Characterization of metal-containing activated carbon derived from phenolic resin

A series of micro- and mesoporous activated carbons were prepared from phenolic resin using a metal treated chemical activation methodology. -adsorption data were used to characterize the surface properties of the produced activated carbons. Results of the surface properties and pore distribution analysis showed that phenolic resin can be successfully converted to micro- and mesoporous activated carbons with specific surface areas higher than . Activated carbons with porous structure were produced by controlling the amount of metal chlorides(, ). Pore evolvement was shown to be most effected by the incremental addition of metal chloride. From the thermodynamic DSC data, enthalpy formations() of first endothermic reaction were increase with the incremental addition of metal chloride.