Patent ID: 6228803
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B01J,C01B,C04B,Y10T

Abstract:
An activated continuous uninterrupted carbon body having a porosity characterized in that 70% to 95% of the total porosity is in the mesopore range, and 80 to 90% of the mesopore volume is in the pore size range of about 40 to 300 angstroms, said activated carbon produced by a method comprising the steps of:a) forming a mixture comprising a high carbon-yielding precursor that when carbonized yields greater than about 40% carbon on a cured basis, and platinum;b) curing the mixture;c) carbonizing the carbon precursor in the mixture;d) activating the carbon in steam at an activation temperature of about 650.degree. C. to 750.degree. C.