Sugarcane bagasse as an agricultural/industrial biomass was converted into a low-cost activated carbon via an acid activation procedure under optimized conditions. Phosphoric acid was applied as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly chemical activator. The optimized activated carbon produced under temperature of 550°C and impregnation ratio of showed a micromesoporous structure with specific surface area and pore volume of m2/g and cm3/g, respectively. |