Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanocubes with Ultrahigh Surface Areas for Efficient CO2 Adsorption
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Li, Xiaomin
Zhang, Renyuan
Liu, Yong
Wang, Wenxing
Ling, Yun
El-Toni, Ahmed Mohamed
Zhao, Dongyuan
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Ultrahigh surface area single-crystals of periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMOs) with uniform cubic or truncated-cubic morphology and organic/inorganic components homogeneously distributed over the whole frameworks have successfully been prepared by a sol-gel surfactantlating method. By tuning the porous feature and polymerization degree, the surface areas of the obtained PMO nanocubes can reach as high as 2370 m2/g, which is the highest for silica-based mesoporous materials. The ultrahigh surface area of the obtained PMO single crystals is mainly resulted from abundant micropores in the mesoporous frameworks. Furthermore, the diameter of the nanocubes can also be well controlled from 150 to 600 nm. The materials show ultrahigh CO2 adsorption capacity (up to 1.42 mmol/g at 273 K) which is much higher than other porous silica materials and comparable to some carbonaceous materials. The adsorption of CO2 into the PMO nanocubes is mainly in physical interaction, therefore the adsorption-desorption process is highly reversible and the adsorption capacity is much dependent on the surface area of the materials. Moreover, the selectivity is also very high (∼11 times to N2) towards CO2 adsorption.
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Nanomaterials
Nanochemistry
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
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CARBON-DIOXIDE CAPTURE
PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION
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Wei, Y; Li, X; Zhang, R; Liu, Y; Wang, W; Ling, Y; El-Toni, AM; Zhao, D, Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanocubes with Ultrahigh Surface Areas for Efficient CO2 Adsorption, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6 (1), pp. 20769:1-20769:11