<p> 1</p><p>Supplementary information</p><p>Effect of acid and hydrothermal treatments on the dye adsorption properties of biomass-derived activated carbon</p><p>Guoting Zhua,b, Xianjun Xing b,c,*, Jiaquan Wang a, Xianwen Zhangb,c,* a School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui, Hefei 230009, China b Institute of Advanced Energy Technology & Equipment, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui, Hefei 230009, China c School of Automobile and Transportation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui, Hefei 230009, China</p><p>4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0</p><p>S a w d u s t w i t h P h o s p h o r i c A c i d 3 0 0 0 0 S a w d u s t 3 0 0 0 0 ) ) . . u u . . a a 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 ( ( y y</p><p> t t i i s s n n e e t t n n I 1 0 0 0 0 I 1 0 0 0 0</p><p>0 0 2 8 0 2 8 5 2 9 0 2 9 5 2 8 0 2 8 5 2 9 0 2 9 5 B E ( e v ) B E ( e v )</p><p>4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0</p><p>3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 P h o s p h o r i c - A c i d - H T C P h o s p h o r i c - A c i d - H T C - 1 0 0 0 ) . ) . u u . .</p><p> a 6 0 0 0 0 a (</p><p>( 2 0 0 0 0 y y t</p><p> i t</p><p> i s s n n e e t t n n I I 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0</p><p>0 0 2 8 0 2 8 5 2 9 0 2 9 5 2 8 0 2 8 5 2 9 0 2 9 5 B E ( e v ) B E ( e v )</p><p>Fig. S1 XPS spectra of C1s on (a)sawdust; (b)sawdust with phosphoric acid pre-treatment; (c) Phosphoric-Acid-HTC ; (d)Phosphoric-Acid-HTC-1000.</p><p>(a) (b)</p><p>20µm 5µm</p><p>Fig. S2. SEM images of raw pine sawdust with the magnification of 2000X (a) and 10000X (b)</p><p>Table S1 Textural parameters of samples Sample Surface area (m2/g) Pore Volume(ml/g) Average pore 2</p><p> a b c d e Slangmuir Smicro Sexnal Vtotal Vmicro Vmeso width(nm) Phosphoric- 2254.24 1290.11 495.24 1.2699 0.7207 0.5492 3.3161 Acid-HTC- 1000 Tartaric-Acid- 1614.32 252.59 921.70 0.8007 0.4902 0.3105 3.0844 HTC-1000 Citric-Acid- 1319.16 156.16 778.58 0.7606 0.3686 0.392 3.2548 HTC-1000 Formic-Acid- 552.63 61.17 317.63 0.4736 0.02697 0.44663 5.0011 HTC-1000 a Measured using N2 adsorption with Langmuir method. b Micropore surface area calculated using the T-Plot method. c External surface area calculated using the T-Plot method. d Total pore volume determined at P/Po=0.99969561. e Micropore volume calculated using the DFT method. </p><p>Table S2 Methylene blue adsorption capacity of various ACs. 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