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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 5, Issue 90, Pages 73980-73988Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15690d
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- National Science Foundation of China [21201048]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2013CB934200]
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Human hair, a biowaste composed of protein, is converted into nitrogen and sulfur co-doped porous carbonaceous materials via a facile degradation and carbonization/activation process. The resulting carbon materials possess a large specific surface area value (2700 m(2) g(-1)) as well as high nitrogen and sulfur content (around 8.0 and 4.0 wt%, respectively). The morphology, composition and porous structure of the obtained materials were thoroughly characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, elemental analysis, nitrogen and carbon dioxide sorption analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, etc. It is confirmed that both the degradation and the carbonization/activation procedures play important roles in the porous structure formation. Furthermore, these materials are proven to exhibit good performances in gas adsorption: carbon dioxide uptake (up to 24.0 wt%, at 273 K and 1.0 bar), methane adsorption (up to 3.04 wt%, at 273 K and 1.0 bar), and hydrogen adsorption (up to 2.03 wt%, at 77 K and 1.0 bar). The high gas adsorption capacities could be attributed to the microporous structure combined with the surface functionalities. In addition, we believe that this synthesis process offers a facile and effective way for transforming protein-containing biowastes into functionalized porous carbonaceous materials.
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