Thermal stabilities of hexagonal and orthorhombic YbFeO3 synthesized by solvothermal method and their catalytic activities for methane combustion

Thermal stabilities of hexagonal and orthorhombic YbFeO₃ samples synthesized by the solvothermal method were investigated. The morphology and BET surface area of hexagonal YbFeO₃ did not change by calcination, while orthorhombic YbFeO₃ easily sintered, resulting in a decrease of the BET surface area. The hexagonal YbFeO₃ sample, which had a high surface area (29 m²/g) after calcination at 800 °C, had higher catalytic activity for methane combustion than the orthorhombic YbFeO₃ samples calcined at 800 °C.     

Surface Area Study of High Area Cobalt Aluminate Particles Prepared by the Sol-Gel Method

Cobalt aluminate particles were prepared by the sol-gel method, starting from aluminum sec-butoxide and cobalt salts with a Co:Al ratio of 1:3. Samples with the same composition were also prepared by the citrate-gel method from cobalt and aluminum nitrates and citric acid. The particles were calcined to temperatures between 400 and 1000°C, for the formation of the mixed oxide having spinel structure. The surface properties of the different samples (BET surface area and pore size distribution) were measured. The highest BET surface area obtained (about 339 m²/g) corresponds to a sample prepared by cobalt acetate and aluminum sec-butoxide, calcined at 400°C. The surface area of the sample is reduced progressively as the sample is calcined to higher temperatures (to about 65 m²/g at 1000°C). Narrow pore size distributions were observed with average pore radius ranging from 17–20 Å, for samples heated to 400°C, to about 55–65 Å, for samples heated to 1000°C. The different surface areas and porosities obtained for particles prepared by different methods, different precursors or calcination temperatures, are discussed.     

Periphery-substituted [4+6] salicylbisimine cage compounds with exceptionally high surface areas: influence of the molecular structure on nitrogen sorption properties

The synthesis of various periphery‐substituted shape‐persistent cage compounds by twelve‐fold condensation reactions of four triptycene triamines and six salicyldialdehydes is described, where the substituents systematically vary in bulkiness. The resulting cage compounds were studied as permanent porous material by nitrogen sorption measurements. When the material is amorphous, the steric demand of the cages exterior does not strongly influence the gas uptake, resulting in BET surface areas of approximately 700 m² g^?1 for all cage compounds 3 c – e , independently of the substituents bulkiness. In the crystalline state, materials of the same compounds show a strong interconnection between steric demand of the peripheral substituent and the resulting BET surface area. With increasing bulkiness, the overall BET surface area decreases, for example 1291 m² g^?1 (for cage compound 3 c with methyl substituents), 309 m² g^?1 (for cage compound 3 d with 2‐(2‐ethyl‐pentyl) substituents) and 22 m² g^?1 (for cage compound 3 e with trityl substituents). Furthermore, we found that two different crystalline polymorphs of the cage compound 3 a (with tert‐butyl substituents) differ also in nitrogen sorption, resulting in a BET surface area of 1377 m²g^?1, when synthesized from THF and 2071 m²g^?1, when recrystallized from DMSO.     

One-pot solvothermal synthesis of hypercrosslinked porous ionic polymer and its catalytic activity

The hypercrosslinked porous ionic polymer has been synthesized via one-pot polymerization and quaternization of vinyl pyridine and chloromethyl styrene under solvothermal condition. The effects of solvents and synthetic process on the polymer structure were investigated. Polymer from n-butanol showed the highest BET surface area of 555.6 m²/g. The catalytic activities were investigated though the aza-Michael addition and the results showed that the polymer owned even higher activity than homogenous ionic liquid. The high BET surface area, high catalytic activity and high stability made the polymer hold great potential for green chemical processes.     

Correlation Between Specific Surface Area and Methyl Red Adsorbed on Silica Gel

Abstract

The amount of methyl red, adsorbed on bare silica gel, has been determined for 32 samples having a specific surface area ranging from 10 m²/g to 500 m²/g, as determined by a BET method. A linear relationship between amount of dye adsorbed and specific area exists up to about 300 m²/g. Beyond this value the amount of adsorbed dye does not increase correspondingly, which is believed to be due to the relative increase of micropores in the silica gel structure. It is proposed that the easily performed determination of the adsorbed methyl red can serve to estimate that part of the silica gel surface which is available for chromatographic interactions.     

