根本 康成, 天野 佳正, 町田 基, 今関 文夫
炭素 2015(267) 101-104 2015年
It has been found that activated carbon oxidized with a solution prepared by dissolving (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub> in 1.0 M sulfuric acid has a very large number of functional groups and increases the adsorption of metal ions. However, the oxidation simultaneously produces a decrease in surface area and causes the activated carbon to have a fragile structure. This study examined the effects of nitric acid, sodium sulfate and sulfuric acid as (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub> solvents used for the oxidation of activated carbons on Ni(II) adsorption, oxygen content, functional groups and surface area. The results showed that 1.0 M solvents introduce more carboxy groups than 0.1 M solvents and a 1.0 M sodium sulfate solution produces a high adsorption capacity without decreasing the surface area drastically.