Influence of carboxyl group formation on ammonia adsorption of NiO-templated nanoporous carbon surfaces

Long Yue Meng, Soo Jin Park

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Abstract

The scope of this work was to control the surface functional groups of nanoporous carbons (NPs) by oxidizing agents (nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide) treatments and to investigate the relation between carboxyl group and ammonia removal efficiency. The NPs were directly prepared from a cation exchange resin by the carbonization of a mixture with Ni acetate at 900 °C. N 2/-196 °C adsorption, Boehm's titrations, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyzes were employed to confirm the physicochemical properties of NPs. The ammonia removal efficiency was confirmed by temperature programmed desorption (TPD) technique. In the result, the oxygen content of NPs increased after various treatments and the highest content of carboxyl group formation appeared at a 2:3 volume ratio of HNO 3/H 2O 2. It was also found that the oxidation treatment led to an increase in ammonia removal efficiency of NPs, mainly due to an increase of acid oxygen functional groups (such as carboxyl) on NPs surfaces.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-90
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Chemistry and Physics
Volume137
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Korea CCS R&D Center (KCRC) grant funded by the Korea government (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) (0031985). The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support by grants from Korea CCS R&D Center, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korean Government .

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Microstructure
  • Oxidation
  • Surface properties

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