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Title: Solvent-free and mechanochemical synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon from tannin and related gas sorption property

Abstract

The commercialization of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbons (N-doped MCs) is highly pursued by chemical engineers. This paper focuses on the clean and simple synthesis of N-doped MCs via mechanochemistry and their applications in gas sorption. Here, biomass tannin as the carbon precursor together with various natural nitrogen sources was assembled with F127 by ball milling in solid-state, and then directly carbonized into N-doped MCs with tunable nitrogen contents (up to 9.7 wt%), high surface area (up to 707 m2g-1), large pore size (~8 nm), narrow pore size distribution and high pore volume (up to 0.78 cm3g-1). The CO2/N2 and C2/C3 light hydrocarbon static adsorption experiments by N-doped MCs showed a higher CO2 adsorption capacity and a better adsorption selectivity, in comparison to the control sample without nitrogen species. The IAST separation selectivity of CO2/N2 (15:85, v/v) could be about 30, meanwhile the preferred selectivity for gas molecules of alkyne was also observed.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
  3. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  5. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  6. Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; Shanghai Pujiang Program; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1761664
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 17PJ1403500; 21776174
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Engineering Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 381; Journal Issue: n/a; Journal ID: ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; mesoporous carbon; nitrogen-doped carbon; mechanochemical synthesis; CO2 adsorption

Citation Formats

Zhao, Jiahua, Shan, Weida, Zhang, Pengfei, Dai, Sheng, Huang, Kuan, and Xing, Huabin. Solvent-free and mechanochemical synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon from tannin and related gas sorption property. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2019.122579.
Zhao, Jiahua, Shan, Weida, Zhang, Pengfei, Dai, Sheng, Huang, Kuan, & Xing, Huabin. Solvent-free and mechanochemical synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon from tannin and related gas sorption property. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122579
Zhao, Jiahua, Shan, Weida, Zhang, Pengfei, Dai, Sheng, Huang, Kuan, and Xing, Huabin. Mon . "Solvent-free and mechanochemical synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon from tannin and related gas sorption property". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122579. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1761664.
@article{osti_1761664,
title = {Solvent-free and mechanochemical synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon from tannin and related gas sorption property},
author = {Zhao, Jiahua and Shan, Weida and Zhang, Pengfei and Dai, Sheng and Huang, Kuan and Xing, Huabin},
abstractNote = {The commercialization of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbons (N-doped MCs) is highly pursued by chemical engineers. This paper focuses on the clean and simple synthesis of N-doped MCs via mechanochemistry and their applications in gas sorption. Here, biomass tannin as the carbon precursor together with various natural nitrogen sources was assembled with F127 by ball milling in solid-state, and then directly carbonized into N-doped MCs with tunable nitrogen contents (up to 9.7 wt%), high surface area (up to 707 m2g-1), large pore size (~8 nm), narrow pore size distribution and high pore volume (up to 0.78 cm3g-1). The CO2/N2 and C2/C3 light hydrocarbon static adsorption experiments by N-doped MCs showed a higher CO2 adsorption capacity and a better adsorption selectivity, in comparison to the control sample without nitrogen species. The IAST separation selectivity of CO2/N2 (15:85, v/v) could be about 30, meanwhile the preferred selectivity for gas molecules of alkyne was also observed.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cej.2019.122579},
journal = {Chemical Engineering Journal},
number = n/a,
volume = 381,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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