Table 1.

N₂ sorption data for MS/AgNP materials prepared at increasing Ag loadings.

Ag Loading/mmol g−1	aSBET/m2 g−1	bVtotal/cm3 g−1	bVmeso/cm3 g−1	cVmicro/cm3 g−1	bAPD/nm	bPDmax/nm
*0.000	170	0.53	0.50	0.008	9.6	8.2
0.029	152	0.47	0.44	0.007	8.8	6.7
0.059	161	0.49	0.45	0.007	9.0	5.8
0.180	175	0.47	0.45	0.008	7.7	5.0

^[a]BET surface area using N₂ adsorption data in the relative pressure range 0.05–0.2;

^[b]BJH average pore diameter (PD), pore diameter maximum in mesopore region (PD_max), mesopore (V_meso) and total pore volume (V_total);

^[c]Micropore volume from the t-plot method.

^*[MS = control experiment performed in the absence of AgNO₃].