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Adsorption of carbon dioxide onto activated carbon prepared from lawn grass

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In this work, activated carbon was synthesized from lawn grass via its physical treatment. The lawn grass was washed with hydrochloric acid solution before heat treatment step at different temperatures in the presence of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas. Activated carbon samples obtained from heat treatment process and raw grass samples were completely analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The surface area of activated carbon resulted from heat treatment of lawn grass in the presence of CO2 was higher, i.e., 208 m2/g, as compared to raw grass, i.e., 0.0068 m2/g. The adsorption capacity was highest (i.e. 0.12 mmol/g at 25 °C and 1 bar for CO2 adsorption) for activated carbon sample prepared at 750 °C. Therefore, activated carbon prepared from heat treatment of lawn grass can be a viable option for pollutants removal by using this low cost and effective adsorbent.

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    Zaheer Aslam, Umar Anait, Aamir Abbas & Umar Irshad

  2. Centre for Environment & Water (CEW), Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

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  3. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Western University, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada

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Aslam, Z., Anait, U., Abbas, A. et al. Adsorption of carbon dioxide onto activated carbon prepared from lawn grass. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 12, 3121–3131 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01029-w

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