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Enhancing graphitization and mesoporosity by cobalt in activated carbons obtained from peach stone

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Activated carbon (AC) is a common material of choice in catalysis, as it is a suitable support material for many catalytic reactions. In this work, the effect of cobalt nanoparticles on activated carbon derived from a biomass waste, peach stone, is reported. The presence of cobalt during heat treatments at 900 °C under reductive (H2) and inert (He) atmospheres resulted in the appearance of an intense 2D band in the Raman spectra, indicating a high degree of graphitization. Temperature-programmed reduction and desorption experiments were conducted to evaluate the activation reactions. Quenched solid density functional theory (QSDFT) analysis using N2 adsorption data revealed that cobalt increased pore development in the samples, regardless of the atmosphere (reductive or inert) used.

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This work received financial support from MINECO (Spain) (PID2022-142960OB-C21) and H2020 (MSCA-RISE-2016/NanoMed Project). Financial support of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq-Brazil) is also acknowledged.

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  2. Laboratory of Microscopy and Nanotechnology, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Av. André Araújo, 2936 Petrópolis, Manaus, AM, 69067-375, Brazil

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  3. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil

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I.C.G.: conceptualization, investigation, writing-original draft preparation, methodology. O.F.C.J.: conceptualization, investigation, methodology, writing-review and editing. C.R.R.: validation, visualization, writing-reviewing and editing. E.V.R.-F.: funding acquisition, supervision, writing-review and editing. A.S.-E.: writing-review and editing, funding acquisition, project administration.

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Campello-Gómez, I., Cruz, O.F., Rambo, C.R. et al. Enhancing graphitization and mesoporosity by cobalt in activated carbons obtained from peach stone. J Nanopart Res 26, 81 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-024-05999-0

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