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Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica with a Basic Urea-Derived Framework for Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion Under Mild Conditions

  • Mengshuai Liu
  • , Xingyuan Lu
  • , Lei Shi
  • , Fangxiao Wang
  • , Jianmin Sun*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Northeast Forestry University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen

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Abstract

A periodic mesoporous organosilica with a basic urea-derived framework (PMO-UDF) was prepared and characterized thoroughly. The PMO-UDF showed an enhanced CO2 capture capacity at low pressure (≤1 atm) and an exceptional catalytic activity in CO2 coupling reactions with various epoxides to yield the corresponding cyclic carbonates under mild conditions because of the presence of a high surface area, basic pyridine units, and multiple hydrogen-bond donors. The highly stable catalyst could be reused at least six successive times without a significant decrease of the catalytic efficiency or structural deterioration, thus the PMO-UDF composite is considered as a promising material for CO2 capture and conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1110-1119
Number of pages10
JournalChemSusChem
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Mar 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • adsorption
  • carbon storage
  • heterogeneous catalysis
  • mesoporous materials
  • reaction mechanisms

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