New polymer materials with controlled nanoporous structure based on N-vinylpyrrolidone

The polymer networks with nanoporous structure were obtained by the crosslinking free-radical copolymerization of N-vinylpyrrolidone with triethylene glycol dimethacrylate in bulk in the presence of amphiphilic copolymer and its fractions as templates. The templating agents consisted of copolymer or their fragments with similar monomer units and different molecular weight. Macromolecular templates were shown to be removed from the polymer composite by PrⁱOH leaving the pores. The values of the specific surface areas, the total pore volumes, pore size, and pore size distribution were measured by the method of low-temperature nitrogen absorption. The maximum value of the specific surface area was calculated to be ~26 m² g^–1. The value was significantly higher than that for the usual copolymer network. The relationship between specific surface area, parameters of pores, and macromolecular structure of template has been established. It is shown by Brunauer—Emmett—Teller method that the macromolecules having a branched architecture are more effective for the preparation of the polymer network with more developed specific surface area and narrow pore size distribution.

     

Preparation of a Yb(III)‐Incorporated porous polymer by post‐Coordination: Enhancement of gas adsorption and catalytic activity

We synthesized a Yb(III)‐incorporated microporous polymer (Yb‐ADA) and studied its gas adsorption property and catalytic activity. The adamantane‐based porous polymer (ADA) was obtained from an ethynyl‐functionalized adamantane derivative and 2,5‐dibromoterephthalic acid through Sonogashira–Hagihara cross‐coupling. ADA had two carboxyl groups which were used for Yb(III) coordination under basic conditions. The Brunauer‐Emmett‐Teller (BET) surface area of ADA was 970 m² g^?1. As Yb(III) ions were incorporated into ADA, the surface area of the polymer (Yb‐ADA) was reduced to 885 m² g^?1. However, Yb‐ADA exhibited a significantly enhanced CO₂ adsorption capacity despite the reduction of surface area. The CO₂ uptakes of ADA and Yb‐ADA were 1.56 and 2.36 mmol g^?1 at 298 K, respectively. The H₂ uptake of ADA also increased after coordination with Yb(III) from 1.15 to 1.40 wt % at 77 K. Yb‐ADA showed high catalytic activity in the acetalization of 4‐bromobenzaldehyde and furfural with trimethyl orthoformate and could be reused after recovery without severe loss of activity. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013 , 51, 5291–5297     

Ferrocene-based hypercrosslinked polymers derived from phenolic polycondensation with unexpected H2 adsorption capacity

Metal-doped porous organic polymers often display unique properties for applications in gas uptake owing to the incorporation of the metal elements in the polymer networks. In this study, a series of novel ferrocene-based hypercrosslinked polymers were prepared by phenolic polycondensation (Fc-PR-HCPs). To generate the hypercrosslinked polymers, 1,1′-ferrocenedicarboxaldehyde (Fc(CHO)₂) and bisphenol A (BPA) were used as the building blocks. The maximum value of BET and micropore surface area is determined to be 1111.4 and 487.4 m²/g for Fc-PR-HCP3. A significant H₂ adsorption capacity of 3.11 wt% was achieved for Fc-PR-HCP3 at 77 K/1.0 bar, which was noted to be higher than the porous organic polymers with even higher BET surface area value. The high micropore surface area value and the adsorption sites (aromatic rings and metal ion-active sites) provided by two building blocks were used to explain the significant H₂ adsorption capacity successfully. Overall, the findings from this study indicate that Fc-PR-HCPs highlighted prospective applications in the field of H₂ capture.     

SAPO-34晶粒形貌对甲醇转化制低碳烯烃反应的影响

分别采用微波和水热法合成了具有片状及立方结构的SAPO-34分子筛.结果发现,片状SAPO-34分子筛晶粒厚度为130nm,比表面积为593m²/g;立方结构SAPO-34分子筛粒径为1.5-2.5μm,比表面积为708m²/g.二者具有数量相近的强酸中心,后者的弱酸位数量略少.甲醇制烯烃反应结果表明,在450℃和1.0h^-1的反应条件下,片状SAPO-34分子筛的催化寿命可达380min,乙烯选择性最高为51.77%,乙烯、丙烯及丁烯的总选择性最高为90.20%;而立方结构SAPO-34的催化寿命仅为212min,乙烯选择性最高为49.84%,乙烯、丙烯及丁烯的总选择性最高只有86.81%.这可能源于片状晶粒的扩散路径较短,抑制了低碳烯烃的进一步转化及积碳的生成,因此具有较高的低碳烯烃选择性及较长的寿命.     

