High surface area and mesoporous activated carbon from KOH-activated dragon fruit peels for methylene blue dye adsorption: optimization and mechanism study

AH Jawad, AS Abdulhameed, LD Wilson… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an alternative precursor for production of activated carbon was introduced
using dragon fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis) peel (DFP). Moreover, KOH was used as a …

Sequestration of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution using microwave assisted dragon fruit peel as adsorbent

MA Ahmad, MA Eusoff, KA Adegoke… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) was prepared from dragon fruit peel (DFP) for methylene blue (MB)
dye removal from an aqueous system. The physicochemical activation technique involving …

Fabrication of bean dreg-derived carbon with high adsorption for methylene blue: Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment and pyrolysis process

B Wang, Y Zhai, T Wang, S Li, C Peng, Z Wang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study explored the cooperative effects of hydrothermal or activators pretreatment and
pyrolysis process on the chemical composition of bean dreg (BD)-derived carbon materials …

Preparation of activated carbon from Dipterocarpus alatus fruit and its application for methylene blue adsorption

C Patawat, K Silakate, S Chuan-Udom… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Activated carbons were prepared from three parts of Dipterocarpus alatus fruit (wing,
endocarp and pericarp), an abundant and renewable waste in Southeast Asia, by chemical …

Nanoporous activated carbon prepared from karanj (Pongamia pinnata) fruit hulls for methylene blue adsorption

MA Islam, S Sabar, A Benhouria, WA Khanday… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, karanj (Pongamia pinnata) fruit hulls were used as a precursor to prepare low-
cost activated carbon with a large surface area through KOH activation. The prepared …

Statistical modeling of methylene blue dye adsorption by high surface area mesoporous activated carbon from bamboo chip using KOH-assisted thermal activation

AH Jawad, AS Abdulhameed - Energy, Ecology and Environment, 2020 - Springer
Bamboo chip (BC) biomass was used as an alternative precursor for producing high surface
area and mesoporous bamboo chip activated carbon using KOH activation with pyrolysis …

Unleashing the potential of pineapple peel-based activated carbon: Response surface methodology optimization and regeneration for methylene blue and methyl red …

NA Rosli, MA Ahmad, TU Noh - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of activated carbon (AC) by recycling agricultural byproducts such as waste
pineapple peel (PiP) is an example of a sustainable strategy for the environment and low …

Large-scale converting waste coffee grounds into functional carbon materials as high-efficient adsorbent for organic dyes

X Wen, H Liu, L Zhang, J Zhang, C Fu, X Shi… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Functional carbon materials have been fabricated through simple and effective catalytic
carbonization with waste coffee grounds (CGs) as carbon precursor and FeCl 3 as catalyst …

KOH-activated carbon prepared from sucrose spherical carbon: Adsorption equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies for Methylene Blue removal

KC Bedin, AC Martins, AL Cazetta, O Pezoti… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work reports the synthesis of activated carbon (AC) obtained by KOH chemical
activation of spherical carbon (SC) produced from hydrothermal treatment (HT) of sucrose …

Kendu (Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb) fruit peel activated carbon—an efficient bioadsorbent for methylene blue dye: equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic study

S Sahu, S Pahi, JK Sahu, UK Sahu… - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
In this work, activated carbon was synthesized by the carbonization of kendu fruit peel
followed by chemical activation using ammonium carbonate as an activating agent to get …