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Preparation and Characterization of Shiitake Mushroom-Based Activated Carbon with High Adsorption Capacity

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The potential of utilizing shiitake mushroom as feed stock for the preparation of activated carbon by chemical activation method with \(\text {K}_{2}\text {CO}_{3}\) was explored. The prepared materials were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, \(\text {N}_{2}\) adsorption–desorption analysis, scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectra. The activation mechanisms were proposed with the aid of thermogravimetric analysis. X-ray diffraction and Raman analysis indicated that the activated carbon was amorphous macroscopically. The influences of activation temperature, mass ratio of \(\text {K}_{2}\text {CO}_{3}\)/shiitake mushroom, activation duration, heating rate and material mixed mode on the yield, porosity and surface morphology of the activated carbon were investigated in detail. The synthesized activated carbons was predominantly microporous having a specific surface area of 2330 m\(^{2}\)/g, and the optimal process conditions were activation temperature of 800 \(^{\circ }\)C, mass ratio of \(\text {K}_{2}\text {CO}_{3}\)/shiitake mushroom of 1.5, activation duration of 180 min, heating rate of 5 \(^{\circ }\)C/min and mixed mode of impregnation. Addition to high surface area, it also exhibited a high iodine number adsorption capacity of 1432 mg/g and methylene blue adsorption capacity of 872 mg/g, which are far higher than the adsorption capacities reported in the open literature. These results demonstrate that the synthesized activated carbon could be utilized for variety of industrial applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51641403/E0418).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, People’s Republic of China

    Zhiwei Sun, Jinsheng Liang & Xinhui Duan

  2. Institute of Power Source and Ecomaterials Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, People’s Republic of China

    Zhiwei Sun, Jinsheng Liang & Xinhui Duan

  3. Chemical Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    C. Srinivasakannan

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Sun, Z., Srinivasakannan, C., Liang, J. et al. Preparation and Characterization of Shiitake Mushroom-Based Activated Carbon with High Adsorption Capacity. Arab J Sci Eng 44, 5443–5456 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-03746-5

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