Active carbon synthesis and its application in the study of the oxygen reduction reaction

• Grant number: 18/11606-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2018
• End date: February 28, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Robson da Silva Rocha
• Grantee: Thaynara Mendes da Costa
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/02762-5 - Development of technologies to prevent pollution: degradation and monitoring online of antibiotics in sewage, AP.JP

Abstract

The carbon black is a material described in the literature as a reference for the H2O2 generation from the electrochemical reduction of O2, however, the acquisition of this material is not common, because currently few companies in Brazil supply this material and in most of cases and provided in large volumes. In this sense, the present project aims to evaluate the thermal synthesis of the active carbon used in the calcination process of the solid residue of sugarcane bagasse and the resulting material of this process must be evaluated electrochemically for the H2O2 generation in acidic medium.