Metal-free high-adsorption-capacity adsorbent derived from spent coffee grounds for methylene blueopen access
- Authors
- Sukhbaatar, Bayaraa; Yoo, Bongyoung; Lim, Jae-Hong
- Issue Date
- Feb-2021
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Citation
- RSC Advances, v.11, no.9, pp 5118 - 5127
- Pages
- 10
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SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- RSC Advances
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 5118
- End Page
- 5127
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/456
- DOI
- 10.1039/d0ra09550h
- ISSN
- 2046-2069
2046-2069
- Abstract
- Heavy-metal-free carbon materials were prepared from spent coffee grounds (SCG) using the coupled KOH-urea and NaOH-urea as activating agents, and these were compared with SCG activation by the alkali salts alone. SCG was impregnated with the activating agents before being pyrolyzed at 800 degrees C under a N-2 atmosphere. Characterization of the as-pyrolyzed carbon materials was performed by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and measurement of N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms. The carbon materials were utilized for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solutions. Combining KOH and urea as activating agents resulted in the generation of pertinent SCG-derived carbon material properties, including a large surface area (1665.45 m(2) g(-1)) and excellent MB adsorption capacity. Adsorption efficiencies were studied using adsorption kinetics (pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order) and adsorption isotherm (Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin) models. The influences of pH and temperature were investigated. The results of this work raise new possibilities for synthesizing carbon materials with high MB adsorption capacities from biowastes, via less-toxic, energy-saving conventional pyrolysis methods for water-treatment applications.
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