Issue 36, 2017

Directly synthesized nitrogen-doped microporous carbons from polybenzoxazine resins for carbon dioxide capture

Abstract

In this study, nitrogen-doped microporous carbons, with potential use as capturers for CO2, were synthesized directly from two new benzoxazines (BZCN and BZPh)—prepared from two phenols (phenol and 4-cyanophenol, respectively), CH2O, and 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenoxy)benzene (TPhA)—through thermal curing, carbonization, and KOH activation. FTIR and NMR spectroscopy confirmed the corresponding chemical structures; temperature-dependent FTIR spectroscopic and DSC analyses revealed the thermal curing behavior of the ring opening polymerizations of these two new benzoxazine monomers. Of the two benzoxazines, the nitrile-functionalized benzoxazine BZCN, derived from 4-cyanophenol, exhibited—after thermal curing, carbonization, and KOH activation—enhanced thermal properties, cross-linking density, and CO2 capture, based on thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis. Analyses using Raman spectroscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, the BET method, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy provided information about the microporous structures and surface areas of these two highly ordered microporous N-doped carbon materials.

Graphical abstract: Directly synthesized nitrogen-doped microporous carbons from polybenzoxazine resins for carbon dioxide capture

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jun 2017
Accepted
01 Aug 2017
First published
02 Aug 2017

Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 5481-5489

Directly synthesized nitrogen-doped microporous carbons from polybenzoxazine resins for carbon dioxide capture

J. Wu, M. G. Mohamed and S. Kuo, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 5481 DOI: 10.1039/C7PY01026E

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