• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2019

Activated carbons (ACs) are considered important electrode materials for supercapacitors because their large specific surface areas lead to high charging capacities. In the conventional synthesis of ACs, a substantial amount of carbon is lost during carbonization of a precursor. The development of a method to synthesize ACs in high yield would lower their manufacturing cost. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of high-specific-surface-area NaOH-AC from carbon prepared via a hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) route, with a higher yield than that achieved through conventional pyrolysis carbonization. The amorphous carbon was derived from HTC of sugar and subsequently activated at 800℃ with various NaOH etchant/C ratios under a N₂ atmosphere. The AC prepared at 4:1 NaOH/C exhibited the highest surface area (as high as 2,918 ㎡ g^-1) and the highest specific capacitance (157 F g^-1 in 1 M aqueous Na₂SO₄ electrolyte solution) among the NaOH-AC samples prepared in this work. On the basis of their high specific capacitance, the NaOH-ACs prepared from HTC sugar are suitable for use as electrode materials for supercapacitors.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.773-779
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• 2013

This study was performed to provide the basic data for the function of BTEX removal for compact electrostatic precipitator which are applicable to indoor environment (or closed spaces). For this purpose, the adsorption equilibrium test was conducted for BTEX of activated carbon sheet (ACS) and activated carbon (AC), and the adsorption characteristics of AC and ACS were evaluated using the Langmuir constant which was obtained from the adsorption characteristics, adsorption capacity and regression calculation. The surface area and adsorption pore volume of ACS reduced by 70% and 86%, respectively, as compared to those of AC, and the adsorption capacities of BTEX also showed a similar level. Thus, it is considered that ACS applied electrostatic precipitator is able to remove dust and BTEX simultaneously.

• Carbon letters
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.203-209
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• 2008

The objective of this work is to study the feasibility of the preparation of the activated carbon (AC) from coconut tree flowers using high temperature fluidized bed reactor (HTFBR). The activating agent used in this work is steam. The reactor was operated at various activation temperature (650, 700, 750, 800 and $850^{\circ}C$) and activation time (30, 60, 120 and 240 min) for the production of AC from coconut tree flowers. Effect of activation time and activation temperature on the quality of the AC preparation was observed. Prepared AC was characterized in-terms of iodine number, methylene blue number, methyl violet number, ethylene glycol mono ethyl ether (EGME) surface area and SEM photographs. The best quality of AC from coconut tree flowers (CFC) was obtained at an activation temperature and time of $850^{\circ}C$ and 1 hr restectively. The effectiveness of carbon prepared from coconut tree flowers in adsorbing crystal violet from aqueous solution has been studied as a function of agitation time, carbon dosage, and pH. The adsorption of crystal violet onto AC followed second order kinetic model. Adsorption data were modeled using both Langmuir and Freundlich classical adsorption isotherms. The adsorption capacity $q_m$ was 277.78 mg/g., equilibrium time was found to be 180 min. This adsorbent from coconut tree flowers was found to be effective for the removal of CV dye.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.108-114
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• 2007

In this work, activated carbon (AC) after $HNO_3$ modification was used as the support during the production of supported $TiO_2$ to increase the high deposition efficiency and the photocatalytic activity. The results of $N_2$ adsorption showed that the BET surface area of samples decreased with an increasing of the concentration of $HNO_3$ due to the penetration of $TiO_2$. From XRD data, a single crystal structure of anatase peak was observed in diffraction patterns for the AC coated with titanium complexes. From the SEM results, almost all particles were aggregated with each other at the carbon surface and AC was covered with $TiO_2$ particles in all of the samples. The EDX spectra show the presence of C, O, Ti and other elements. It was also observed a decreasing of amount of C content with increasing Ti and O content from the EDX. The results of FT-IR revealed that the modified AC contained more surface oxygen bearing groups than that of the original AC. The effect of surface acidity and basity calculated from Boehm titration method was also evaluated from correlations as a function of NaOH, $NaHCO_3$, and $Na_2CO_3$ uptake. The surface modification of AC by $HNO_3$ leads to an increase in the catalytic efficiency of AC/$TiO_2$ catalysts, and the catalytic efficiency increases with increasing of $HNO_3$ concentration.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2009

In this study, activated carbon (AC) was treated with ferric ion by a sol-gel method. The compound (Fe-AC) was employed for the preparation of Fe-activated carbon/$TiO_2$, (Fe-AC/$TiO_2$) composites. The prepared Fe-AC/$TiO_2$ composites were characterized with surface properties, structural crystallinity, elemental identification and photocatalytic activity. The SEM results showed that ferric compounds and titanium dioxide were fixed onto the AC surfaces. The XRD results showed that Fe-AC/$TiO_2$ composites mostly contained anatase phase. EDX showed the presence of C, O, and Ti with Fe peaks in all samples. Its photocatalytic degradation effect was evaluated with the degradation behavior of the methylene blue (MB) solution. MB degradation could be attributed to the synergetic effects of adsorption, photo-degradation of $TiO_2$ and photo-Fenton of Fe component. The degradation rate for this photocatalysis was evaluated as a function of the concentration of the dye, the amount of $TiO_2$ and the pH. Photocataytic activity is good at activity pH.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1011-1016
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 NaOH, KOH, $(CH_2CH_2OH)_2NH$ 등의 염기성용액으로 첨착(함침)시킨 활성탄의 물리.화학적 특성을 분석하고 H2S 흡착특성을 고찰하였다. 실험변수로는 흡착온도($25{\sim}45^{\circ}C$), 흡착질인 황화수소 가스농도(18.23 mg/L) 등이 적용되었다. 첨착시약으로 사용된 NaOH, KOH 용액의 농도는 1~5 M, $(CH_2CH_2OH)_2NH$ 용액의 농도는 0.1~1 M 범위내에서 적용되었다. 실험결과, 첨착액의 농도가 증가할수록 KOH로 함침시킨 활성탄의 BET 표면적은 $1,050\;m^2/g$에서 $750\;m^2/g$로 감소하였고, NaOH로 함침시킨 활성탄의 표면산도는 0.541 meq/g-AC에서 0 meq/g-AC으로 감소한 반면, pH는 9.54에서 10.94로 증가하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 첨착활성탄의 $H_2S$ 평형흡착능은 디에탄올아민으로 첨착시킨 경우에 가장 높았으며, 평형흡착능은 흡착온도에 비례함을 보였다. 흡착온도가 $45^{\circ}C$일 때 비첨착활성탄에 비해 2.0~3.3배 높은 수준의 H2S 평형흡착능을 보여 주었다.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.2207-2219
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• 2018

