A mesoporous activated carbon (AC) can be successfully prepared by catalytic activation with carbon dioxide. For iron oxide as catalyst, there were two regions of mesopore size distribution, i.e. 2-5nm and 30-70nm. Wh...A mesoporous activated carbon (AC) can be successfully prepared by catalytic activation with carbon dioxide. For iron oxide as catalyst, there were two regions of mesopore size distribution, i.e. 2-5nm and 30-70nm. When copper oxide or magnesium oxide coexisted with iron oxide as composite catalyst, the content of pores with sizes of 2-5nm was decreased, while the pores with 30-70nm were increased significantly. For comparison, AC reactivated by carbon dioxide directly was also investigated. It was shown that the size of mesopores of the resulting AC concentrated in 2-5nm with less volume. The adsorption of Congo red was tested to evaluate the property of the result-ing AC. Furthermore, the factors affecting pore size distribution and the possibility of mesopore formation were discussed.展开更多
文摘A mesoporous activated carbon (AC) can be successfully prepared by catalytic activation with carbon dioxide. For iron oxide as catalyst, there were two regions of mesopore size distribution, i.e. 2-5nm and 30-70nm. When copper oxide or magnesium oxide coexisted with iron oxide as composite catalyst, the content of pores with sizes of 2-5nm was decreased, while the pores with 30-70nm were increased significantly. For comparison, AC reactivated by carbon dioxide directly was also investigated. It was shown that the size of mesopores of the resulting AC concentrated in 2-5nm with less volume. The adsorption of Congo red was tested to evaluate the property of the result-ing AC. Furthermore, the factors affecting pore size distribution and the possibility of mesopore formation were discussed.
