Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
Volume 201, Issue -, Pages 66-71Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2015.08.002
Keywords
Chitosan; Chemical activation; Sodium carbonate; Carbonization; Microporosity; Nitrogen
Funding
- Scholarship Program of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province [UM_ES.533.3.1490.2014]
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The paper presents the first systematic study on the synthesis of nitrogen-rich nanoporous activated carbons by chitosan carbonization in the presence of a hard template (activator), i.e. Na2CO3. Carbonization process was carried out in the range of 600-900 degrees C under a flow of nitrogen. The effect of the addition of different volumes of activator and the temperature of carbonization on the development of specific surface area and pore structure (pore volume and median pore diameter) of the activated carbons was investigated. Additionally, the nitrogen content and nitrogen-containing surface species were determined by means of XPS and combustion elemental analysis. The nitrogen content was placed in the range of 2.4-13.1 wt.%. On the grounds of the low-temperature adsorption of nitrogen, it was found that obtained adsorption isotherms were of type-I, based on the IUPAC classification, which is typical for microporous materials. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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