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Catalyst support is a precursory material that can further be upgraded into metal-supported catalyst. Metal supported catalyst is widely used in various industries and research. It is reported to be tolerant against sulphur poisoning in catalytic hydrodesulphurization reaction. This could be attributed to the chemical nature (e.g. acidic or basic) of the catalyst-support. We conducted a study on the production of activated carbon from orange peel with the aim of assessing its potential for use as a catalyst support.
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The activated carbon was detected to have a highly porous structure with high surface area, suggesting that it is suitable to be used as a catalyst support since it can provide many reaction sites available for metal atom impregnation. The activated carbon produced was successfully upgraded into a nickel supported catalyst (Ni/AC) that still possessed a high surface area (977 m2/g).
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This page is a summary of: Activated Carbon for Catalyst Support from Microwave Pyrolysis of Orange Peel, Waste and Biomass Valorization, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-016-9804-x.
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