Meso/Microporous Carbons from Conjugated Hyper-Crosslinked Polymers Based on Tetraphenylethene for High-Performance CO₂ Capture and Supercapacitor

• Main Authors: Mohamed Gamal Mohamed, Mahmoud M.M. Ahmed, Wei-Ting Du, Shiao-Wei Kuo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
• Series: Molecules
• Subjects: Friedel–Crafts reaction; porous polymers; triazine covalent framework; CO₂ capture; supercapacitor
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/3/738
• ISSN: 1420-3049

In this study, we successfully synthesized two types of meso/microporous carbon materials through the carbonization and potassium hydroxide (KOH) activation for two different kinds of hyper-crosslinked polymers of TPE-CPOP1 and TPE-CPOP2, which were synthesized by using Friedel–Crafts reaction of tetraphenylethene (TPE) monomer with or without cyanuric chloride in the presence of AlCl₃ as a catalyst. The resultant porous carbon materials exhibited the high specific area (up to 1100 m² g⁻¹), total pore volume, good thermal stability, and amorphous character based on thermogravimetric (TGA), N₂ adsoprtion/desorption, and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) analyses. The as-prepared TPE-CPOP1 after thermal treatment at 800 °C (TPE-CPOP1-800) displayed excellent CO₂ uptake performance (1.74 mmol g⁻¹ at 298 K and 3.19 mmol g⁻¹ at 273 K). Furthermore, this material possesses a high specific capacitance of 453 F g^–1at 5 mV s⁻¹ comparable to others porous carbon materials with excellent columbic efficiencies for 10,000 cycle at 20 A g⁻¹.