Abstract
Two activated carbons containing different amounts of chlorine were obtained by chlorination of an activated carbon prepared from olive stones. Variations in surface physics and chemistry of the samples were studied by N 2 and CO 2 adsorption, mercury porosimetry, TPD, XPS, pH PZC measurements, and by testing their behaviour as catalysts in the decomposition reaction of isopropanol. Our results indicate that chlorination of activated carbon increases its Lewis acidity but decreases its Brönsted acidity, which can be explained by the resonance effect introduced into the aromatic rings of graphene layers by the chlorine atoms covalently bound to their edges. This resonance effect could also explain the changes observed in the thermal stability of C–Cl and C–O bonds.
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