Characterization of active sites on carbon catalysts

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

José Luis Figueiredo (Author) FEUP; Manuel Fernando R Pereira (Author) FEUP; Freitas, MMA (Author) Other; José Melo Orfão (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Vol. 46

Pages: 4110-4115

ISSN: 0888-5885

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 227 Citations

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 271 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-9DK

DOI: 10.1021/ie061071v

Abstract (EN): A method based on the deconvolution of TPD spectra is proposed for the characterization of surface oxygen groups, which can act as the active sites on carbon catalysts. The method, which was previously used to characterize activated carbons oxidized in the gas phase, has been extended and applied to other materials, carbons oxidized in the liquid phase. It is shown that this method fits quite well the TPD experimental data of the original activated carbon as well as the gas-phase and liquid-phase oxidized materials and is suitable to estimate the amounts of each type of oxygen surface groups.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6