Using waste to treat waste: facile synthesis of hollow carbon nanospheres from lignin for water decontamination
Xiang Liu, Zixuan Hao, Fang Chen, Kun Pang, Jiaying Yan, Yingping Huang, Di Huang, Didier Astruc
Abstract
Herein, a new type of hollow carbon nanospheres (HCNs) is designed and synthesized by pyrolysis of biomass dealkali lignin, as an efficient nanocatalyst for the elimination of antibiotics in complex water matrices.
Topics & Concepts
Human decontaminationLigninWaste managementCarbon fibersMaterials scienceChemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringComposite numberComposite materialNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsEnvironmental remediation with nanomaterialsAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal