Metal‐Doped Nitrogenated Carbon as an Efficient Catalyst for Direct CO2 Electroreduction to CO and Hydrocarbons

This study explores the kinetics, mechanism, and active sites of the CO₂ electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) to syngas and hydrocarbons on a class of functionalized solid carbon‐based catalysts. Commercial carbon blacks were functionalized with nitrogen and Fe and/or Mn ions using pyrolysis and acid leaching. The resulting solid powder catalysts were found to be active and highly CO selective electrocatalysts in the electroreduction of CO₂ to CO/H₂ mixtures outperforming a low‐area polycrystalline gold benchmark. Unspecific with respect to the nature of the metal, CO production is believed to occur on nitrogen functionalities in competition with hydrogen evolution. Evidence is provided that sufficiently strong interaction between CO and the metal enables the protonation of CO and the formation of hydrocarbons. Our results highlight a promising new class of low‐cost, abundant electrocatalysts for synthetic fuel production from CO₂.     

Preparation and Gas Separation Properties of Metal‐Organic Framework Membranes

Continuous and intergrown metal‐organic framework (MOF) membranes, MIL‐100(In) (MIL represents Materials Institute Lavoisier), were prepared directly on porous anodic alumina oxide (AAO) membranes using an in situ crystallization method. The pore surface of MIL‐100(In) is conferred with polarity due to the presence of the 1, 3,5‐benzenetricarboxylic acid. The thickness of MIL‐100(In) membranes was tuned by varying the reactant concentration of indium chloride and 1, 3,5‐benzenetricarboxylic acid. Single gas permeation measurements on this MOF membrane indicate the large permeances of 0.90 × 10^–6 and 0.81 × 10^–6 mol · m^–2·s^–1·Pa^–1 for CO₂ and CH₄, and relatively high ideal selective factors of 3.75 and 3.38 for CO₂/N₂ and CH₄/N₂, respectively.     

Hyperthin Membranes for Gas Separations via Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly

Thin film formation via the Layer‐by‐Layer method is now a well‐established and broadly used method in materials science. We have been keenly interested in exploiting this technique in the area of gas separations. Specifically, we have sought to create hyperthin (<100 nm) polyelectrolyte‐based membranes that have practical potential for the separation of CO₂ from N₂ (flue gas) and H₂ from CO₂ (syngas). In this personal account, we summarize recent studies that have been aimed at measuring the influence of a variety of factors that can affect the permeability and permeation selectivity of hyperthin polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs).     

定向合成高效捕获CO2的新型多孔芳香材料

通过简单的离子热法,以四（4-氰基联苯基）硅烷作为四面体基块,将其与无水氯化锌在充满氩气气氛的手套箱中充分研磨后密封,分别以400和550 ℃的反应温度合成了新型多孔芳香骨架材料（PAF-51）,得到PAF-51-1（400 ℃条件下）与PAF-51-2（550 ℃条件下）的比表面积分别为720和557 m²·g^-1 （BET）.与CH₄和N₂对比,该材料对CO₂具有极好的选择性吸附能力. 273 K条件下,CO₂/N₂分离指数最高可达52.2,CO₂/CH₄分离指数也达到10.3,这一性质极有可能使得PAF-51成为捕获CO₂理想材料,并对再生能源具有潜在的应用.     

Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 by Nitrogen‐Doped Nanoporous Carbon/Carbon Nanotube Membranes: A Step Towards the Electrochemical CO2 Refinery

Herein we introduce a straightforward, low cost, scalable, and technologically relevant method to manufacture an all‐carbon, electroactive, nitrogen‐doped nanoporous‐carbon/carbon‐nanotube composite membrane, dubbed “HNCM/CNT”. The membrane is demonstrated to function as a binder‐free, high‐performance gas diffusion electrode for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to formate. The Faradaic efficiency (FE) for the production of formate is 81 %. Furthermore, the robust structural and electrochemical properties of the membrane endow it with excellent long‐term stability.     

