“…The basic surface of carbon materials ensures a good adsorption for CO 2 since CO 2 is a weak Lewis acid (electron acceptor) that can interact with electron donors, such as nitrogen surface groups. Recently, basic nitrogen groups have been incorporated onto AC frameworks for enhancing CO 2 adsorption (Gray et al, 2004;Plaza et al, 2009;Plaza et al, 2011). Nitrogen-containing functionalities can be introduced in the carbon matrix via a reaction with nitrogen-containing reagents (i.e., NH 3 , urea, and amines) or the preparation of a carbon from a nitrogen-containing precursor (i.e., carbazole, melamine, acridine) (Stoeckli et al, 1996;Lopez et al, 2000;Carrott et al, 2001;Plaza et al, 2011;Plaza et al, 2009).…”