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Alkaline activation of coals and carbon-base materials

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Data on the reactions and processes occurring under the conditions of the alkaline activation of carbon substances—the production of activated carbons by the thermolysis of carbon substances in the presence of alkali metal hydroxides MOH—are summarized. The following most important activation processes were recognized: (1) the interaction of functional groups with MOH and the formation of intermediate structures with the C-O-M group; (2) their conversion into metal-containing compounds (primarily, M2CO3 and M2O) in reactions with carbon, especially, with terminal C atoms on the periphery of graphenes; and (3) the reduction of M2CO3 and M2O to the metal M, which is intercalated into the interlayer spaces of crystallites. The mechanism of alkaline activation was studied in most detail for KOH as an activating agent. The thermally initiated reduction of potassium oxide with carbon and the intercalation of potassium metal are the two most important processes for the development of the microporosity of activated carbon.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Tamarkina, V.A. Kucherenko, T.G. Shendrik, 2014, published in Khimiya Tverdogo Topliva, 2014, No. 4, pp. 38–46.

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Tamarkina, Y.V., Kucherenko, V.A. & Shendrik, T.G. Alkaline activation of coals and carbon-base materials. Solid Fuel Chem. 48, 251–259 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0361521914040119

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