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November 22-23, 2018 | Paris, France

Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 2

Materials Physics and Materials Science

International Conference on

Numerical evaluation of the effect of the used activator on the development of the microporous

structure of the carbonaceous materials

Miroslaw Kwiatkowski

AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

he porous structure and functional properties of

carbonaceous materials are dependent on the structure

of the original raw material. As a consequence, the choice

of suitable material is no less important than the selection

of adequate production method and the determination of

optimum process conditions. Therefore, a search for new

raw materials that would be useful in the production of

carbonaceous materials has been under way, and particular

attention has been paid in this regard to biomass waste from

food and timber industries and agriculture. The work presents

numerical evaluation of the effect of the used activator and the

rawmaterial on the development of the microporous structure

of the carbonaceous materials. On the basis of the research and

analyses, a significant effect of the type of the activating agent

used as well as the rawmaterial on the formation of the porous

structure and, consequently, on the adsorptive properties

of the produced activated carbons were observed. The new

proposed method provides a wider spectrum of information on

the analyzed porous structure of the activated carbons and the

processes occurring on their surface, what provides a unique

tool enabling a precise characterization of the structure of the

carbonaceous microporous materials, and this in turn makes

it possible to optimize the processes of their manufacture.