A crosslinking alkylation strategy to construct nitrogen-enriched tetraphenylmethane-based porous organic polymers as efficient carbon dioxide and iodine adsorbents

Xiaowen Hu, Haige Wang, Charl F.J. Faul, Jin Wen, Yen Wei, Meifang Zhu, Yaozu Liao*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticle (Academic Journal)peer-review

56 Citations (Scopus)
149 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Porous organic polymers (POPs) have received great attention worldwide and become attractive for capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) and radioactive iodine (129I or 131I). Here we present modified tetraphenylmethane (TPM)-based POPs i.e. mPTPMs (synthesized via Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling of a tetrakis(4-bromophenyl) methane core and selected aryl diamine linkers, followed by a crosslinking alkylation strategy using diiodomethane as a crosslinker). This new strategy offers mPTPMs with high surface areas up to 640 m2/g and uniform ultramicropore size of 0.6 nm, where porous properties are readily controlled by the substitutions of linkers and the crosslinker. Finally, as-synthesized mPTPMs exhibit good CO2 uptake capacities (0.106 g/g at 273 K and 1 bar) and high iodine uptake capacities up to 3.94 g/g within only 2.5 h, representing fast and efficient adsorbents for wider environmental applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number122998
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume382
Early online date28 Sept 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2020

Keywords

  • Porous organic polymers
  • Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling
  • Crosslinking alkylation strategy
  • Carbon capture
  • Iodine capture

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A crosslinking alkylation strategy to construct nitrogen-enriched tetraphenylmethane-based porous organic polymers as efficient carbon dioxide and iodine adsorbents'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this