New porous amine-functionalized biochar-based desiccated coconut waste as efficient CO2 adsorbents

Zakaria, Dina Sofiea and Rozi, Siti Khalijah Mahmad and Halim, Hairul Nazirah Abdul and Mohamad, Sharifah and Zheng, Ghee Kang (2024) New porous amine-functionalized biochar-based desiccated coconut waste as efficient CO2 adsorbents. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31 (11). pp. 16375-16387. ISSN 0944-1344, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32285-2.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32285-2

Abstract

Climate change caused by the greenhouse gases CO2 remains a topic of global concern. To mitigate the excessive levels of anthrophonic CO2 in the atmosphere, CO2 capture methods have been developed and among these, adsorption is an especially promising method. This paper presents a series of amine functionalized biochar obtained from desiccated coconut waste (amine-biochar@DCW) for use as CO2 adsorbent. They are ethylenediamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (EDA-biochar@DCW), diethylenetriamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (DETA-biochar@DCW), triethylenetetramine-functionalized biochar@DCW (TETA-biochar@DCW), tetraethylenepentamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (TEPA-biochar@DCW), and pentaethylenehexamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (PEHA-biochar@DCW). The adsorbents were obtained through amine functionalization of biochar and they are characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The CO2 adsorption study was conducted isothermally and using a thermogravimetric analyzer. From the results of the characterization analyses, a series of amine-biochar@DCW adsorbents had larger specific surface area in the range of 16.2 m(2)/g-37.1 m(2)/g as compare to surface area of pristine DCW (1.34 m(2)/g). Furthermore, the results showed an increase in C and N contents as well as the appearance of NH stretching, NH bending, CN stretching, and CN bending, suggesting the presence of amine on the surface of biochar@DCW. The CO2 adsorption experiment shows that among the amine modified biochar adsorbents, TETA-biochar@DCW has the highest CO2 adsorption capacity (61.78 mg/g) when using a mass ratio (m:m) of biochar@DCW:TETA (1:2). The adsorption kinetics on the TETA-biochar@DCW was best fitted by the pseudo-second model (R-2 = 0.9998), suggesting the adsorption process occurs through chemisorption. Additionally, TETA-biochar@DCW was found to have high selectivity toward CO2 gas and good reusability even after five CO2 adsorption-desorption cycles. The results demonstrate the potential of novel CO2 adsorbents based on amine functionalized on desiccated coconut waste biochar.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords: Desiccated coconut waste; Biochar; Amine functionalization; Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture; Adsorption; Kinetics
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2024 04:27
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2024 04:27
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/45661

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