Biowaste Sago Bark Based Catalyst Free Carbon Nanospheres: Waste to Wealth Approach

• Main Authors: Gurumurthy, Hegde, Shoriya Aruni, Abdul Manaf, Anuj, Kumar, Gomaa, A M Ali, Kwok Feng, Chong, Zainab, Ngaini, K V, Sharma
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 2015
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10323/1/NO%2022%20Biowaste%20Sago%20Bark%20Based%20Catalyst%20Free%20Carbon%20Nanospheres%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10323/; http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00517

Catalyst free carbon nanospheres were synthesized using simple one step pyrolysis techniques where biowaste sago bark is used as a carbon precursor. Obtained carbon nanospheres showed porous nature and revealed that more than 95% carbon is present in the synthesized carbon nanospheres with partic...