Specific structure of the lignocellulosic materials should promote formation of the required types of pores in activated carbons (AC). The most developed surface structure of plant based ACs can be obtained through alkali activation of pyrolysed precursors.
Selection of appropriate conditions of pyrolysis and activation, allows to obtain activated carbons with different porous structure and surface chemical composition. In view of the above, the aim of this paper was to obtain a series of carbons from hornbeam wood activated with potassium and sodium hydroxides.
Keywords: activated carbon, potassium and sodium hydroxides, hornbeam wood
Authors
Pawlicka A.
Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Wood Technology, Institute of Chemical Wood Technology, Poznan, Poland
Doczekalska B.
Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Wood Technology, Institute of Chemical Wood Technology, Poznan, Poland
Bartkowiak M.
Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Wood Technology, Institute of Chemical Wood Technology, Poznan, Poland
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