Substitution Effect Guided Synthesis of Task-Specific Nanoporous Polycarbazoles with Enhanced Carbon Capture

Feng Jiang, Tian Jin, Xiang Zhu, Ziqi Tian, Chi Linh Do-Thanh, Jun Hu, De En Jiang, Hualin Wang, Honglai Liu, Sheng Dai

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Abstract

Controlled synthesis of efficient CO2 adsorbents with high porosities and CO2 binding affinities remains a challenge. Herein, we report the use of a substituent effect to develop a novel family of porous organic polymers for enhanced carbon capture. Based on the in silico-aided design strategy, the task-specific polymeric adsorbent derived from a 2,6-carbazole-substituted pyridinic scaffold exhibits a superior uptake of CO2, which reaches as high as 5.76 mmol g-1 at 273 K and 1 bar and ranks among the best by porous polymeric CO2 adsorbents. This approach not only enables us to achieve a very high CO2 capture for porous polymers but also provides tunable control of polymeric architectures and, in turn, their properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5325-5330
Number of pages6
JournalMacromolecules
Volume49
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 9 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

T.J., F.J., J.H., H.L.W. and H.L.L. were supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program (2015BAC04B01), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 91334203 and 51125032), the 111 Project of Ministry of Education of China (No. B08021), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. X.Z., C.D., Z.T., D.J., and S.D. were supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division.

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