Tuning of Microenvironment in Covalent Organic Framework via Fluorination Strategy promotes Selective CO2 Capture

Herein, we have designed and synthesized two heteroatom (N, O) rich covalent organic frameworks (COF), PD-COF and TF-COF , respectively, to demonstrate their relative effect on CO₂ adsorption capacity and also CO₂/N₂ selectivity. Compared to the non-fluorinated PD-COF (BET surface area 805 m² g⁻¹, total pore volume 0.3647 ccg⁻¹), a decrease in BET surface area and also pore volume have been observed for fluorinated TF-COF due to the incorporation of fluorine to the porous framework (BET surface area 451 m² g⁻¹, total pore volume 0.2978 ccg⁻¹). This fact leads to an enormous decrease in the CO₂ adsorption capacity and CO₂/N₂ selectivity of TF-COF , though it shows stronger affinity towards CO₂ with a Qst of 37.76 KJ/mol. The more CO₂ adsorption capacity by PD-COF can be attributed to the large specific surface area with considerable amount of micropore volume compared to the TF-COF . Further, PD-COF exhibited CO₂/N₂ selectivity of 16.8, higher than that of TF-COF (CO₂/N₂ selectivity 13.4).     

A facile preparation of nanocrystalline Mo2C from graphite or carbon nanotubes

Nanocrystalline Mo₂C powders were successfully synthesized at 500 °C by reacting molybdenum chloride (MoCl₅) with C (graphite or carbon nanotube) in metallic sodium medium. X-ray powder diffractometer (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS) and surface area analyzer (BET method) were used to characterize the samples. Experiments reveal that the carbon source used for the carbide synthesis has a great effect on the particle size and the surface area of the samples. When micro-sized graphite was used as C source the obtained nanocrystalline Mo₂C powder consists of particles of 30∼100 nm, with a surface area of 2.311 m²/g. When carbon nanotubes were used as C source, the as-synthesized Mo₂C sample is composed of particles of 20∼50 nm, with a surface area of 23.458 m²/g, which is an order of magnitude larger than that of the carbide prepared from the graphite.     

Hybrid azobenzene-doped nanoporous polymers derived from cubic octavinylsilsesquioxane

A series of novel hybrid porous polymers (HPPs) with high specific surface areas were first prepared by one-step ternary cross-linking copolymerization of octavinylsilsesquioxane (OVS), 1,3,5-tribromobenzene, and 4,4´-dibromoazobenzene via the Heck reaction. The porosities and the CO₂ uptake capacities of resulting azobenzene-doped porous polymers could be tuned by modulating the molar percentage of the azo units. At 273 K and 101 kPa, the sample with the specific surface area of ~700 m² g^–1 (data of Brunauer—Emmett—Teller (BET) surface area analysis) showed the highest CO₂ uptake of 5.45 wt.% (1.20 mmol g^–1) among the fabricated HPPs.

     

铁掺杂的高比表面二氧化硅的制备及其苯酚降解性能

研究了以聚乙二醇为模板剂、正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源制备铁掺杂的多孔二氧化硅的方法。开发了一步完成多孔材料制备和掺杂的新工艺。研究了不同的铁元素掺杂量对样品性能的影响。采用低温氮吸附、SEM、FTIR、XRD方法表征了样品的比表面、孔结构和表面基团等信息。最优样品比表面大于700 m²·g^-1、孔容大于1 mL·g^-1。研究了所制备的多孔材料和双氧水共同降解水中苯酚的能力,研究发现负载铁的催化剂可以在很宽的pH值范围内(3~8)和双氧水协同使用,这可能是因为铁元素被牢固负载于多孔二氧化硅的骨架上,避免了其在高pH值下发生的水解反应。     

Tunable Surface Area,Porosity, and Function in Conjugated Microporous Polymers

Simple inorganic salts are used to tune N‐containing conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) synthesized by Buchwald–Hartwig (BH) cross‐coupling reactions. Poly(triphenylamine), PTPA, initially shows a broad distribution of micropores, mesopores, and macropores. However, the addition of inorganic salts affects all porous network properties significantly: the pore size distribution is narrowed to the microporous range only, mimicking COFs and MOFs; the BET surface area is radically improved from 58 m² g^?1 to 1152 m² g^?1; and variations of the anion and cation sizes are used to fine‐tune the surface area of PTPA, with the surface area showing a gradual decrease with an increase in the ionic radius of salts. The effect of the salt on the physical properties of the polymer is attributed to adjusting and optimizing the Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) of solvents for the growing polymer, and named the Beijing–Xi'an Jiaotong (BXJ) method.     

Adsorption of CsOH on controlled porous glasses

Adsorption of CsOH has been studied for 18 samples of porous glasses prepared from different raw glass materials by means of different thermal and chemical treatment. For all the samples studied and for 3 samples of chromatographic silica gels the adsorption capacity in relation to CsOH is proportional to the BET surface area and equals 4 mol of cesium per 1 m² of BET surface.     

