Estimation of the pore-size distribution function from the nitrogen adsorption isotherm. Comparison of density functional theory and the method of Do and co-workers

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1113-1125

  Kowalczyk, Piotr ^a   Terzyk, Artur P ^b   Gauden, Piotr A ^b   Leboda, Roman ^c   Szmechtig Gauden, Ewa ^b   Rychlicki, Gerhard ^b   Ryu, Zhenyu ^d   Rong, Haiqin ^d  

^a Military Institute of Chemistry and Radiometry Warsaw   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Activated carbon; C. Adsorption, Modeling; D. Porosity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALGORITHMS; MICROPOROSITY; NITROGEN; PORE SIZE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

PORE STRUCTURES;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS;

EID: 0038222470     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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