Conversion of fruit waste-derived biomass to highly microporous activated carbon for enhanced CO capture.

Activated carbons were prepared from different Amazonian fruit waste-derived biomass residues from the Amazon to store CO at low pressure. The samples were carbonized in under flowing N flow atmosphere and activated with KOH. The carbon materials obtained were physically and structurally characterized by the analysis of N isotherms for textural characterization, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), ash content, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and applied for CO adsorption.