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Abstract
The surface chemical structure of activated carbon fibers (ACF) was modified by cerous nitrate. The pore structure and surface chemical structure were characterized by nitrogen adsorption, Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and thermal gravimetric analysisFourier transformation infrared integrated technology. Results show that Ce(IV)treatment can result in about a 1020% decrease of specific surface area of the modified ACF, however this treatment cannot obviously change the micropore size distribution. Surface chemical structure analysis based on XPS indicates that Ce(IV)treatment can evidently increase the oxygen content of ACF from 11 to 25 atom% depending on the concentration of cerous nitrate. In situ IR analysis of the decomposition gases from ACF during heating to high temperature shows that the chemical treatment of ACF with a higher concentration of cerous nitrate can form many oxygencontaining groups such as carboxyl or lactone groups on the modified ACF, which is consistent with the results based on XPS.
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