Agricultural bio-waste materials as potential sustainable precursors used for activated carbon production: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - Tập 46 - Trang 218-235 - 2015
Mohd Adib Yahya1, Zakaria Al‐Qodah2, Che Wan Zanariah Che Wan Ngah1
1Faculty Of Science & Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia
2Department of Chemical Engineering, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia

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