ZnCl2/NaCl-Catalysed Hydrothermal Carbonization of Glucose and Oil Palm Shell Fiber

• Main Authors: Teh, S.J., Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd, Lai, C.W., Lim, Y.S.
• Format: Article
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QD Chemistry; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19574/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/nnl.2015.2000
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Advanced carbon nanomaterials are a class of materials of considerable research interest, as a cheaper alternative to expensive metals and composites. Plant biomass such as oil palm shell fiber (OPSF) is a renewable source of carbon for the production of advanced carbon nanomaterials. In the present...