On preparing highly abrasion resistant binderless and in situ N-doped granular activated carbon.

ABSTRACT: NaOH/urea, a cellulose solvent, has been applied for the preparation of binderless and in situ N-doped GACs (NaOH/urea-GACs). The dissolved cellulose binds lignin, hemicellulose and undissolved cellulose all together to form a granular precursor after kneading and extruding. During the process, NaOH and urea are dispersed in sawdust where the NaOH acts as an activator at high temperatures, and the urea plays the role of an in situ N-dopant. The results show that at a mass concentration ratio of 14 wt% NaOH/24 wt% urea which has been activated for 1 h at 850 °C after kneading for 2 h GACs with a specific surface area (S _BET) of 811.299 m² g^-1, a microporosity of 59.20% and an abrasion resistance of 99.83% are obtained. The N content as w

SUBMITTER: Cai Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9080794 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature