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Upcycling of lignin waste to activated carbon for supercapacitor electrode and organic adsorbent

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We introduce a facile strategy to upcycle lignin waste to valuable activated carbon (AC). Unlike conventional preparation processes of AC, such as high-temperature carbonization above 600 °C followed by chemical or physical activation, we synthesized AC through low-carbonization (∼300 °C), ball-milling, and thermal activation. Low-temperature carbonization effectively led to the formation of the micro-pores and simultaneously high yield. Uniform activated morphology of char lignin is achieved through a ball-milling process. The as-synthesized AC exhibited a large specific surface area of 1075.18 m2 g−1, high specific capacitance of 115.1 F g−1, and excellent adsorbability of 0.23 gtoluene per gactivated carbon. Therefore, we believe that the presented facile strategy could lead to the realization of upcycling of lignin waste to highly useful AC.

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This work was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (NRF-2018R1D1A1B07045368 and NRF-2018M1A2A2061989).

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  1. Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55324, Korea

    Youn-Ki Lee & Sungho Lee

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61005, Korea

    Youn-Ki Lee & Kwang Sup Eom

  3. Department of Energy Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Korea

    Seung Bin Hong, Gwan Gyu Park & Han-Ik Joh

  4. Research and Development Center, GS Caltex Corporation, 359, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34122, Korea

    Sangchul Chung & Jung-Joon Lee

  5. Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advanced Engineering, 175-28 Goan-ro 51, Baegam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17180, Korea

    Sang Youp Hwang

  6. Research Center for Carbon Convergence Materials, Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology, Jeonju, 54853, Korea

    Byung-Joo Kim

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Lee, YK., Chung, S., Hwang, S.Y. et al. Upcycling of lignin waste to activated carbon for supercapacitor electrode and organic adsorbent. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 36, 1543–1547 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-019-0340-9

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