Abstract
Here, we report the synthesis of nanoporous carbons (NCs) derived from a low-cost and renewable biomass, jute, by a chemical activation process using KOH. Jute is one of the least expensive and most abundant crops, with a staggering 2.8 million metric tons of jute produced each year. In this study, we synthesize NCs from three different parts of jute fibers through a chemical activation technique using KOH. The NCs prepared from the bottom portion of the fiber show a high surface area (2682 m2 g−1) with the presence of both micropores and mesopores. The ultra-high surface area of jute makes it an economically viable, environmentally friendly precursor for NCs, with a wide variety of applications from energy storage to environmental and biomedical applications.
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•Low cost and renewable biomass, Jute is used for synthesis of nanoporous carbons by chemical activation process with KOH.•Three different parts of Jute are carbonized and compared for porous properties.•The NCs from bottom of the fiber show high surface area (2682 m2 g−1) with the presence of both micropores and mesopores.