Contribution of pyrolytic gas medium to the fabrication of co-impregnated biochar
- Authors
- Cho, Dong-Wan; Kim, Sohyun; Tsang, Daniel C. W.; Bolan, Nanthi S.; Kim, Taejin; Kwon, Eilhann E.; Ok, Yong Sik; Song, Hocheol
- Issue Date
- 7월-2018
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Biochar; Cobalt; Carbon dioxide; Biomass; Nitrophenol reduction
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, v.26, pp.476 - 486
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION
- Volume
- 26
- Start Page
- 476
- End Page
- 486
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/74793
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcou.2018.06.003
- ISSN
- 2212-9820
- Abstract
- Co-impregnated biochars were fabricated by pyrolysis of spent coffee grounds (SCG) or glucose as carbon (C) sources under N-2 and CO2. The formed biochar samples were characterized with FE-SEM, TEM/EDS, XRD, TGA, Raman, XPS, and BET, and further used as catalytic medium for the reduction of p-nitrophenol in the presence of NaBH4. The physicochemical characteristics of biochar significantly changed with the types of C precursor and flow gas stream. The biochar from pyrolysis of SCG under N-2 gas stream showed good dispersion of Co nanoparticles (10-20 nm) in carbon matrix as compared to that produced under CO2 stream, but BET surface area was very small (4.5 m(2) g(-1)) due to pore blockage by thermal degradation products. SCG-derived biochar formed in the presence of CO2 possessed highly porous structure due to CO2-assisted C volatilization. In contrast, for glucose-derived biochar, significant reduction in porosity of biochar occurred with excess devolatilization of C under CO2 conditions, while the pyrolysis under N-2 flow produced porous biochar. These contrasting results demonstrated the significance of structure crystallinity and thermal degradability of C precursors. The catalytic performance of biochar was better correlated with the external surface area rather than microporosity.
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