金属有机框架材料的制备及在吸附分离CO2中的应用

金属有机框架（MOFs）材料是当今的研究热点之一,是一类颇有潜力成为适用于CO₂吸附和分离的重要材料。本文从MOFs的发展及其所具有的特点、MOFs用于CO₂的吸附与分离所取得的突破性进展以及MOFs的传统合成及绿色制备方法三个方面展开论述。主要论述了MOFs适用于CO₂吸附的原理,及其相对于传统的CO₂吸附材料所具有的特点和优势,亦阐述了MOFs修饰与调变的方法。列出了MOFs用于单组分CO₂吸附及CO₂/CH₄、CO₂/N₂吸附分离的结果。同时,针对传统MOFs制备方法不适宜大规模CO₂捕集材料的生产,特别论述了机械化学合成法和新兴的潮湿矿物风化法,其均具有绿色化、无溶剂、低能耗和简单等特点,是一类较有研究价值和应用潜力的技术。随着温室效应和不可再生石化燃料的消耗等环境和能源问题的日趋严峻,研究及开发适用于CO₂捕集与封存技术的MOFs新材料迫在眉睫,且任重而道远。     

Cobalt–Nitrogen‐Doped Helical Carbonaceous Nanotubes as a Class of Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of significant importance in the development of fuel cells. Now, cobalt–nitrogen‐doped chiral carbonaceous nanotubes (l/d ‐CCNTs‐Co) are presented as efficient electrocatalysts for ORR. The chiral template, N‐stearyl‐l/d ‐glutamic acid, induces the self‐assembly of well‐arranged polypyrrole and the formation of ordered graphene carbon with helical structures at the molecular level after the pyrolysis process. Co was subsequently introduced through the post‐synthesis method. The obtained l/d ‐CCNTs‐Co exhibits superior ORR performance, including long‐term stability and better methanol tolerance compared to achiral Co‐doped carbon materials and commercial Pt/C. DFT calculations demonstrate that the charges on the twisted surface of l/d ‐CCNTs are widely separated; as a result the Co atoms are more exposed on the chiral CCNTs. This work gives us a new understanding of the effects of helical structures in electrocatalysis.     

Amine‐Appended Hierarchical Ca‐A Zeolite for Enhancing CO2/CH4 Selectivity of Mixed‐Matrix Membranes

An amine‐appended hierarchical Ca‐A zeolite that can selectively capture CO₂ was synthesized and incorporated into inexpensive membrane polymers, in particular polyethylene oxide and Matrimid, to design mixed‐matrix membranes with high CO₂/CH₄ selectivities. Binary mixture permeation testing reveals that amine‐appended mesoporous Ca‐A is highly effective in improving CO₂/CH₄ selectivity of polymeric membranes. In particular, the CO₂/CH₄ selectivity of the polyethylene oxide membrane increases from 15 to 23 by incorporating 20 wt % amine‐appended Ca‐A zeolite. Furthermore, the formation of filler/polymer interfacial defects, which is typically found in glassy polymer‐zeolite pairs, is inhibited owing to the interaction between the amine groups on the external surface of zeolites and polymer chains. Our results suggest that the amine‐appended hierarchial Ca‐A, which was utilized in membrane fabrication for the first time, is a good filler material for fabricating a CO₂‐selective mixed‐matrix membrane with defect‐free morphology.     

Effects of hard‐segment polymers on CO2/N2 gas‐separation properties of poly(ethylene oxide)‐segmented copolymers

Poly(ethylene oxide)‐segmented polyurethanes (PEO‐PUs) and polyamides (PEO‐PAs) were prepared, and their morphology and CO₂/N₂ separation properties were investigated in comparison with those of PEO‐segmented polyimides (PEO‐PIs). The contents of the hard and soft segments in the soft and hard domains, W_HS and W_SH, respectively, were estimated from glass‐transition temperatures with the Fox equation. The phase separation of the PEO domains depended on the kind of hard‐segment polymer; that is, W_HS was in the order PU > PA ≫ PI for a PEO block length (n) of 45–52. The larger W_HS of PUs and PAs was due to hydrogen bonding between the oxygen of PEO and the NH group of urethane or amide. The CO₂/N₂ separation properties depended on the kind of hard‐segment polymer. Compared with PEO‐PIs, PEO‐PUs and PEO‐PA had much smaller CO₂ permeabilities because of much smaller CO₂ diffusion coefficients and somewhat smaller CO₂ solubilities. PEO‐PUs also had a somewhat smaller permselectivity because of a smaller solubility selectivity. This was due to the larger W_HS of PEO‐PUs and PEO‐PAs, that is, a greater contamination of PEO domains with hard urethane and amide units. For PEO‐PIs, with a decrease in n to 23 and 9, W_HS became large and CO₂ permeability decreased significantly, but the permselectivity was still at a high level of more than 50 at 35 °C. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 1707–1715, 2000     

