Influence of the chemical activation with KOH/KNO<inf>3</inf> on the CO<inf>2</inf> adsorption capacity of activated carbons from pyrolysis of cellulose

Plant biomass is an attractive precursor to prepare activated carbons with high surface area for CO2 adsorption due to its low-cost and easy regeneration. Despite this interest, there are still remaining questions regarding the optimal processing conditions and the choice of activating agent. Moreov...

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Autores: Lamata Bermejo, Irene, Alba, María D., Ramírez-Rico, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/376129
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376129
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85205694182
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Activated carbon
Cellulose
CO2 adsorption
Decarbonization
Porous carbons
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Sumario:Plant biomass is an attractive precursor to prepare activated carbons with high surface area for CO2 adsorption due to its low-cost and easy regeneration. Despite this interest, there are still remaining questions regarding the optimal processing conditions and the choice of activating agent. Moreover, since plant biomass shows a highly variable proportion of different biopolymers (cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin), it is important to understand the activation effect on each constituent. In this work, carbons obtained from pyrolysis of cellulose were activated using two potassium salts, using two different activation temperatures. The samples were characterized to elucidate the influence of the activation conditions on their CO2 adsorption capacity. In general, all the carbons activated at higher temperature showed higher adsorption capacity. These results are comparable with other carbons derived from biomass described in the bibliography. Among the activated carbons studied, the carbon activated only with KOH exhibits the highest CO2 adsorption capacity at 1 bar meanwhile the highest adsorption capacity at saturation pressure belongs to the carbon activated with larger ratio of KNO3.