Influence of Acid Treatment on Nanoporous Carbon from Lignin

Authors

  • Nutchaporn Ngamthanacom College of Nanotechnology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkraban, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Napat Kaewtrakulchai College of Nanotechnology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology
  • Weerawut Chaiwat Environment Engineering and Disaster Management Program, Mahidol University
  • Apiluck Eiad-ua College of Nanotechnology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology

Keywords:

Carbonization, Nanoporous carbon, Lignin, Acid treatment

Abstract

Nanoporous carbon was synthesized via carbonization process by using lignin as a carbon source. Lignin structure has been modified by acid impregnation with 5%wt of nitric acid (HNO3), hydrochloric acid (HCl), sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and phosphoric acid (H3PO4), and followed by carbonization at 800 °C for 2 h under flow of N2. The Influences of acid treatment were investigated through SEM, BET surface, XRD and FTIR. BET surface investigations confirmed that acid treatment caused the formation of carbon from lignin with an increases porous microstructure. Nanoporous carbon performed by impregnation with phosphoric acid shows the highest porosity, compared to sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, respectively.

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Published

2018-12-26

How to Cite

Ngamthanacom, N., Kaewtrakulchai, N., Chaiwat, W., & Eiad-ua, A. (2018). Influence of Acid Treatment on Nanoporous Carbon from Lignin. Journal of Materials Science and Applied Energy, 7(3), 317–321. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmsae_ceae/article/view/125896