Title

Biomass-derived functional porous carbons for adsorption and catalytic degradation of binary micropollutants in water

Author Identifier

Hongqi Sun
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0907-5626

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

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

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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