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Preparation of high adsorption performance activated carbon by pyrolysis of waste polyester fabric

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Activated carbon with high adsorption performance was prepared by the ZnCl2-activated pyrolysis of waste polyester fabric. The as-prepared samples were systematically characterized by thermos-gravimetric analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, XRD, SEM and BET. The adsorption performance was measured by using the iodine and methylene blue as the target dyes. Experimental results showed that porous structured amorphous activated carbon with high adsorption performance could be prepared via the pyrolysis of the raw material. The pre-treatment in ZnCl2 solution and pyrolysis temperature could significantly affect the adsorption performance of the target sample. The activation effect of ZnCl2 could introduce large amount of pores in the structure, resulting in larger specific surface area and higher adsorption capacity. When the pyrolysis temperature was set at 900 °C, the as-obtained sample has a maximum BET specific surface area and a total pore volume of 1101.5 and 0.9574 cm3 g−1, respectively. The corresponding adsorption capacity of iodine and methylene blue was 1028 and 504 mg g−1, respectively.

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The authors acknowledge the Scientific Research Fund of Taiyuan University of Technology for financial support (Project No. 20504020203) and Research Initiation Funds for the returned Chinese scholars (Project No. 2017048).

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  1. College of Textile Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong, 030600, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoying Yu & Shuhua Wang

  2. Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Zhang

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Yu, X., Wang, S. & Zhang, J. Preparation of high adsorption performance activated carbon by pyrolysis of waste polyester fabric. J Mater Sci 53, 5458–5466 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1928-2

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