Open AccessPreparation of Carbon Monolith Derived from Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin and Its Application for Antibiotic Adsorption
Author(s) -
Fifteen Aprila Fajrin,
Imam Prasetyo,
Teguh Ariyanto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/572/1/012015
Subject(s) - monolith , adsorption , resorcinol , wastewater , materials science , pyrolysis , chemical engineering , activated carbon , carbon fibers , sorption , chemistry , organic chemistry , waste management , catalysis , composite material , composite number , engineering
The presence of antibiotics in wastewater discharged to the waterbody has negative effects. The antibiotics can induce bacteria to be persistent. Hence, efforts to limit the concentration of antibiotics in wastewater are required. In this work, the removal of antibiotics was performed by adsorption using nanoporous carbon in the form of a monolith. The carbon monolith was prepared by pyrolysis of templated resorcinol formaldehyde polymer at 600°C and 800°C. The material was characterized systematically by scanning electron microscopy and an N2-sorption analyzer. As a comparison, commercial carbon of coconut shell-derived was also employed in the study. The characterization showed that porous carbon monolith has a high specific surface area up to 594 m 2 /g. In the adsorption test, the results indicated that carbon monolith was better at adsorbing antibiotics compared to the commercial one.