The invention belongs to the field of preparation of
activated carbon, and particularly relates to a method for preparing
activated carbon from rice husks. According to the method,
zinc chloride is used as an activator to treat substances, dissolved in
zinc chloride, in
raw material rice husks, saccharides such as glucose and the like are gradually decomposed and then further oxidized into
uronic acid,
uronic acid and
aldose are condensed to form
furfural, the
furfural further has a polycyclic
aromatization reaction to form condensed carbon, finally, an
activated carbon structure is formed, the activated carbon structure is loose, the porous structure is more stable, and the specific surface area is larger. Alkali
dissolution is performed with a
sodium hydroxide solution,
silicon dioxide in the rice husks is removed, and the
porosity and activity of carbon are further increased. The more expensive
zinc chloride can be recycled in the production process, raw materials are easy to obtain, the preparation process is
pollution-free, and the product is low in
impurity content, good in looseness, large in specific surface area and high in adsorption capacity.