A spent coffee grounds based biorefinery for the production of biofuels, biopolymers, antioxidants and biocomposites

SK Karmee - Waste management, 2018 - Elsevier
Spent coffee grounds are composed of lipid, carbohydrates, carbonaceous, and nitrogen
containing compounds among others. Using n-hexane and n-hexane/isopropanol mixture …

Biorefinery of spent coffee grounds waste: Viable pathway towards circular bioeconomy

JR Banu, S Kavitha, RY Kannah, MD Kumar… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The circular bioeconomy plan is an innovative research based scheme intended for
augmenting the complete utilization and management of bio-based resources in a …

Preparation of a dual pore structure activated carbon from rice husk char as an adsorbent for CO2 capture

M Li, R Xiao - Fuel processing technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Activated carbon was prepared from rice husk char by leaching with K 2 CO 3 after CO 2
activation, and its CO 2 adsorption capacity, kinetics and regeneration were investigated …

Flexible nanoporous activated carbon cloth for achieving high H2, CH4, and CO2 storage capacities and selective CO2/CH4 separation

NF Attia, M Jung, J Park, H Jang, K Lee, H Oh - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Innovative tools are needed for the synthesis of smart, new, efficient, and safe nanoporous
carbon materials for energy gas storage. Here, a flexible nanoporous activated carbon cloth …

Effect of synthesis methods on the surface and electrochemical characteristics of metal oxide/activated carbon composites for supercapacitor applications

T Yumak, D Bragg, EM Sabolsky - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract MnO 2/Activated Carbon (cAC) and NiO/cAC composites were synthesized by both
hydrothermal and precipitation methods in order to investigate the effect of preparation …

Carbon adsorbents from spent coffee for removal of methylene blue and methyl orange from water

I Block, C Günter, A Duarte Rodrigues, S Paasch… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Converting environmental risks to benefits by using spent coffee grounds (SCG) as a valuable resource

M Stylianou, A Agapiou, M Omirou, I Vyrides… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Coffee is perhaps one of the most vital ingredients in humans' daily life in modern world.
However, this causes the production of million tons of relevant wastes, ie, plastic cups …

Structure–property relationships in polyethylene-based composites filled with biochar derived from waste coffee grounds

R Arrigo, P Jagdale, M Bartoli, A Tagliaferro… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this work, biochar (BC) derived from spent coffee grounds has been incorporated into high
density polyethylene (PE) through melt mixing. The influence of the filler content on the …

Preparation of pore-size tunable activated carbon derived from waste coffee grounds for high adsorption capacities of organic dyes

CH Chiang, J Chen, JH Lin - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we report a promising route to prepare pore-size tunable activated carbon (AC)
derived from waste coffee grounds (WCGs) using CO 2 activation. The as-prepared highly …

Preparation of activated carbons from spent coffee grounds and coffee parchment and assessment of their adsorbent efficiency

GA Figueroa Campos, JPH Perez, I Block, ST Sagu… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The valorization of coffee wastes through modification to activated carbon has been
considered as a low-cost adsorbent with prospective to compete with commercial carbons …