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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 233-238Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.10.011
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Bamboo; Activated carbon; Microwave; Phosphoric acid
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- National Science Foundation of China [50678045]
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Bamboo-based activated carbon was prepared with a microwave-induced activation process using phosphoric acid as the activating agent. The effects of various factors such as microwave power, radiation time and phosphoric acid/carbon ratio on the activation have been studied. The optimal activation conditions were determined as: microwave power 350W, radiation time 20 min and phosphoric acid/carbon ratio 1: 1, under which a surface area of 1432 m(2)/g and a carbon yield of 48% could be reached. The surface chemical properties were characterized with several methods including acid-base titration, point of zero charge (pH(pzc)) measurement, FTIR spectra and XPS spectra. The results demonstrated the existence of a large amount of acidic groups on the carbon surface, and the species and relative contents of these groups were analyzed in detail. Comparisons with the conventional thermal process demonstrated that the microwave-incluced activation process had faster activation rate and higher carbon yield. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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