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Capture and reversible storage of volatile iodine by porous carbon with high capacity

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The capture of iodine using porous materials has attracted considerable interest. In this work, porous carbon with a special surface area of 1973 m2 g−1 was prepared by simple activation method. As an adsorbent, the adsorption capacity of the resulting porous carbon could reach up to 376 wt% for iodine vapor and 460 mg g−1 for iodine uptake in cyclohexane, which both are among the highest values reported up to now. Taking advantages of its high special surface area, easy preparation, low cost, as well as good regeneration, the resulting porous carbon shows great potential in the removal of radioactive iodine at different states.

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The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51263012, 51262019, 51462021 and 51403092), Gansu Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 1308RJDA012), Support Program for Hongliu Young Teachers (Q201411), Hongliu Elitist Scholars of LUT (J201401), Support Program for Longyuan Youth, and Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities of Gansu Province.

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    Hanxue Sun, Peiqing La, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang, Baoping Yang & An Li

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Sun, H., La, P., Zhu, Z. et al. Capture and reversible storage of volatile iodine by porous carbon with high capacity. J Mater Sci 50, 7326–7332 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9289-1

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