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. 2023 Aug 17;11:1258483. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1258483

TABLE 3.

Surface functional groups found in different biomasses.

Biomass Surface functional group Wavenumber (cm-1) References
Sugar can and orange peel biochars C-OH stretch 3,448 and 3,430 Abdelhafez and Li (2016)
C=O stretch 1637
C-C stretch 1384
C-O stretch 1101
C-OH stretch 1101
Green taro OH stretch 3,763 Elangovan et al. (2008)
NH2 stretch 2325
Several bands from overtone and combination 1920
C=O stretch 1707, 1624
Ring stretch 1487
Antisym stretch 1404
C–O stretch 1281
SO3 stretch 1184
C–O stretch 1019
C–CO–C bend 655
Lignin Stretching vibrations of aromatic and aliphatic OH groups 3,412 Guo et al. (2008)
C–H stretching 2925, 2849
Carboxyl and carbonyl stretching 1703, 1648
Aromatic skeletal vibrations 1600, 1514, 1425
Aromatic methyl group vibrations 1463
C–O stretching 1329, 1217
Syringyl units 1114, 827
Olive solid residue ɣ(O –H) 3,400 Salem and Allia (2008)
ɣ(C –H) 2900
ɣ(–NH) 1500
ɣ(C=C) 1700
ɣ(COO–,C=O) 1037
Sawdust from Arundo donax –OH group 3,600–3,000 Cukierman (2007)
C– O, C–C and C–OH bonds 1000–1300
Seed hulls –OH group 3,600–3,000
C– O, C–C and C–OH bonds 1000–1300
Sour orange residue –OH groups 3,423 Khormaei et al. (2007)
CH stretching 2925.88
C=O band 1631
C–O carboxyl band 1257–1244
Sugarcane bagasse –OH group 3,600–3,000 Cukierman (2007)
C– O, C–C and C–OH bonds 1000–1300