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Activated Carbons ◽  
Carbon Adsorbents ◽  
Rice Husks ◽  
Porous Carbons ◽  
Inorganic Pollutants ◽  
Steam Activation ◽  
Virus Removal ◽  
Silica Removal ◽  
Effective Removal

Porous carbons are well-known efficient adsorbents for a variety of organic and inorganic pollutants; however, they have difficulty in virus removal. In this study, novel porous carbons (NPCs) (NPC-A, NPC-B, and NPC-C) derived from rice husks were compared with commercially available activated carbons (ACs) for their ability to remove MS2 bacteriophages (MS2) in a batch experiment. NPC-A was produced by the silica removal process. NPC-B was prepared with an additional steam activation applied to NPC-A. NPC-C was obtained with an additional acid rinse applied to NPC-B. The NPCs (particularly NPC-C) exhibited effective removal of up to 5.3 log10 of MS2, which was greater than that of less than 2.7 log10 obtained by other ACs under 10 g/L during the same contact time (60 min). The pore size distribution of the porous carbon adsorbents was found to influence their virus removal performance. The adsorbents with a larger proportion of pores ranging from 200–4500 nm in diameter were able to achieve higher virus removal rates. Thus, NPCs (particularly NPC-C), which had a larger volume of pores ranging from 200–4500 nm in size, demonstrated the potential for use as efficient adsorbents for removing viruses during water purification.

KCl-assisted activation: Moringa oleifera branch-derived porous carbon for high performance supercapacitor

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 5712-5719
Author(s):  
Yongxiang Zhang ◽  
Peifeng Yu ◽  
Mingtao Zheng ◽  
Yong Xiao ◽  
Hang Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Moringa Oleifera ◽  
High Specific Surface Area ◽  
Porous Carbons

Porous carbons with a high specific surface area (2314–3470 m2 g−1) are prepared via a novel KCl-assisted activation strategy for high-performance supercapacitor.

Enhanced activation of peroxymonosulfate by nitrogen doped porous carbon for effective removal of organic pollutants

Carbon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 730-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanlong Wang ◽  
Shuo Chen ◽  
Xie Quan ◽  
Hongtao Yu ◽  
Yaobin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Nitrogen Doped ◽  
Effective Removal

Enteromorpha based porous carbons activated by zinc chloride for supercapacitors with high capacity retention

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 16575-16581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingbo Wu ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Yang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Specific Surface ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Zinc Chloride ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Porous Carbons ◽  
Capacity Retention

Porous carbons were prepared from enteromorpha with ZnCl2 as active reagent. The prepared porous carbon with a specific surface area of 1651 m2 g−1 exhibited a specific capacitance of 206 F g−1 and capacity retention of 93% even after 5000 cycles.

scholarly journals The effective removal of heavy metals from water by activated carbon adsorbents of Albizia lebbeck and Melia azedarach seed shells

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohib Ullah ◽  
Ruqia Nazir ◽  
Muslim Khan ◽  
Waliullah Khan ◽  
Mohib Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Carbon Adsorbents ◽  
Melia Azedarach ◽  
Albizia Lebbeck ◽  
Effective Removal ◽  
Removal Of Heavy Metals ◽  
Concentrated Solution

The removal of toxic metals like lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) is very urgent keeping their hazardous effects in view. In this work, seeds of Albizia lebbeck and Melia azedarach trees were converted into activated carbon adsorbents and applied for the adsorptive removal of Pb and Cd metals from an aqueous solution. The as prepared adsorbents were characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The removal efficiencies of both metals were strongly dependent on their initial concentration, contact time, pH, temperature and the quantity of adsorbents. 0.2 g of both adsorbents removed respectively 75 and 62% Pb and 77 and 66% Cd from from 100 ml of a 40 mg/l concentrated solution in 120 min at pH 5 and a temperature of 20°C. Both the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms were well fitted to the experimental data. We believe that this work will provide a convenient way to synthesise low cost activated carbon adsorbents for the remediation of highly toxic metals from wastewater to safeguard our environment for future generations.

scholarly journals Biomass-derived O, N-codoped hierarchically porous carbon prepared by black fungus and Hericium erinaceus for high performance supercapacitor

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (45) ◽  
pp. 27860-27867
Author(s):  
Xinxian Zhong ◽  
Quanyuan Mao ◽  
Zesheng Li ◽  
Zhigao Wu ◽  
Yatao Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Carbon ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Porous Carbons ◽  
Active Materials ◽  
Hierarchically Porous ◽  
Hericium Erinaceus

Biomass-derived heteroatom self-doped porous carbons are expected to become ideal active materials for high performance supercapacitor.

scholarly journals Biomass Valorization to Produce Porous Carbons: Applications in CO2 Capture and Biogas Upgrading to Biomethane—A Mini-Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Bernardo ◽  
Nuno Lapa ◽  
Isabel Fonseca ◽  
Isabel A. A. C. Esteves
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Gas Adsorption ◽  
Activated Carbons ◽  
Textural Properties ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Porous Carbons ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Gas Phases ◽  
Metal Organic

Porous carbon materials, derived from biomass wastes and/or as by-products, are considered versatile, economical and environmentally sustainable. Recently, their high adsorption capacity has led to an increased interest in several environmental applications related to separation/purification both in liquid- and gas-phases. Specifically, their use in carbon dioxide (CO2) capture/sequestration has been a hot topic in the framework of gas adsorption applications. Cost effective biomass porous carbons with enhanced textural properties and high CO2 uptakes present themselves as attractive alternative adsorbents with potential to be used in CO2 capture/separation, apart from zeolites, commercial activated carbons and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The renewable and sustainable character of the precursor of these bioadsorbents must be highlighted in the context of a circular-economy and emergent renewable energy market to reach the EU climate and energy goals. This mini-review summarizes the current understandings and discussions about the development of porous carbons derived from bio-wastes, focusing their application to capture CO2 and upgrade biogas to biomethane by adsorption-based processes. Biogas is composed by 55–65 v/v% of methane (CH4) mainly in 35–45 v/v% of CO2. The biogas upgraded to bio-CH4 (97%v/v) through an adsorption process yields after proper conditioning to high quality biomethane and replaces natural gas of fossil source. The circular-economy impact of bio-CH4 production is further enhanced by the use of biomass-derived porous carbons employed in the production process.

scholarly journals Biomass to porous carbon in one step: directly activated biomass for high performance CO2 storage

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (24) ◽  
pp. 12330-12339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Balahmar ◽  
Abdul Salam Al-Jumialy ◽  
Robert Mokaya
Keyword(s):  
Porous Carbon ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Activated Carbons ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Direct Conversion ◽  
Step Process ◽  
One Step ◽  
Hydrothermal Carbonisation ◽  
Activated Biomass

The direct conversion of biomass to activated carbons in a simple and lower cost one step process, which negates the need for hydrothermal carbonisation or pyrolysis, generates activated carbons with properties and CO2 uptake comparable or superior to those of conventionally prepared activated carbons.

scholarly journals Insights into the influence of the pore size and surface area of activated carbons on the energy storage of electric double layer capacitors with a new potentially universally applicable capacitor model

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 3122-3133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Heimböckel ◽  
Frank Hoffmann ◽  
Michael Fröba
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Double Layer ◽  
Electric Double Layer ◽  
Activated Carbons ◽  
Porous Carbons ◽  
Pore Sizes ◽  
Double Layer Capacitors ◽  
Electric Double Layer Capacitors

A new capacitor model that confirms the non-constant capacitive contribution of different pore sizes and provides the possibility of simulating the capacitance values of porous carbons.

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