Space-Confined Polymerization: Controlled Fabrication of Nitrogen-Doped Polymer and Carbon Microspheres with Refined Hierarchical Architectures

Wang, Tao; Sun, Yan; Zhang, Liangliang; Li, Kaiqian; Yi, Yikun; Song, Shuyan; Li, Mingtao; Qiao, Zhen‐An; Dai, Sheng

doi:10.1002/adma.201807876

Title: Space-Confined Polymerization: Controlled Fabrication of Nitrogen-Doped Polymer and Carbon Microspheres with Refined Hierarchical Architectures

Journal Article · Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201807876· OSTI ID:1606772

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Jilin Univ., Changchun (China). State Key Lab. of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry
Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Xi'an (China). School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun Jilin 130022 China
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division

The construction of refined architectures plays a crucial role in performance improvement and application expansion of advanced materials. The synthesis of carbon microspheres with a refined hierarchical structure is still a problem in synthetic methodology, because it is difficult to achieve the necessary delicate control of the interior structure and outer shell across the microscale to nanoscale. Nitrogen-doped multichamber carbon (MCC) microspheres with a refined hierarchical structure are realized here via a surfactant-directed space-confined polymerization strategy. The MCC precursor is not the traditional phenolic resol but a new kind of 2,6-diaminopyridine-based multichamber polymer (MCP) with a high nitrogen content up to 20 wt%. The morphology and sizes of MCP microspheres can be easily controlled by a dual-surfactant system. The as-synthesized MCC with a highly microporous shell, a multichamber inner core, and beneficial N-doping can serve as a promising supercapacitor material.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center (FIRST); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1606772

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1498568

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 16; ISSN 0935-9648

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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