Activated carbon (AC) was synthesized from Phoenix dactylifera stones and then modified by $CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic nanocomposite for use as a Cr(VI) adsorbent. Both $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ composite and AC were fully characterized by FTIR, SEM, XRD, TEM, TGA, and VSM techniques. Based on the surface analyses, the addition of $CoFe_2O_4$ nanoparticles had a significant effect on the thermal stability and crystalline structure of AC. Factors affecting chromium removal efficiency like pH, dosage, contact time, temperature, and initial Cr(VI) concentration were investigated. The best pH was found 2 and 3 for Cr adsorption by AC and $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ composite, respectively. The presence of ion sulfate had a greater effect on the chromium sorption efficiency than nitrate and chlorine ions. The results illustrated that both adsorbents can be used up to seven times to adsorb chromium. The adsorption process was examined by three isothermal models, and Freundlich was chosen as the best one. The experimental data were well fitted by pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The half-life ($t_{1/2}$) of hexavalent chromium using AC and $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic composite was obtained as 5.18 min and 1.52 min, respectively. Cr(VI) adsorption by AC and $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic composite was spontaneous and exothermic. In general, our study showed that the composition of $CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic nanoparticles with AC can increase the adsorption capacity of AC from 36 mg/L to 70 mg/L.

• Carbon letters
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• 제25권
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• pp.33-42
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• 2018

Activated carbon (AC) was modified by ammonium persulphate or nitric acid, respectively. AC and the modified materials were used as catalyst supports. The oxygen groups were introduced in the supports during the modifications. All the supports were characterized by $N_2$-physisorption, Raman, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and thermogravimetric analysis. Methanol synthesis catalysts were prepared through wet impregnation of copper nitrate and zinc nitrate on the supports followed by thermal decomposition. These catalysts were measured by the means of $N_2$-physisorption, X-ray diffraction, XPS, temperature programmed reduction and TEM tests. The catalytic performances of the prepared catalysts were compared with a commercial catalyst (CZA) in this work. The results showed that the methanol production rate of AC-CZ ($23mmol-CH_3OH/(g-Cu{\cdot}h)$) was higher, on Cu loading basis, than that of CZA ($9mmol-CH_3OH/(g-Cu{\cdot}h)$). We also found that the modification methods produced strong metal-support interactions leading to poor catalytic performance. AC without any modification can prompt the catalytic performance of the resulted catalyst.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.345-351
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 다양한 pH 조건에서 활성탄에 Fe(III)를 첨착시킨 Fe-첨착활성탄(Fe-AC)을 제조하였으며, 제조한 Fe-AC가 여과재질로서의 안정성 유무를 파악하기 위하여 내산성 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 Fe-AC의 중금속 제거능을 파악하기 위하여 회분식 실험을 수행하였다. 흡착제의 안정성 실험결과 모든 pH 조건에서 시간이 지날수록 철의 용출량은 증가하였지만, 용액의 pH가 높아질수록 철의 용출량이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 용액의 pH를 2로 고정했을 경우 시간경과에 따라 철의 용출량이 점차 증가하여 12시간 후에는 Fe-AC에 함유된 총 철 함량의 13%가 용출되었으나, pH 3 이상에서 철의 용출량은 급격히 줄어들어서 무시할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 회분식 실험결과 Fe-AC에 의한 Cu(II) 제거는 흡착질의 농도가 감소하고 용액의 pH가 증가할수록 Cu(II)의 제거율은 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 모델링에 의한 흡착결과 예측은 이중확산층 이론에 의한 inner-sphere type의 표면착물화를 고려하여 MINTEQA2 프로그램을 사용하여 실시하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2010

결정성의 셀룰로우스를 수소분위기하에서 다양한 귀금속 촉매를 이용하여 폴리올로 전환시키는 연구를 수행하였다. 촉매는 단일 귀금속(Pt, Ru, Ir, Rh, Pd)을 활성탄에 습식함침법으로 담지시켜서 제조하였으며, Pt/$\gamma-Al_2O_3$와 Pt/H-mordenite를 비교촉매로 사용하였다. 생성물은 고압액체크로마토그래피로 분석하였다. 촉매는 질소흡착, X-선 회절법, 유도결합플라즈마분광법(ICP-AES), 수소-승원환원분석($H_2$-TPR), 그리고 일산화탄소 화학흡착을 통하여 분석하였다. 셀룰로우스의 전환율은 사용한 촉매와 연관관계가 낮은 것으로 나타났으며 활성탄에 담지된 귀금속 촉매중에서 Pt/AC가 높은 폴리올의 수득률에 바람직한 것으로 조사되었다.