Preparation of ordered porous carbon from tea by chemical activation and its use in Cr(VI) adsorption

Journal of Porous Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 767-774

  Borah, Lukumoni ^a,b   Senapati, Kula Kamal ^a,b   Borgohain, Chandan ^a,b   Sarma, Sidananda ^b   Roy, Subhasish ^a   Phukan, Prodeep ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical activation; Cr(VI) adsorption; Porous carbon; Surface area; Tea

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY; BET SURFACE AREA; CARBON PRECURSORS; CR ADSORPTIONS; GREEN TEA; HIGH SURFACE AREA; MICROPORES; POROUS CARBONS; SURFACE AREA; TEA; TEA LEAVES; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; UNIFORM PORE; WASTE TEA;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON;

EID: 84872030865     PISSN: 13802224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10934-011-9529-y     Document Type: Article

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