Enhancement of CO<sub>2</sub> Capture Using CuO Nanoparticles Supported on Green Activated Carbon

Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak, Zatil Amali Che Ramli, Azizul Hakim Lahuri, Muhammad Rahimi Yusop, Mohamed Wahab Mohamed Hisham, Mohd Ambar Yarmo

Advanced materials research · 2015 · 18 citations · 5 references

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At room temperature, dehydrating agent, concentrated sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) was used to form porous carbon (BAC) from bamboo waste shows good properties as CO 2 adsorbent. Selection of nano-CuO supported BAC produce composite materials with high total surface area and smaller pores size composite of 660.8 cm 2 /g and 2.7 nm. XRD data showed the support data to confirm the hydroxide phase formation as intermediate for carbonate and accelerate the CO 2 chemisorption reaction. Besides, the presence of BAC together with metal oxide can improve the CO 2 interaction physically on the surface and pores resulting the higher adsorption capability of 32.2 cm 3 of CO 2 per gram adsorbent. The combination of nano-CuO on BAC become a good adsorbent which can stimulate the CO 2 reduction programme as well as reduce the CO 2 emissions during BAC production.

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