Development of tailored mesoporosity in carbonised cocoa bean husk
| Autor: | M. Plaza-Recobert, Juan Alcañiz-Monge, María Pérez-Cadenas, G. Trautwein |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Materiales, Materiales Carbonosos y Medio Ambiente |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Activated carbon Catalysed carbon gasification 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Husk food Microporosity medicine General Materials Science Porosity Macroporosity Química Inorgánica Mesoporosity Chemistry Carbon dioxide activation General Chemistry Microporous material COCOA BEAN 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics food.food 0104 chemical sciences Chemical engineering Mechanics of Materials 0210 nano-technology Mesoporous material Mineral matter medicine.drug |
| ISSN: | 2015-6480 |
| Popis: | Tailored mesoporous activated carbon has been prepared from a new lignocellulosic precursor, cocoa bean husk. The study has focussed on analysing the role the mineral matter of a lignocellusic precursor plays in the development of mesoporosity in activated carbon. Three new approaches have been developed to obtain tailored mesoporosity: i) controlled demineralisation; ii) activation of mixtures of the raw and demineralised cocoa precursor; iii) incorporation of iron via ionic interchange. The results prove that each of the above methods are suitable for developing activated carbon with different pore size distributions, including highly microporous, highly micro and mesoporous and highly macroporous activated carbons. In addition, the activation mechanism of these different carbonised samples has been analysed in order to explain the differences found in the development of porosity. The authors would like to thank the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, project CTQ2015-64801-R (MINECO/FEDER), and Generalitat Valenciana and FEDER (Grant No. PROMETEO2/2014/010), for financial support. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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