Evidence for CO2 reactive adsorption on nanoporous S- and N-doped carbon at ambient conditions

Teresa J. Bandosz, Mykola Seredych, Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón, Yongqiang Cheng, Luke L. Daemen, Anibal J. Ramírez-Cuesta

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Abstract

CO2 interactions with nanoporous S- and N-doped polymer-derived carbon and commercial wood-based carbon were investigated in a broad range of conditions. The results showed that during CO2 adsorption nitrogen and sulfur species as well as water were released from the carbon surface as a result of chemical reactions of the surface groups with CO2. Inelastic neutron scattering experiments provided the unprecedented ability to characterize very small amounts of CO2 and H2O and revealed for the first time their physical/chemical status in the confined space of nanoporous carbons. The results obtained suggest that the reactivity of the carbon surface should be considered when CO2 storage media are chosen and when CO2 is used as a probe to determine the microporosity of carbon materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)856-863
Number of pages8
JournalCarbon
Volume96
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2016

Funding

This research benefited from the use of the VISION beamline at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, which is supported by the Scientific User Facilities Division , Office of Basic Energy Sciences , U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC0500OR22725 with UT Battelle, LLC. TJB research was partially funded by ARO ( W911NF-10-1-0039 ) and NSF ( CET 1133112 ). ERC thanks to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitively (Project CTQ2012-37925-C03-03) and FEDER funds.

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