S1 Supporting Information Activated carbons prepared from a broad range of residual agricultural biomass tested for xylene abatement in gas phase Gerardo Juan Francisco Cruz † , Lenka Kuboňová ‡ , Dorian Yasser Aguirre † , Lenka Matějová ‡ , Pavlína Peikertová ‡ , Ivana Troppová ‡ , Erik Cegmed ‡ , Anna Wach § , Piotr Kustrowski § , Monica Marcela Gomez £ , Lucie Obalová *‡ † Universidad Nacional de Tumbes, Laboratorio de Análisis Ambiental, Av. Universitaria s/n, Campus Universitario – Pampa Grande, Tumbes, Perú ‡ Institute of Environmental Technology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic § Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Krakow, Poland £ Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Facultad de Ciencias, Av. Tupac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru *Corresponding author: lucie.obalova@vsb.cz, Phone: +420 596 997 300 Number of pages: 15 Number of figures: 10 Number of tables: 6 Content Preparation of activated carbons…………………………………………………S1 Adsorption apparatus…………………………………………………………….S2 Textural properties of activated carbons…………………………………………S3 FTIR analysis of activated carbons………………………………………………S6 Raman spectra of activated carbons………………….………………………… S8 Surface composition of activated carbons……………………………………….S10 Adsorption of xylene on activated carbons……………………………………...S12