Open AccessLow temperature synthetic graphite from oil palm trunk waste via pyrolisis process
Author(s) -
N. A. Karim,
Muhammad M. Ramli,
Che Mohd Ruzaidi Ghazali,
C. A. I. Nadia,
G. Denesh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/932/1/012125
Subject(s) - graphite , raman spectroscopy , scanning electron microscope , materials science , palm oil , pyrolysis , diffraction , thermal analysis , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , thermal , chromatography , optics , physics , food science , meteorology , engineering
Synthetic graphite was produced from oil palm trunk chip in lower heating temperature via pyrolysis process. The heating rate (10 °/min and 20 °/min) were varied whilst the heating temperature at 500 °C was fixed. All of the samples produced after heat treatment process were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and the diffraction pattern obtained analyzed using X’Pert Highscore Plus software to affirm the phase analysis. To ensure the graphitic nature of synthetic graphite produced, RAMAN analysis was conducted. Morphological study of the synthetic graphite produced involved scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis. From the investigation, the results show, confirmation that synthetic graphite was successfully synthesized at the heat treatment of 500 °C (20 °/min heating rate) with fixed soaking hours. Synthetic graphite produced matched with XRD reference code of 00-041-1487. Analysis of RAMAN confirm the formation of D, G and 2D peaks at the respective wavenumber of 1250 cm-1, 1625 cm-1 and 2700cm-1.