In this paper,six kinds of activated carbons such as Ag^+-activated carbon,Cu^2+activated carbon,Fe^3+-activated carbon,activated carbon,Ba^2+-activated carbon and Ca^2+activated carbon were prepared.The model for estimating activated energy of desorption was established.Temperature-programmed desorption(TPD)experiments were conducted to measure the TPD curves of n-hexanol and then estimate the activation energy for desorption of n-hexanol on the activated carbons.Results showed that the activation energy for the desorption of n-hexanol on the Ag^+-activated carbon,the Cu^2+-activated carbon and the Fe^3+-activated carbon were higher than those of n-hexanol on the activated carbon,the Ca^2+-activated carbon and the Ba^2+-activated carbon.