Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Chemistry and Life Science, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No. 1 Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
  • 2 Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
  • 3 Fuel Cell Institute, (CETRI), Universiti Kebangsasn Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Integrated Technologies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, BE1410, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
  • 5 Faculty of Environment, Climate change and Urban Studies, National Economics University, 10000, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 6 Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Nong Lam University, Hamlet 6, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam
  • 7 Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam National University (CRES-VNU), Hanoi, 111000, Vietnam
  • 8 Faculty of International Economics, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam
Chem Rec, 2024 Jul 25.
PMID: 39051717 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300333

Abstract

Global agricultural by-products usually go to waste, especially in developing countries where agricultural products are usually exported as raw products. Such waste streams, once converted to "value-added" products could be an additional source of revenue while simultaneously having positive impacts on the socio-economic well-being of local people. We highlight the utilization of thermochemical techniques to activate and convert agricultural waste streams such as rice and straw husk, coconut fiber, coffee wastes, and okara power wastes commonly found in the world into porous activated carbons and biofuels. Such activated carbons are suitable for various applications in environmental remediation, climate mitigation, energy storage, and conversions such as batteries and supercapacitors, in improving crop productivity and producing useful biofuels.

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