Role of the surface chemistry of the adsorbent on the initialization step of the water sorption process Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
In this work, an equation for the prediction of the low pressure region of the water adsorption isotherms of activated carbons, based on their amount of surface groups, has been further developed in order to account for porous carbonaceous materials with an oxygen-rich surface chemistry. To attain this goal, highly hydrophilic carbon materials were selected and their surface chemistry was modified by several techniques (mainly thermal and plasma ...