“…Further heating to ~520 °C results in a weight loss of 5-9 %, which is probably due to the decomposition of thermally unstable oxygencontaining groups, such as carboxylic, anhydride, and lactone groups. [26,27] The weight loss of AC/Br 2 was greater at below 520 °C because the constitutional bromine was detached, hydrogenated, and thermodesorbed in the form of HBr, whereas AC contains no bromine. These observations indicate that bromination occurred, and many bromine-containing functional groups were grafted onto the carbon surface in parallel with the surface oxidation, as confirmed by the SEM/EDX data.…”