Low-cost activated carbons(ACs) were prepared from four kinds of solid wastes:petroleum coke,Enteromorpha prolifera,lignin from papermaking black liquid and hair,by pyrophosphoric acid(H_4P_2O_7) activation.Therm...Low-cost activated carbons(ACs) were prepared from four kinds of solid wastes:petroleum coke,Enteromorpha prolifera,lignin from papermaking black liquid and hair,by pyrophosphoric acid(H_4P_2O_7) activation.Thermo-gravimetric analysis of the pyrolysis of H_4P_2O_7-precursor mixtures implied that H_4P_2O_7 had different influences on the pyrolysis behavior of the four raw materials.N_2 adsorption/desorption isotherms,scanning electron microscopy,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and adsorption capacities for dyes were used to characterize the prepared activated carbons.AC derived from E.prolifera exhibited the highest surface area(1094 m^2/g) and maximum monolayer adsorption capacity for malachite green(1250 mg/g).Kinetic studies showed that the experimental data were in agreement with the pseudo-second-order model.The adsorption isotherms were well described by the Langmuir isotherm model,indicating the adsorption of dye onto the ACs proceeded by monolayers.展开更多
文摘Low-cost activated carbons(ACs) were prepared from four kinds of solid wastes:petroleum coke,Enteromorpha prolifera,lignin from papermaking black liquid and hair,by pyrophosphoric acid(H_4P_2O_7) activation.Thermo-gravimetric analysis of the pyrolysis of H_4P_2O_7-precursor mixtures implied that H_4P_2O_7 had different influences on the pyrolysis behavior of the four raw materials.N_2 adsorption/desorption isotherms,scanning electron microscopy,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and adsorption capacities for dyes were used to characterize the prepared activated carbons.AC derived from E.prolifera exhibited the highest surface area(1094 m^2/g) and maximum monolayer adsorption capacity for malachite green(1250 mg/g).Kinetic studies showed that the experimental data were in agreement with the pseudo-second-order model.The adsorption isotherms were well described by the Langmuir isotherm model,indicating the adsorption of dye onto the ACs proceeded by monolayers.