Synthesis and Characterization of

Composite Al2O3/Activated Carbon

From Oil Palm Shell with
Hydrothermal Method
Allwar, Meidita Kemala Sari

D E P A R T M E N T O F C H E M I S T R Y ,

F A C U L T Y M A T H E M A T I C S A N D N A T U R A L S C I E N C E

U N I V E R S I T A S I S L A M I N D O N E S I A

ABSTRACT
Composite of Al2O3/activated carbon (Al2O3/AC) has been
Method
successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method.  The result :
Composite of Al2O3/AC was synthesized from activated Composite
carbon by mixing with Al2O3 powder in liquid phase using
Al2O3/AC
ethanol and treated with hydrothermal at a temperature of
250oC for 3 hours. Comparison study of surface area between
activated carbon and composite of Al2O3/AC indicate that
surface area decrease from 67.658 to 65.335 m2/g. However,
XRD analysis shows that there is slight different hkl phase. 
Characterization using FTIR show that the composite have
more oxygen functional groups compared with activated
carbon, and SEM-EDX show morphology surface area The wetting agent
is Ethanol
activated carbon and Al2O3/AC.
 Keywords: Activated Carbon, Composite, Hydrothermal,
Al2O3.

Introduction
The Solvent for
Hydrothermal is The Reaction on wetting agent for
Pyrolysis Aquatridestillation forming composite

+ Results
As a Good
Adsorbent

Composite Al2O3/AC

Oil Palm Shell

a s a r a w m a ter i a l f or a dsor b en ts b ec a u se th e
s ulf u r c onte n t i s v e r y low so it is s a f e to be
a c ti va te d c a r bon . 3671,23 cm-1 -OH Isotherm Type III
455,56 cm-1 C - O - Al
Al2O3 423,43 cm-1 Al - O Multilayer
A lu m i n a h a s f ou r ty pe s of a ctiv e site s on th e
su r f a ce , na m ely : A l3 + i on s , O2 - ion s , OH -
g r ou ps, a n d D e f e c t pr oton s. it is good f or
m a ter i a l a s a dsor be n t

CONCLUSION
The composite of Al2O3/AC was successfully synthesized
from the waste of oil palm shell. The Al2O3 is
Composite Al2O3/AC successfully inserted on
the activated carbon and
In the formation of the Al2O3/AC composite hydrothermal is have semi-
a shape is like flower.
process has effect because Al2O3 successfully patch on crystalline structure
and face center cubic
activated carbon
(FCC)