The Preparation and Characterization of Modified Materials and Their Application as Adsorbents
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 184
Special Issue Editor
Interests: carbon materials; activated carbon; biochar; hydrochar; biosorbents; the adsorption of aqueous and gaseous pollutants and chemometric tools
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to explore new carbon materials obtained from several precursors for application in adsorption studies of pollutants. These materials can be prepared from precursors considered renewable such as biomass and residues, and are prepared from different procedures. The lignocellulosic precursors have attracted significant attention from the scientific community because they are sustainable and can be considered residue depending on the procedure used. Various procedures for preparation carbon materials from the lignocellulosic materials can be applied, which promote their conversion into materials that mainly consist of carbon with developed porosity. The precursor kind, as well as the preparation procedure used, can provide carbon materials with different textural characteristics and surface chemistries. The materials’ characteristics are important in order for them to reach their best performance in an adsorption process, whether the system is aqueous or gaseous. Additionally, the preparation parameters and adsorption parameters can be evaluated from the chemometric tools. Evaluations on adsorption capacities and mechanisms of obtained materials are usually carried out from the bath adsorption experiments and the experimental data are fitted to adsorption equilibrium and kinetic mathematic models, as well as evaluation of thermodynamic parameters.
Prof. Dr. Vitor De Cinque Almeida
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbon material
- surface area
- surface chemistry
- adsorption
- pollutants
- environmental
- biomass
- residues
- chemometric tools
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