Preparation of activated carbons from date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) palm stones and application for wastewater treatments

MJ Ahmed - Process safety and environmental protection, 2016 - Elsevier
Adsorption on activated carbons from lignocellulosic biomass has been a cost-effective
technique for elimination of environmental pollution. Date stone can be considered as one of …

High surface area activated carbon from rice husk as a high performance supercapacitor electrode

EYL Teo, L Muniandy, EP Ng, F Adam, AR Mohamed… - Electrochimica …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we report on the application of high surface area activated carbon (AC) derived
from rice husks as a supercapacitor electrode. The prepared AC was free from Brønsted or …

Comparative study on characterization and adsorption properties of activated carbons by phosphoric acid activation from corncob and its acid and alkaline hydrolysis …

G Zhu, X Deng, M Hou, K Sun, Y Zhang, P Li… - Fuel Processing …, 2016 - Elsevier
Four activated carbons were prepared from corncob, acid hydrolysis residue, alkaline
hydrolysis residue and China fir sawdust respectively with phosphoric acid activation under …

Low cost, high performance supercapacitor electrode using coconut wastes: eco-friendly approach

A Divyashree, SABA Manaf, S Yallappa… - Journal of energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Low cost, high performance supercapacitor electrodes were fabricated using coconut waste
as precursor. Simple one step pyrolysis is adopted to get the spherical shaped particle …

Biosorption of nitroimidazole antibiotics onto chemically modified porous biochar prepared by experimental design: Kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium …

S Wan, Z Hua, L Sun, X Bai, L Liang - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
This investigation emphasized the optimum preparation conditions for the chemical
modification of eucalyptus sawdust biochar as a potential biosorbent to promote the removal …

Evaluation of performance of chemically treated date stones: application for the removal of cationic dyes from aqueous solutions

N El Messaoudi, M El Khomri, S Bentahar… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chemically treated date stones (CTDS) used in this study as adsorbent for the removal of
methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV) from aqueous solutions in batch system. The …

Kinetics and isotherms studies for congo red adsorption on mesoporous Eupatorium adenophorum-based activated carbon via microwave-induced H3PO4 activation

C Li, L Zhang, H Xia, J Peng, S Zhang, S Cheng… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The preparation of mesoporous Eupatorium adenophorum-based activated carbon (EAAC)
with H 3 PO 4 (PA) microwave-supported activation and its adsorption ability to remove the …

Enhanced removal of Pb (II) by supported nanoscale Ni/Fe on hydrochar derived from biogas residues

Z Tang, Y Deng, T Luo, Y Xu, N Zhu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
A functionalized carbonaceous material was prepared via hydrothermal carbonization (HTC)
of biogas residues and denoted as hydrochar (HC). The obtained HC was used to …

Activated carbon production from the Guadua amplexifolia using a combination of physical and chemical activation

BG Salas-Enríquez, AM Torres-Huerta… - Journal of Thermal …, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents the use of the Guadua amplexifolia bamboo specie as a precursor to
obtain activated carbon using a combination of physical and chemical activation with H 3 PO …

Adsorptive removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution using chemically activated Diplotaxis Harra biomass

H Tounsadi, A Khalidi, M Farnane, A Machrouhi… - Surfaces and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbons derived from Diplotaxis Harra biomass (DH) were prepared using
phosphoric acid as a chemical activating agent at two different impregnation ratios (1.5 and …