Hunter, RD, Davies, J, Herou, SJA et al. (2 more authors) (2021) Milling as a route to porous graphitic carbons from biomass. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 379 (2209). ARTN 20200336. ISSN 1364-503X
Abstract
This paper reports a simple way to produce porous graphitic carbons from a wide range of lignocellulosic biomass sources, including nut shells, softwood sawdust, seed husks and bamboo. Biomass precursors are milled and sieved to produce fine powders and are then converted to porous graphitic carbons by iron-catalysed graphitization. Graphitizing the raw (unmilled) biomass creates carbons that are diverse in their porosity and adsorption properties. This is due to the inability of the iron catalyst precursor to penetrate the structure of dense biomass material. Milling enables much more efficient impregnation of the biomass and produces carbons with homogeneous properties. Lignocellulosic biomass (particularly waste biomass) is an attractive precursor to technologically important porous graphitic carbons as it is abundant and renewable. This simple method for preparing the biomass enables a wide range of biomass sources to be used to produce carbons with homogeneous properties.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s), Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | biomass; carbon; sustainability |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Inorganic Chemistry (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/T006331/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2021 11:59 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Royal Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1098/rsta.2020.0336 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178938 |