“…In our study, we observed that these bands were present in samples with the highest adsorption capacities (MP500 and MPS500), suggesting that the presence of these hydroxyl groups may have contributed to the observed increase in adsorption capacity ( Table 1 ). The absorption bands at the regions 1025-870 and 800–650 cm −1 present both in MP500 and MPS500 are, respectively, associated to the stretching of the P–O–P [ 34 , 35 ] and P–C bonds [ 17 , 36 ]. The peaks at the region 1120–1020 cm −1 , appearing only in the MP500 sample, correspond to stretching of the C-O-P bond that is observed when esterification reactions occur between cellulose and hemicellulose chains of the carbon matrix with phosphate groups [ 26 , 28 , 30 , 37 ].…”