Issue 74, 2018, Issue in Progress

Bioresource derived porous carbon from cottonseed hull for removal of triclosan and electrochemical application

Abstract

Biomass-derived porous carbon materials have drawn considerable attention due to their natural abundance and low cost. In this work, nitrogen enriched porous carbons (NRPCs) with large surface areas were designed and prepared from cottonseed hull via simultaneous carbonization and activation with a facile one-pot approach. The NRPCs were tunable in terms of pore structure, nitrogen content and morphology by adjusting the ratio of the carbon precursor (cottonseed hull), nitrogen source (urea), and activation agent (KOH). The as-synthesized NRPCs exhibited three-dimensional oriented and interlinked porous structure, high specific surface area (1160–2573 m2 g−1) and a high level of nitrogen-doping (6.02–10.7%). In a three electrode system, NRPCs prepared at 800 °C with the ratio (cottonseed hull : KOH : urea) of 1 : 1 : 2 (NRPC-112) showed a high specific capacitance of 340 F g−1 at a current density of 0.5 A g−1 and good rate capability (∼80% retention at a current density of 10 A g−1) with 6 M KOH as electrolyte. In a two electrode cell, NRPC-112 demonstrated a high specific capacitance of 304 F g−1 at 0.5 A g−1 and an excellent rate capacity (∼71% retention at current density of 10 A g−1) as well as excellent cycling stability (∼91% retention at 5 A g−1) after 5000 cycles. Furthermore, the NRPCs exhibited an extraordinary adsorption capacity up to 205 mg g−1 for emerging pollutant triclosan. The work provided a sustainable approach to prepare functional carbon materials from biomass-based resource for environment remediation and electrochemical applications.

Graphical abstract: Bioresource derived porous carbon from cottonseed hull for removal of triclosan and electrochemical application

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Oct 2018
Accepted
14 Dec 2018
First published
19 Dec 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 42405-42414

Bioresource derived porous carbon from cottonseed hull for removal of triclosan and electrochemical application

Y. Jiang, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, X. Zhou, L. Wang, A. Yasin and L. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 42405 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA08332K

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