太阳能驱动Ni-N掺杂多孔碳高效电催化还原CO2为CO

利用可再生能源将二氧化碳(CO2)电催化还原为有价值的化学品和燃料,不仅可缓解温室效应,而且可实现碳资源的循环利用。以蛋白胨与盐形成的凝胶为原料,经高温热解后制备了用于电还原CO2的Ni-N掺杂碳多孔催化剂。该催化剂表现出优异的电催化还原CO2为CO的性能,在电压为-0.66 V(vs.RHE)下,CO的法拉第效率为92.0%,过电位为550 mV,还原电流密度为2.5 mA·cm-2。该催化剂优异的CO2的电催化活性归因于其存在的Ni-N活性位点和高度多孔的结构。此外,利用太阳能电池产生的电能,该催化剂可持续进行CO2电催化还原为CO,为CO2的资源化利用提供了有价值的参考。     

One-Pot Synthesis of N-Rich Porous Carbon for Efficient CO2 Adsorption Performance

N-enriched porous carbons have played an important part in CO₂ adsorption application thanks to their abundant porosity, high stability and tailorable surface properties while still suffering from a non-efficient and high-cost synthesis method. Herein, a series of N-doped porous carbons were prepared by a facile one-pot KOH activating strategy from commercial urea formaldehyde resin (UF). The textural properties and nitrogen content of the N-doped carbons were carefully controlled by the activating temperature and KOH/UF mass ratios. As-prepared N-doped carbons show 3D block-shaped morphology, the BET surface area of up to 980 m²/g together with a pore volume of 0.52 cm³/g and N content of 23.51 wt%. The optimal adsorbent (UFK-600-0.2) presents a high CO₂ uptake capacity of 4.03 mmol/g at 0 °C and 1 bar. Moreover, as-prepared N-doped carbon adsorbents show moderate isosteric heat of adsorption (43–53 kJ/mol), acceptable ideal adsorption solution theory (IAST) selectivity of 35 and outstanding recycling performance. It has been pointed out that while the CO₂ uptake was mostly dependent on the textural feature, the N content of carbon also plays a critical role to define the CO₂ adsorption performance. The present study delivers favorable N-doped carbon for CO₂ uptake and provides a promising strategy for the design and synthesis of the carbon adsorbents.     

Mg-MOF-74对CO2/H2O的吸附性能

以Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O和2,5-二羟基对苯二甲酸为原料, 采用溶剂热法制备了金属有机骨架材料Mg-MOF-74. 利用X射线衍射(XRD)、 红外光谱(FTIR)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等测试手段对其结构、 形貌和性能进行了分析, 并利用自制穿透实验装置研究了产物吸附CO₂/H₂O的性能. 结果表明: 合成的样品纯度高, 结构完整, 形貌规则有序, 具有较高的CO₂吸附量. 双组分CO₂/H₂O穿透实验结果证实, 在水蒸气存在情况下, 与沸石13X相比, Mg-MOF-74仍具有较高的CO₂吸附能力, 可用于分离高湿烟道气中的CO₂.     

