Abstract
Sulfur functionalized biocarbons were prepared from naturally abundant lignin alkali with sodium thiocyanate as an activation agent and a sulfur source. The resultant biocarbon sorbents showed a high mercury isolation ability from aqueous solutions, where high surface area and doping of sulfur significantly aid the uptake of mercury, i.e., 0.05
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2098-2107 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Dalton Transactions |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - Dec 18 2023 |
Funding
This publication was made possible by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Grant No. 1757353 and the State of Delaware. The authors are grateful for the support of Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation - Bridge to the Doctorate Funded by NSF (award No. 1810609). XPS analysis was performed with the instrument sponsored by the National Science Foundation under grant No. CHE-1428149. TEM and SEM (JC, DKH) were carried out at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), which is a US Department of Energy, Office of Science User Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Graduate student support was provided by the Delaware Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (NASA Grant 80NSSC20M0045). Acknowledgment is made to the Donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for support of this research. This publication was made possible by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Grant No. 1757353 and the State of Delaware. The authors are grateful for the support of Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation – Bridge to the Doctorate Funded by NSF (award No. 1810609). XPS analysis was performed with the instrument sponsored by the National Science Foundation under grant No. CHE-1428149. TEM and SEM (JC, DKH) were carried out at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), which is a US Department of Energy, Office of Science User Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Graduate student support was provided by the Delaware Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (NASA Grant 80NSSC20M0045). Acknowledgment is made to the Donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for support of this research.