Tunable Surface Area,Porosity, and Function in Conjugated Microporous Polymers

Simple inorganic salts are used to tune N‐containing conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) synthesized by Buchwald–Hartwig (BH) cross‐coupling reactions. Poly(triphenylamine), PTPA, initially shows a broad distribution of micropores, mesopores, and macropores. However, the addition of inorganic salts affects all porous network properties significantly: the pore size distribution is narrowed to the microporous range only, mimicking COFs and MOFs; the BET surface area is radically improved from 58 m² g^?1 to 1152 m² g^?1; and variations of the anion and cation sizes are used to fine‐tune the surface area of PTPA, with the surface area showing a gradual decrease with an increase in the ionic radius of salts. The effect of the salt on the physical properties of the polymer is attributed to adjusting and optimizing the Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) of solvents for the growing polymer, and named the Beijing–Xi'an Jiaotong (BXJ) method.     

"一步法"合成多级孔SAPO-34分子筛

以TPOAC和硅溶胶为硅源,合成了多级孔SAPO-34分子筛,总比表面积达到649 m²·g^-1。详细考察了TPOAC和硅溶胶的配比对多级孔SAPO-34外比表面的影响,通过XRD、BET、SEM、NH₃-TPD等对其结构进行表征,结果表明多级孔SAPO-34的外比表面积可调变,晶体外观有较多缺陷位置,弱酸量减少,强酸位有变弱的趋势。在TPOAC与硅溶胶的投料比为3:2,晶化时间为10 d,投料比为n_Al2O3:n_P2O5:n_Si:n_TEAOH:n_H2O=1:0.9:0.5:2:60时,合成的多级孔SAPO-34的外比表面积达到最大,为100 m²·g^-1。     

Atom-economy Synthesis of N-Substituted Carbamate from Urea Derivative and Dimethyl Carbonate Catalyzed by La/SiO_2: Characterization and Activity

A series of silica gel immobilized lanthanum catalysts were prepared for the atom‐economy synthesis of N‐substituted carbamates from urea derivatives and dimethyl carbonate. The La/SiO₂ catalysts with lanthanum loadings varied from 1.3 wt% to 8.5 wt% were characterized by AES, BET, XRD, TEM, FT‐IR, XPS and TPD. According to the characterization, lanthanum species with particle sizes of 5–10 nm on the surface of silica gel were formed. The catalysts were all amorphous and the surface areas were 336.5–530.2 m²/g. NH₃‐TPD analysis showed that all samples exhibited similar acid strength with different acid amounts. FT‐IR measurement indicated that the component of lanthanum species on the catalyst surface were La(OH)₃, LaOOH and hydrated La₂O₃. Also, the peak value of the absolute amount of LaOOH was obtained with 4.3 wt% lanthanum loading. The BET surface area decreased dramatically when the lanthanum loading was above 4.3 wt%. In consideration of the results obtained from the catalytic reactions, it could be concluded that LaOOH was the possible active species and high surface area was important for the high catalytic activity.     

Magnesium chloride-supported,high-mileage catalysts for olefin polymerization. V. BET,porosimetry, and x-ray diffraction studies

The physical state of the material obtained during the various stages of preparation of a typical MgCl₂-supported, high-mileage propylene polymerization catalyst was studied by BET, mercury porosimetry, and x-ray diffraction techniques. The starting MgCl₂ and the substance after HCl treatment have negligible BET surface areas. Mercury porosimetry showed that they have large pores with radii > 200 nm which are probably crevices between MgCl₂ crystallites. The most pronounced physical changes occur during dry porcelain ball milling in the presence of ethyl benzoate. After 60 h or more of ball milling the material had a 5.1–7.3 m² g^?1 BET surface area, twice the pore surface area, and a smaller pore radius than before ball milling and a large reduction in crystallite sizes to almost ultimate dimensions. The crystallites were probably held together by complexation with ethyl benzoate in the form of large agglomerates. Subsequent reactions with p-cresol and triethyl aluminum had minor effects in further reduction of the MgCl² crystallite size but efficiently brokeup the agglomerates. The final refluxing with TiCl₄ increased the BET surface area to 110–150 m² g^?1 but may have increased the crystallite size somewhat due to cocrystallization of TiCl₃ and AlCl₃ with MgCl₂. There may have been only 8–10 crystallites in each catalyst particle. The surface structure of the catalyst resembled those of the classical Ziegler-Natta γ-TiCl₃·0.33 AlCl₃ catalyst.