Spent coffee grounds (SCG) are an important waste product millions of tons generated from
coffee consumption and could be effectively utilized for various applications due to their high …

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are one of the most promising alternatives to
effectively bypass fossil fuels. However, long-term energy application of LIBs could be …

Coffee is the second largest traded commodity after petroleum and the second most popular
beverage after water. This big industry is believed to generate huge amount of waste with …

The valorisation of food waste is an increasingly practical and sustainable solution to the
problem of a growing demand for chemicals, fuels and materials and the rising tonnage of …

Thermally induced chemical decomposition of organic materials in the absence of oxygen is
defined as pyrolysis. This process has four major application areas:(i) production of carbon …

In the present study, biochars from rice husk were synthesized via pyrolysis at 400, 550, 700
and 850° C for 1 h under a limited O2 atmosphere, characterized with a various techniques …

Activated carbons (ACs) were prepared from dried spent coffee (SCD), a biological waste
product, to produce adsorbents for methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) from …

Biochar has been made by carbonization of spent coffee grounds without further activation
and has been characterized by several techniques revealing a material with a satisfactory …

Porous carbon has been synthesized from the seeds of Tamarindus indica plants at a
moderately low temperature. The charge-storage property of the as-prepared carbon anode …

In this work, valorized biomass was simultaneously pyrolyzed and activated with potassium
hydroxide to produce a biochar with specific surface area of 1148 m 2 g− 1, ie ten times …