Thiophene-based conjugated ultra-micropore rigid polymers for selective xenon capture
Thiophene-based conjugated ultra-micropore rigid polymers for selective xenon capture
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用于选择性氙捕获的噻吩基共轭超微孔刚性聚合物
DOI:
10.1016/j.cej.2022.139934
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
15.1
通讯作者:
Chuanqin Xia
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作者:
Zijun Yan;Yu Luo;Bo Chen;Fenglei Wang;Lang Chen;Zining Wang;Pengwei Zhao;Jinyang Kang;Zhihai Fu;Yongdong Jin;None YuanhuaWang;Chuanqin Xia
Due to S atom’s high polarization to Xe, thiophene-based CMP-PY-TBTP exhibited strong interaction to Xe and high Xe/Kr selectivity. • Three thiophene-based rigid CMPs were synthesized in high yield. • Polarization of rigid thiophene and micropore confinement contributed to Xe/Kr selectivity. • The thiophene-based rigid CMPs exhibited great thermal and acid/base stability. Radioactive isotopes of krypton (Kr) and xenon (Xe) are produced from the fission reaction of nuclear reactors. The separation of Xe/Kr from the nuclear off-gas is important for the spent fuel reprocessing. Compared with the industrial method of cryogenic distillation, physical adsorption is a simple and energy-saving method for Xe/Kr separation. Here, three rigid conjugated micropore polymers, including thiophene containing CMP-PY-BTP, TBTP and fluorine-containing CMP-PY-TFB, were prepared in high yield through direct C-H arylation reaction, and their structure-function relationship with Xe/Kr separation was described. CMP-PY-TFB, BTP, and TBTP all possessed rigid micropores with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface areas of 786.25, 141.64 and 488.30 m 2 g −1 , respectively. Among three polymers, CMP-PY-TBTP exhibited the highest Xe/Kr selectivity (11.9 for ideal adsorption solution theory selectivity and 9.3 for Henry selectivity), owing to the combined effect of stronger polarization of its thiophene structural unit and micropore confinement (5.4 Å). The density functional theory (DFT) calculation revealed that Xe was more strongly adsorbed in thiophene-containing units than that of fluorine-containing unit which verified the stronger interaction caused by thiophene group’s polarization. Though having weaker polarization to Xe, fluorine-containing CMP-PY-TFB exhibited the highest Xe uptake of 43.59 cm 3 g −1 due to its largest specific surface area (786.25 m 2 g −1 ).