Novel Porous Carbons Derived from Coal Tar Rejects: Assessment of the Role of Pore Texture in CO₂ Capture under Realistic Postcombustion Operating Temperatures

Activated carbons (ACs) are among the most commonly used sorbents for CO2 capture because of their high surface areas and micropore volumes, which depend on precursor and activation methods. In this study, we evaluated different ACs obtained from a low-value fraction of liquid-derived coal pyrolysis, namely phenolic oil, which was used as gel precursor before carbonization and KOH activation. CO2 capture performances were determined at...