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Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks with Ultramicropores and High Nitrogen Contents for Highly Selective CO2 Capture Keke Wang, Hongliang Huang, Dahuan Liu, Chang Wang, Jinping Li, and Chongli Zhong Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00425 • Publication Date (Web): 15 Apr 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 19, 2016
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Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks with
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Ultramicropores and High Nitrogen Contents for
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Highly Selective CO2 Capture
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Keke Wang,† Hongliang Huang,*,† Dahuan Liu,† Chang Wang,‡ Jinping Li,‡ and
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Chongli Zhong*,† †
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State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical
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Technology, Beijing 100029, China ‡
Research Institute of Special Chemicals, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024,
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Shanxi, China
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*Corresponding Author: Phone: +86-10-64431705; E-mail:
[email protected]; Address:
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Beijing city Chaoyang District North Third Ring Road 15 (H.H.). Phone/Fax: +86-10-64419862;
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E-mail:
[email protected]; Address: Beijing city Chaoyang District North Third Ring
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Road 15 (C.Z.).
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ABSTRACT: Porous organic frameworks (POFs) are a class of porous materials composed of
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organic precursors linked by covalent bonds. The objective of this work is to develop POFs with
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both ultramicropores and high nitrogen contents for CO2 capture. Specifically, two covalent
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triazine-based frameworks (CTFs) with ultramicropores (pores of width < 7 Å) based on short
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(fumaronitrile, FUM) and wide monomers (1,4-dicyanonaphthalene, DCN) were synthesized.
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The obtained CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN possess excellent chemical and thermal stability with
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ultramicropores of 5.2 and 5.4 Å, respectively. In addition, they exhibit excellent ability to
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selectively capture CO2 due to ultramicroporous nature. Especially, CTF-FUM-350 has the
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highest nitrogen content (27.64%) and thus the highest CO2 adsorption capacity (57.2 cc/g at 298
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K) and selectivities for CO2 over N2 and CH4 (102.4 and 20.5 at 298 K, respectively) among all
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CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN. More impressively, as far as we know, the CO2/CH4 selectivity is
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larger than that of all reported CTFs and ranks in top ten among all reported POFs. Dynamic
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breakthrough curves indicate that both CTFs could indeed separate gas mixtures of CO2/N2 and
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CO2/CH4 completely.
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1. INTRODUCTION
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The escalating level of atmospheric CO2 contributed to global warming significantly, is one of
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the greatest environmental concerns. The anthropogenic CO2 emission stems predominantly
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from the flue gas (mainly consisting of CO2 and N2) from coal- or natural gas-fired power
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plants.1 Moreover, in natural gas as well as landfill gas, CO2 is a major contaminant, which
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reduces the heating capacity of natural gas and also causes corrosion of the pipeline and
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equipment due to its acidic nature.2 Therefore, the selective removal of CO2 from both flue gas
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and natural gas is of great importance from both environmental and economic points of view.
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Several approaches have been proposed and developed for this purpose: absorption with
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solvents, adsorption by porous materials, membrane separation, cryogenic separation, etc.
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Currently, the most widely adopted approach is “wet scrubbing” involving the chemical
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absorption of CO2 by aqueous alkanolamine solutions such as monoethanolamine (MEA).3
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Although possessing high capacity and selectivity for CO2, this method has several significant
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problems including relative unstability towards heating related to regeneration, severe corrosion
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of the equipment, and high regeneration cost. To avoid these limitations, adsorption by porous
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materials including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous organic frameworks (POFs)
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as an alternative method has been intensively investigated.4-7 Due to their high surface areas,
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adjustable pore sizes, and controllable pore surface property, MOFs have an excellent CO2
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capture ability; however, the majority of them have poor chemical stability because of the weak
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coordination bonds, which seriously limits their practical applications.8 In contrast, POFs, as a
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class of porous materials composed of organic precursors linked by covalent bonds, have
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relatively great chemical stability.9,10 In addition, POFs possess large surface areas, low
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framework densities, and flexibility for rational design, thus attracting great attentions in various
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fields including gas storage, gas separation, catalysis, and photoelectricity.11 In the past few
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years, many classes of POFs have been synthesized by various routes, and notable examples
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include porous aromatic frameworks (PAFs),12 porous polymer networks (PPNs),13 covalent
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organic frameworks (COFs),14 polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs),15 porous
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benzimidazole-linked polymers (BILPs),16 and covalent triazine-based frameworks (CTFs).17,18
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In contrast to other synthetic reactions including Sonogashira coupling,19 Suzuki coupling,20
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Yamamoto coupling,21 and trimerization of alkynes,22 which require expensive catalysts and
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harsh reaction conditions, trimerization of nitrile under ionothermal conditions in the preparation
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of CTFs only requires cheap catalyst like ZnCl2 and there is no need of organic solvent, which
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reduces economic cost and environmental impact.23 Bearing these in mind, CTFs therefore have
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great promise for practical applications.
