Title
Biomass-derived functional porous carbons for adsorption and catalytic degradation of binary micropollutants in water
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Journal of Hazardous Materials
Publisher
Elsevier BV
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
31382
Funders
Australian Research Council
Grant Number
ARC Number : DP190103548
Abstract
The biomass, bottlebrush flower, is exploited for the preparation of functionalized porous carbons by one-pot thermal activation using NaHCO3 and dicyandiamide. An intensified cross-linking effect among the precursors boosts pore (especially mesopore) formation in the pyrolysis process, producing N-doped porous carbons (NPCs) with a large specific surface area (SSA, up to 2025 m2 g−1). The biomass-derived carbon samples turn out to be highly effective in adsorption, and catalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate for degradation of aqueous phenol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) in single and binary systems. The effects of N content, porous structure, and trace Ni species on the adsorptive and catalytic behavior of carbon are investigated. It is found that the porous structure plays a more critical role in adsorption than surface N functionality, while the contributions of various reactive species for phenol and HBA degradation are different. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
DOI
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121881
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Comments
Tian, W., Sun, H., Duan, X., Zhang, H., Ren, Y., & Wang, S. (2020). Biomass-derived functional porous carbons for adsorption and catalytic degradation of binary micropollutants in water. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 389, Article 121881.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121881