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Title: | Controlled preparation of nitrogen-doped hierarchical carbon cryogels derived from Phenolic-Based resin and their CO<inf>2</inf> adsorption properties |
Authors: | Zhou, Y Luo, L Yan, W Li, Z Fan, M Du, G Zhao, W |
Keywords: | cryogel;sol-gel process;polycondensation;CO2 adsorption;N-doped porous carbon;hierarchical porosity |
Issue Date: | 2-Feb-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Zhou, Y. et al. (2022) 'Controlled preparation of nitrogen-doped hierarchical carbon cryogels derived from Phenolic-Based resin and their CO<inf>2</inf> adsorption properties', Energy, 246, 123367, pp. 1 - 11. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.123367. |
Abstract: | Nitrogen-doped hierarchical carbon cryogels with good monolithic structure are synthesized from phenol (P), melamine (M), and formaldehyde (F) by sol-gel, freeze-drying, and carbonization process with different molar ratios of F/(P + M). The synthesized cryogels have the characteristics of cost-effective and abundant hierarchical pores. The pore structures, chemical properties, and CO2 adsorption performance of the prepared carbon cryogels are investigated. The results reveal that the PF carbon cryogel without N doping shows poor porosity characteristics, which leads to lower CO2 adsorption performance. For the N-doped PMF carbon cryogels, with the increase in the molar ratio of F/(P + M), the specific surface area and micropore volume decreases from 1160.6 to 874.1 m2/g and from 0.47 to 0.35 cm3/g, respectively, indicating that a lower formaldehyde content is conducive to the formation of more micropores and higher specific surface area. The carbon cryogel PMF2.0 (F/(P + M) = 2.0) exhibits a CO2 adsorption capacity as high as 5.79 mmol/g, and it also has a high CO2/N2 adsorption selectivity (13.43) and isosteric adsorption heat (33.06 kJ/mol). Thus, the PMF carbon cryogel exhibits immense potential as an adsorbent for CO2 capture, and its excellent performance is attributed to the synergistic effect of N doping and abundant micropores with appropriate size. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26313 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123367 |
ISSN: | 0360-5442 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID iDs: Mizi Fan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-3110; Weigang Zhao https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1804-6552. 123367 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Papers |
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