ACTIVATED CARBON HAVING CATALYTIC ACTIVITY

摘要

The invention refers to a process for producing activated carbon having catalytic activity by carbonization and subsequent activation of carbonaceous organic polymers, wherein carbonaceous organic polymers into which, in the course of their formation, at least one metal atom and/or metal ion has been interpolymerized are subjected to a carbonization and subsequent activation, forming an activated carbon loaded with the metal atom and/or metal ion. This obviates subsequent loading with the metal by costly and inconvenient impregnation after the activated carbon has been produced. By endowing the starting materials with the metal, moreover, a more homogeneous loading is achieved, and that homogeneous throughout all kinds of pores (i.e. macropores, mesopores and micropores), so that catalytic activity is enhanced, and in addition, activation is accelerated.

主权项

1. A process for producing activated carbon having catalytic activity by carbonization and subsequent activation of carbonaceous organic polymers as starting material, said process using, as a starting material, carbonaceous organic polymers into which polymers, in the course of their formation or production, at least one metal has been interpolymerized, wherein said metal is interpolymerized in the course of the formation or production of said polymers by adding said metal to the polymerization mixture and by then carrying out the polymerization in the presence of the metal, wherein said polymers are subjected to a step of carbonization and a subsequent step of activation, thus forming an activated carbon loaded with said metal and wherein said metal is used in the form of a metal or a metal compound which is integrated into said polymerization mixture; wherein said activation step is completed in at most half of the activation duration required for the same carbonaceous organic polymers not comprising said metal.