Catalyst free silica templated porous carbon nanoparticles from bio-waste materials

Porous Carbon Nanoparticles (PCNs) with well-developed microporosity were obtained from bio-waste oil palm leaves (OPL) using single step pyrolysis in nitrogen atmosphere at 500–600 8C in tubefurnace without any catalysis support. The key approach was using silica (SiO2) bodies of OPL as a templ...

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Main Authors: Anuj, Kumar, Gurumurthy, Hegde, Shoriya Aruni, bt Abdul Manaf, Zainab, Ngaini, K. V., Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15565/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15565/1/Anuj.pdf
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Summary:Porous Carbon Nanoparticles (PCNs) with well-developed microporosity were obtained from bio-waste oil palm leaves (OPL) using single step pyrolysis in nitrogen atmosphere at 500–600 8C in tubefurnace without any catalysis support. The key approach was using silica (SiO2) bodies of OPL as a template in the synthesis of microporous carbon nanoparticles with very small particle sizes of 35–85 nm and pore sizes between 1.9–2 nm.