%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization by SEM, TEM and Quantum-Chemical Simulations of the Spherical Carbon with Nitrogen (SCN) Active Carbon Produced by Thermal Decomposition of Poly(vinylpyridine-divinylbenzene) Copolymer
%A Volodymyr D. Khavryuchenko
%A Oleksiy V. Khavryuchenko
%A Andriy I. Shkilnyy
%A Denys A. Stratiichuk
%A Vladyslav V. Lisnyak
%J Materials
%D 2009
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ma2031239
%X Amorphous Spherical Carbon with Nitrogen (SCN) active carbon has been prepared by carbonization of poly(vinylpyridine-divinylbenzene) (PVPDVB) copolymer. The PVPDVB dehydrogenation copolymer has been quantum chemically (QC) simulated using cluster and periodic models. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) studies of the resulting product have conformed the QC computation results. Great structural similarity is found both at the nano- and micro-levels between the N-doped SCN carbon and its pure carbonic SKS analog.
%K active carbon
%K carbonization
%K electron microscopy (SEM
%K TEM)
%K energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX)
%K computer modeling and simulation
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/2/3/1239