Alkaline hydroxide activation reactions occurring during

As discussed in Section I, in this chapter we strive to simplify the study of reactions occurring during chemical activation with alkaline hydroxides by limiting our analysis to the activation of carbon materials. In other words, carbonaceous precursors that are not carbons are excluded. To identify the reaction products, to understand the types of reactions occurring, and to propose a main global reaction for hydroxide activation, a combination of different techniques has been used FTIR, in situ XRD, analysis of activation products followed by mass spectrometry, as well as thermodynamic data [99-101]. 

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