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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Synthesis of Carbon Microspheres from Inedible Crystallized Date Palm Molasses: Influence of Temperature and Reaction Time.

Mohanad El-Harbawi, Saeed Alhawtali, Abdulrhman S Al-Awadi, Lahssen El Blidi, Maher M Alrashed, Abdulrahman Alzobidi, Chun-Yang Yin

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohanad El-HarbawiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Saeed AlhawtaliDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrhman S Al-AwadiK.A. CARE Energy Research and Innovation Center in Riyadh, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Lahssen El BlidiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7861-0306
Maher M AlrashedDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman AlzobidiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Chun-Yang YinNewcastle University in Singapore, 537 Clementi Road #06-01, SIT Building @ Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 599493, Singapore.
King Saud University · SANgee Ann Polytechnic · SG

Funding

The National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, award no. ENV3120-02-12. ENV3120-02-12
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, carbon microspheres (CMs) were prepared by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of inedible crystallized date palm molasses. The effects of temperature and reaction time on the prepared materials were studied. Experiments were carried out at different temperatures (180, 200, 230 and 250 °C) with reaction times ranging from 2 to 10 h. It was found that temperature had the greatest influence on the mass yield of the CMs. No solid products were observed at a temperature of 180 °C and a reaction time less than 2 h. The highest yield was found to be 40.4% at 250 °C and a reaction time of 6 h. The results show that the CMs produced were approximately 5-9 μm in diameter. The results also show that the largest diameter of the CMs (8.9 μm) was obtained at a temperature of 250 °C and a reaction time of 6 h. Nonetheless, if the reaction time was extended beyond 6 h at 250 °C, the CMs fused and their shapes were deformed (non-spherical shapes). The synthesized materials were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Branuer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). BET surface areas for the four samples were found to be less than 1 m

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carbon microsphereshydrothermal carbonizationinedible crystallized date palm molassesreaction timetemperatureyield

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PMID36837301
PMCPMC9963818
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