Table 4.

A comparison of BET surface area and adsorption capacity of adsorbents.

no.	adsorbents	SBET (m2 g−1)	pore volume (cm3 g−1)	pore size (Å)	qe (mg g−1)	ref.
1	MPC	199	0.39	13.9	206.5	this work
2	AC700N2	809	0.55	—	190.7	[51]
3	commercial AC	800	0.52	—	160.0	[51]
4	H2O2-modified AC	762	0.55	—	146.6	[51]
5	SBA-15	737	1.03	80	0.41	[65]
6	cork powder-carbon	891	0.42	7.4	112.4	[72]
7	physically activated cork	1060	0.57	11.2	378.1	[72]
8	physically activated PET	1426	0.584	11.0	266.6	[72]
9	physically activated coal	1156	0.646	14.9	430.4	[72]
10	physically activated wood	899	0.626	10.5	291.9	[72]
11	chemically activated wood	879	0.553	11.4	149.1	[72]
12	CO2-activated carbon	1055	0.733	12.0	178.0	[73]
13	H3PO4-activated carbon	1106	0.560	9.0	312.7	[73]
14	(NH4)2S2O8-activated carbon	903	0.634	—	159.8	[73]