Hyperporous Carbons from Hypercrosslinked Polymers

Jet-Sing M Lee; Michael E Briggs; Tom Hasell; Andrew I Cooper

doi:10.1002/adma.201603051

Hyperporous Carbons from Hypercrosslinked Polymers

Adv Mater. 2016 Nov;28(44):9804-9810. doi: 10.1002/adma.201603051. Epub 2016 Sep 16.

Authors

Jet-Sing M Lee¹, Michael E Briggs¹, Tom Hasell¹, Andrew I Cooper¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.

PMID: 27634367
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603051

Abstract

Porous carbons with extremely high surface areas are produced through the carbonization of hypercrosslinked benzene, pyrrole, and thiophene. Such carbons show largely microporous and mesoporous domains and exhibit Brunaeur-Emmett-Teller surface areas up to 4300 m² g^-1 . The best performing material also displays exceptionally high CO₂ and H₂ uptakes.

Keywords: carbon dioxide storage; hydrogen storage; hypercrosslinked polymers.