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Characterization of the pore structure of nanoporous activated carbons produced from wood waste

  • Galina Dobele EMAIL logo , Darya Vervikishko , Aleksandrs Volperts , Nikolay Bogdanovich and Evgeny Shkolnikov
Published/Copyright: March 14, 2013
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Abstract

Highly developed nanoporous carbon materials have been prepared by a two-stage thermocatalytic process. In the first step, alder (Alnus rhombifolia) and birchwood (Betula pendula) were carbonized with and without a dehydration catalyst (H3PO4); in the second step, the material was activated by means of NaOH. The dependence of the porous structure of activated carbons from process parameters was characterized by the novel limited evaporation technique. Specific surface areas, pore volumes, and radii were calculated according to the Derjaguin-Broekhoff-de Boer theory. The tests of activated carbons as electrodes in supercapacitors demonstrated their high potential for this application.


Corresponding author: Galina Dobele, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, 27 Dzerbenes St., 1006 Riga, Latvia

The research leading to these results has received funding also from the Latvian Budget (grant 1546), Latvian National Programme-5,2,2.4. The authors are grateful to TEEMP, LLC, and personally to Dr. A.V. Dolgolaptev for the active help in the work organization. The work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (contract no. 16.526.12.6002).

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Received: 2012-10-31
Accepted: 2013-2-8
Published Online: 2013-03-14
Published in Print: 2013-07-01

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