The production and application of carbon nanomaterials from high alkali silicate herbaceous biomass.

ABSTRACT: Herein, value-added materials such as activated carbon and carbon nanotubes were synthesized from low-value Miscanthus × giganteus lignocellulosic biomass. A significant drawback of using Miscanthus in an energy application is the melting during the combustion due to its high alkali silicate content. An application of an alternative approach was proposed herein for synthesis of activated carbon from Miscanthus × giganteus, where the produced activated carbon possessed a high surface area and pore volume of 0.92 cm³.g^-1 after two activation steps using phosphoric acid and potassium hydroxide. The S_BET of the raw biomass, after first activation and second activation methods showed 17, 1142 and 1368 m².g^-1, respectively. Transforming this

SUBMITTER: Osman AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7018825 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature