MICROPOROSITY OF ACTIVATED CARBONS OBTAINED FROM PET

摘要

A high percentage of solid wastes in the world is constituted by plastics. PET (polyethylene terephthalate) represents more than 20% of the whole of these plastic residues. Hence, its recycling is prioritised. One of the traditional ways to re-use PET is the chemical recycling by solvolysis, i.e. by hydrolysis~1, although it has also been well described its use as precursor of carbonaceous materials~(2,3).