Patent ID: 9006136
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01G

Abstract:
1. A porous activated carbon material formed according to a method, comprising: forming a mixture of a carbon precursor selected from the group consisting of a synthetic polymer thermosetting resin and a synthetic polymer thermoplastic resin and an inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of KOH, K heating the mixture at a first temperature to cure the carbon precursor; heating the cured carbon precursor at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to carbonize the carbon precursor and produce an activated carbon material, wherein the method further comprises: (a) heating the mixture at the first temperature in a nitrogen environment, and (b) washing the activated carbon to remove the inorganic compound and then heating the washed activated carbon material at a third temperature ranging from about 450° C. to 1000° C. in an environment that is substantially free of oxygen to refine the activated carbon material, wherein the activated carbon material comprises 7 to 8 wt. % oxygen and at least one of a microporous volume of 0.65 to 0.67 cm