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Direct Access to Primary Amines and Particle Morphology Control in Nanoporous CO 2 Sorbents
Author(s) -
Dogan Nesibe A.,
Ozdemir Ercan,
Yavuz Cafer T.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201700190
Subject(s) - nanoporous , sorbent , chemical engineering , adsorption , materials science , porosity , particle size , hydride , mesoporous material , nanotechnology , chemistry , metal , organic chemistry , catalysis , composite material , engineering
Chemical tuning of nanoporous, solid sorbents for ideal CO 2 binding requires unhindered amine functional groups on the pore walls. Although common for soluble organics, post‐synthetic reduction of nitriles in porous networks often fails due to insufficient and irreversible metal hydride penetration. In this study, a nanoporous network with pendant nitrile groups, microsphere morphology was synthesized in large scale. The hollow microspheres were easily decorated with primary amines through in situ reduction by widely available boranes. The CO 2 capture capacity of the modified sorbent was increased to up to four times that of the starting nanoporous network with a high heat of adsorption (98 kJ mol −1 ). The surface area can be easily tuned between 1 and 354 m 2 g −1 . The average particle size (ca. 50 μm) is also quite suitable for CO 2 capture applications, such as those with fluidized beds requiring spheres of micron sizes.