Novel Porous Aromatic Framework with Excellent Separation Capability of CO2 in N2 or CH4

A novel porous aromatic framework, PAF-52, was obtained via the polymerization of tetrahedral mono- mer tetrakis（4-cyanodiphenyl） methane（TCDPM） with the aid of a facile ionothermal method. PAF-52 has a surface area of 1159 m2/g（BET）, and shows a considerable high separation ability of CO2 in N2 or CH4 respectively at room temperature, using gas-chromatography experiments as evidence,     

A Triptycene-Based Porous Organic Polymer that Exhibited High Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacities and Excellent CO2/N2 Selectivity

A novel porous organic polymer (POP) has been constructed through the condensation of triptycene tricatechol and 1,3,5‐benzenetris(4‐phenylboronic acid). This triptycene‐based POP exhibited high H₂ uptake (up to 1.84 wt% at 77 K, 1 bar), large CO₂ adsorption capacity (up to 18.1 wt% at 273K, 1 bar), and excellent CO₂/N₂ adsorption selectivity (up to 120/1). The influence of solvent on the gas adsorption performance of the POP has also been investigated.     

Metal‐Free Nitrogen‐Doped Mesoporous Carbon for Electroreduction of CO2 to Ethanol

CO₂ electroreduction is a promising technique for satisfying both renewable energy storage and a negative carbon cycle. However, it remains a challenge to convert CO₂ into C2 products with high efficiency and selectivity. Herein, we report a nitrogen‐doped ordered cylindrical mesoporous carbon as a robust metal‐free catalyst for CO₂ electroreduction, enabling the efficient production of ethanol with nearly 100 % selectivity and high faradaic efficiency of 77 % at −0.56 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode. Experiments and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the synergetic effect of the nitrogen heteroatoms and the cylindrical channel configurations facilitate the dimerization of key CO* intermediates and the subsequent proton–electron transfers, resulting in superior electrocatalytic performance for synthesizing ethanol from CO₂.     

Efficient CO2 Removal for Ultra‐Pure CO Production by Two Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials

Removal of CO₂ from CO gas mixtures is a necessary but challenging step during production of ultra‐pure CO as processed from either steam reforming of hydrocarbons or CO₂ reduction. Herein, two hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs), SIFSIX‐3‐Ni and TIFSIX‐2‐Cu‐i , which are known to exhibit strong affinity for CO₂, were examined with respect to their performance for this separation. The single‐gas CO sorption isotherms of these HUMs were measured for the first time and are indicative of weak affinity for CO and benchmark CO₂/CO selectivity (>4000 for SIFSIX‐3‐Ni ). This prompted us to conduct dynamic breakthrough experiments and compare performance with other porous materials. Ultra‐pure CO (99.99 %) was thereby obtained from CO gas mixtures containing both trace (1 %) and bulk (50 %) levels of CO₂ in a one‐step physisorption‐based separation process.     

Azine‐Linked Covalent Organic Framework (COF)‐Based Mixed‐Matrix Membranes for CO2/CH4 Separation

Mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs) comprising Matrimid and a microporous azine‐linked covalent organic frameworks (ACOF‐1) were prepared and tested in the separation of CO₂ from an equimolar CO₂/CH₄ mixture. The COF‐based MMMs show a more than doubling of the CO₂ permeability upon 16 wt % ACOF‐1 loading together with a slight increase in selectivity compared to the bare polymer. These results show the potential of COFs in the preparation of MMMs.     

常温合成硫掺杂微孔碳及其二氧化碳的吸附性能

常温下以间苯三酚和3-甲醛苯并噻吩作为原料,一步法合成了含硫酚醛树脂。在氩气保护下碳化,成功制备出了硫掺杂多孔碳（S-PC）。并利用扫描电镜（SEM）、X射线光电子能谱（XPS）、X射线衍射（XRD）和氮气吸附-脱附仪对材料进行了形貌、结构和性能的表征。实验结果表明,所得样品具有较高比表面积和大量的微孔,经过调控,可以使制备的硫掺杂多孔碳的BET比表面积达到997 m²·g^-1,并使其微孔孔体积达到0.44 cm³·g^-1。得益于较高的比表面积以及其富含微孔的特性,当材料应用于二氧化碳吸附时,具有较高的CO₂吸附量,在273和298 K时分别高达5.13,3.22 mmol·g^-1,并具有良好的选择性。