“…Table 6 shows the CO 2 adsorption capacities of activated carbons prepared in this work, the range of this parameter is from 205 to 333 mg g −1 , these data are satisfactory, considering the fact that in other studies the adsorbed amounts have been between 43 and 400 mg g −1 in adsorbent materials such as: zeolites, carbon fibers, MOF and activated carbon (Plaza et al, 2010 , Carruthers et al, 2012 ; Cho et al, 2012 ; Sevilla and Fuertes, 2012 ; Wahby et al, 2012 ; Yang et al, 2012 ; An et al, 2013 ; Liu et al, 2013 ; Jang et al, 2018 ; Querejeta et al, 2018 ). Taking into account the CO 2 adsorption capacities of the prepared activated carbon, it can be affirmed that the modifications made with HNO 3 and NH 4 OH were effective since they generated an increase of up to 61.56% in the adsorbed amount of this gas on the carbonaceous materials, This increase is associated with the incorporation of nitrogen groups that act as electron donors and carboxylic groups that are capable of establishing Lewis acid-base interactions with the CO 2 molecule, because these groups not only have a carbonyl group that can act as a Lewis base toward the carbon atom (Lewis acid) of the molecule, but also has an acidic proton that can act as a Lewis acid toward the oxygen atom (Lewis bases) of the CO 2 molecule (Bell et al, 2003 ).…”