Development of mesoporous structure and high adsorption capacity of biomass-based activated carbon by phosphoric acid and zinc chloride activation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the viability of microwave irradiation for the preparation of activated carbon (OPAC) from oil palm fiber, abundantly available from the oil palm processing industries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the determination of texture, morphology, crystanillity and oxygenated surface groups characteristics of an activated carbon prepared from date stems, which was adopted using phosphoric acid as dehydrating agent at (2/1) impregnation ratio.

TL;DR: In this paper, a low cost activated carbon was prepared from date stones char (DSAC) under microwave induced KOH chemical activation, and the activation step was performed at the microwave input power of 600 W and irradiation time of 8 min.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mesoporous carbon (Fe3C-MC) nanosheets with high initial capacity of 1530 µm2 g-1 at 0.1 ǫC, and a capacity of 699 µm3 g-ǫg-1 after 100 cycles, at a super high sulfur loading of 9.0 µm 2

TL;DR: The most widely used bio-fuel for transportation worldwide is bio-ethanol from sugar cane, which is essentially a clean fuel and has several clear advantages over petroleum-derived gasoline in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality in metropolitan areas as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the production of activated carbons from agricultural residues is presented, and the effects of various process parameters on the pyrolysis stage are reviewed.

TL;DR: In this work, sunflower methyl esters were characterised to test their properties as fuels in diesel engines, such as viscosity, flash point, cold filter plugging point and acid value, and showed that biodiesel obtained under the optimum conditions is an excellent substitute for fossil fuels.