Solid-state synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon catalysts via a mechanochemical assembly through coordination cross-linking.

ABSTRACT: Ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) have demonstrated great potential in catalysis, and as supercapacitors and adsorbents. Since the introduction of the organic-organic self-assembly approach in 2004/2005 until now, the direct synthesis of OMCs is still limited to the wet processing of phenol-formaldehyde polycondensation, which involves soluble toxic precursors, and acid or alkali catalysts, and requires multiple synthesis steps, thus restricting the widespread application of OMCs. Herein, we report a simple, general, scalable and sustainable solid-state synthesis of OMCs and nickel OMCs with uniform and tunable mesopores (?4-10?nm), large pore volumes (up to 0.96?cm³?g^-1) and high-surface areas exceeding 1,000?m²?g^-1, based on a mechanochemical assembly between polyphenol-metal complexes and triblock co-polymers. Nickel nanoparticles (?5.40?nm) confined in the cylindrical nanochannels show great thermal stability at 600?°C. Moreover, the nickel OMCs offer exceptional activity in the hydrogenation of bulky molecules (?2?nm).

SUBMITTER: Zhang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477501 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature