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Technical Papers

Heterogeneous Mercury Reaction Chemistry on Activated Carbon

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Pages 418-426 | Published online: 10 Oct 2011

Figures & data

Figure 1. Schematic of the packed-bed reactor system.

Figure 1. Schematic of the packed-bed reactor system.

Figure 2. Hg 4f core level XPS spectra for AC sorbents at various indicated conditions: (a–c) Br-AC sorbents and (d) virgin-AC sorbent.

Figure 2. Hg 4f core level XPS spectra for AC sorbents at various indicated conditions: (a–c) Br-AC sorbents and (d) virgin-AC sorbent.

Table 1. XPS binding energies for Hg0, Hg-Br, and HgO: References and Hg-containing brominated AC

Figure 3. Computational domain of model C ribbon with exposed zigzag edge sites.

Figure 3. Computational domain of model C ribbon with exposed zigzag edge sites.

Figure 4. Surface configurations analyzed in the work presented here with stabilities ranging from the left (–945.113 eV) and center (–944.471 eV) to the right (–943.773 eV), with the configuration on the left being the most stable.

Figure 4. Surface configurations analyzed in the work presented here with stabilities ranging from the left (–945.113 eV) and center (–944.471 eV) to the right (–943.773 eV), with the configuration on the left being the most stable.

Table 2. Energies and bond distances of tested edge-site configurations

Figure 5. DOS showing the (a) s-, (b) p-, and (c) d-orbitals of Hg for various surface configurations compared with gas-phase Hg0 shown in black.

Figure 5. DOS showing the (a) s-, (b) p-, and (c) d-orbitals of Hg for various surface configurations compared with gas-phase Hg0 shown in black.

Figure 6. DOS showing the s-, p- (left axis), and d- (right axis) orbitals of surface atoms for (a) H-O-Hg-Br-H, (b) Hg-O-H-Br-H, and (c) H-O-Br-Hg-H.

Figure 6. DOS showing the s-, p- (left axis), and d- (right axis) orbitals of surface atoms for (a) H-O-Hg-Br-H, (b) Hg-O-H-Br-H, and (c) H-O-Br-Hg-H.

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