Water purification efficiency of activated carbon structures upcycled from wastepaper

• Main Author: Ang, Shao Ming
• Other Authors: Lai Changquan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Material testing and characterization; Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165789
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigated the commercial potential of using paper wastes, such as printing paper and kraft paper, as a sustainable precursor for the production of activated carbon. Different paper wastes were subjected to similar activation and carbonization process, and the resulting activated carbon...