A new microporous carbon material synthesized via thermolysis of a porous aromatic framework embedded with an extra carbon source for low-pressure CO2 uptake

Yiming Zhang; Baiyan Li; Kia Williams; Wen-Yang Gao; Shengqian Ma

doi:10.1039/c3cc45252b

A new microporous carbon material synthesized via thermolysis of a porous aromatic framework embedded with an extra carbon source for low-pressure CO2 uptake

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Nov 11;49(87):10269-71. doi: 10.1039/c3cc45252b.

Authors

Yiming Zhang¹, Baiyan Li, Kia Williams, Wen-Yang Gao, Shengqian Ma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.

PMID: 24056579
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45252b

Abstract

Pre-introducing an extra carbon source into the porous aromatic framework of PAF-1 followed by thermolysis affords a new microporous carbon material, which demonstrates a CO2 uptake capacity of 93 cm(3) g(-1) (equivalent to 4.1 mmol g(-1) or 18.2 wt%) at 295 K and 1 bar.