Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons
Abstract Activated carbon produced from biomass exhibits a high specific surface area due to the natural hierarchical porous structure of the precursor material. To reduce production costs of activated carbon, bio-waste materials receive more and more attention, which has led to a steep increase in...
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| author | Jana B. Schaubeder Chamseddine Guizani Julian Selinger Andreas Mautner Michael Hummel Stefan Spirk |
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| description | Abstract Activated carbon produced from biomass exhibits a high specific surface area due to the natural hierarchical porous structure of the precursor material. To reduce production costs of activated carbon, bio-waste materials receive more and more attention, which has led to a steep increase in the number of publications over the past decade. However, the characteristics of activated carbon are highly dependent on the properties of the precursor material used, making it difficult to draw assumptions about activation conditions for new precursor materials based on published work. Here, we introduce a Design of Experiment methodology with a Central Composite Design to better predict the properties of activated carbons from biomass. As a model precursor, we employ well-defined regenerated cellulose-based fibers which contain 25 wt.% chitosan as intrinsic dehydration catalyst and nitrogen donor. The use of the DoE methodology opens up the possibility to better identify the crucial dependencies between activation temperature and impregnation ratio on the yield, surface morphology, porosity and chemical composition of the activated carbon, independent of the used biomass. The use of DoE yields contour plots, which allows for more facile analysis on correlations between activation conditions and activated carbon properties, thus enabling its tailor-made manufacturing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea5fb59567a14766916348e22c0f901f2023-03-22T11:11:14ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-03-0113111310.1038/s41598-023-30642-8Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbonsJana B. Schaubeder0Chamseddine Guizani1Julian Selinger2Andreas Mautner3Michael Hummel4Stefan Spirk5Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology (BPTI), Graz University of TechnologyDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto UniversityInstitute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology (BPTI), Graz University of TechnologyInstitute for Materials Chemistry and Research, University of ViennaDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto UniversityInstitute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology (BPTI), Graz University of TechnologyAbstract Activated carbon produced from biomass exhibits a high specific surface area due to the natural hierarchical porous structure of the precursor material. To reduce production costs of activated carbon, bio-waste materials receive more and more attention, which has led to a steep increase in the number of publications over the past decade. However, the characteristics of activated carbon are highly dependent on the properties of the precursor material used, making it difficult to draw assumptions about activation conditions for new precursor materials based on published work. Here, we introduce a Design of Experiment methodology with a Central Composite Design to better predict the properties of activated carbons from biomass. As a model precursor, we employ well-defined regenerated cellulose-based fibers which contain 25 wt.% chitosan as intrinsic dehydration catalyst and nitrogen donor. The use of the DoE methodology opens up the possibility to better identify the crucial dependencies between activation temperature and impregnation ratio on the yield, surface morphology, porosity and chemical composition of the activated carbon, independent of the used biomass. The use of DoE yields contour plots, which allows for more facile analysis on correlations between activation conditions and activated carbon properties, thus enabling its tailor-made manufacturing.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30642-8 |
| spellingShingle | Jana B. Schaubeder Chamseddine Guizani Julian Selinger Andreas Mautner Michael Hummel Stefan Spirk Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons Scientific Reports |
| title | Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons |
| title_full | Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons |
| title_fullStr | Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons |
| title_short | Design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor-made activated carbons |
| title_sort | design of experiments as a tool to guide the preparation of tailor made activated carbons |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30642-8 |
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