Production of functionalized carbon from synergistic hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae and swine manure

Conventional approaches of making biochars are typically through single sourcing of the feedstock. Here, we hypothesize that multi sourcing can be used to develop tailored functionalized biochar where select functional groups are inherently grafted onto the biochar surface. To test this hypothesis, we used hydrothermal co-liquefaction to produce biochar from various blends of microalgae Cyanidioschyzon merolae (CM) and swine manure (SM). We...