An efficient low-temperature route to nitrogen-doping and activation of mesoporous carbons for CO2 capture

Huang, Kuan; Chai, Song-Hai; Mayes, Richard T.; Veith, Gabriel M.; Browning, Katie L.; Sakwa-Novak, Miles A.; Potter, Matthew E.; Jones, Christopher W.; Wu, You-Ting; Dai, Sheng

doi:10.1039/C5CC05619E

An efficient low-temperature route to nitrogen-doping and activation of mesoporous carbons for CO₂ capture

Journal Article · Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · ChemComm

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC05619E· OSTI ID:1386323

Huang, Kuan ^[1]; Chai, Song-Hai ^[2]; Mayes, Richard T. ^[3]; Veith, Gabriel M. ^[3]; Browning, Katie L. ^[3]; Sakwa-Novak, Miles A. ^[4]; Potter, Matthew E. ^[4]; Jones, Christopher W. ^[4]; Wu, You-Ting ^[5]; Dai, Sheng ^[6]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Nanjing Univ. (China)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Nanjing Univ. (China)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

We report an innovative strategy for post-synthesis nitrogen-doping of mesoporous carbons (MCs) with high yields (>90%) at low temperatures (230–380 °C) by using a strong base, sodium amide (NaNH₂), was developed. The as-prepared N-doped MCs exhibit a significantly enhanced CO₂ adsorption performance in terms of capacity and selectivity when compared to their parent MCs.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME); Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: China Scholarship Council (CSC); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012577

OSTI ID:: 1386323

Journal Information:: ChemComm, Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Issue: 97 Vol. 51; ISSN CHCOFS; ISSN 1359-7345

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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