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From the view of quantitative structure-property relationship, structure and composition of
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porous materials have great effect on CO2 capture. From the aspect of pore structure,
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ultramicropores (pores of width < 7 Å)24 are generally beneficial for CO2 capture since small
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pore size could lead to deep overlap of potential and thus strong interaction.25,26 However,
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construction of ultramicropores in porous materials such as MOFs and POFs still remains
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challenging. On the other hand, from the aspect of the chemical composition, introduction of
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basic nitrogen functionalities into porous materials also has been regarded as a useful means to
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enhance the uptake of CO2 owing to Lewis acid-Lewis base electrostatic interactions of the
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nitrogen atoms with the carbon atoms of the CO2 molecules.
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In this work, we proposed a strategy of designing porous materials with ultramicropores and
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high nitrogen contents to capture CO2. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, based on
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microporous CTF-1 as a platform, short monomer fumaronitrile (FUM) and wide monomer 1,4-
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dicyanonaphthalene (DCN) were chosen to afford two CTFs (CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN,
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respectively) with ultramicropores. Both CTFs are isoreticular to CTF-1 produced from 1,4-
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dicyanobenzene (DCB), which is the shortest among all previously reported linear dinitrile
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monomer for the CTF synthesis.17 Compared with DCB, FUM and DCN are shorter and wider,
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respectively. As a result, the CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN possess high adsorption capacities and
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selectivities for CO2 over N2 and CH4. In addition, compared with CTF-DCN, CTF-FUM has
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higher separation performance due to its rich nitrogen content. More importantly, the strategy is
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facile and inexpensive by using commercially available monomers, which provides a guideline
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for the design of new porous materials towards CO2 capture.
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2. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
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2.1. Materials and methods. Sources of chemicals and reagents, characterization methods, and the details of breakthrough measurement are provided in the Supporting Information.
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2.2. Synthesis of CTFs. 2.2.1. Synthesis of CTF-FUM. FUM (0.6 g, 7.7 mmol) and ZnCl2 (2.1
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g, 15.4 mmol) were transferred into a quartz ampoule. The ampoule was evacuated, sealed,
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heated to the desired temperature (350, 400, or 500 °C) in 1 h, and held the temperature for 40 h.
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Then the ampoule was cooled down to room temperature and opened. The reaction mixture was
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subsequently ground and then washed thoroughly with water to remove most of the ZnCl2.
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Further stirring in 0.5 M HCl for 24 h was carried out to remove the residual salt. Then the
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resulting black powder was filtered, washed with water and methanol, and dried in vacuum at
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120 °C. The yield is about 90% (about 0.54 g).
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2.2.2. Synthesis of CTF-DCN. DCN (0.6 g, 3 mmol) and ZnCl2 (0.816 g, 6 mmol) were
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transferred into a quartz ampoule. The ampoule was evacuated, sealed, heated to the desired
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temperature (400 or 500 °C) in 1 h, and held the temperature for 40 h. Then the ampoule was
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cooled down to room temperature and opened. The reaction mixture was activated by following
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the same procedure as given for CTF-FUM. The yield is about 80% (about 0.48 g).
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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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3.1. Synthesis and characterization of CTFs. Porous CTFs were mainly prepared by an
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ionothermal reaction between nitrile monomers in molten ZnCl2, which functions as both a
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Lewis acid catalyst and a solvent.17 From the trimerization of nitrile monomers, triazine rings can
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be conveniently obtained, leading to robust structures with permanent porosity. Several previous
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reports indicate that the reaction temperature has great effect on porous properties of resulting
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CTFs.27,28 Therefore, CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN were obtained by the synthetic procedure at
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different temperatures as shown in Scheme 1. Trimerization of FUM at 350, 400, and 500 °C
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yielded CTF-FUM-350, CTF-FUM-400, and CTF-FUM-500, respectively. For DCN, the
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synthesis at 400 and 500 °C yielded CTF-DCN-400 and CTF-DCN-500, respectively. The
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reaction times were 40 h for all samples. N N
CN
ZnCl2 (a)
N
N
N
N
N N
N N
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350-500 ºC N
NC N
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FUM
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N N
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ZnCl2
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CTF-DCN
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Scheme 1. Schematic illustration of the synthesis of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN with
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ultramicropores.
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The successful formation of the triazine rings can be indicated by FT-IR analysis. As shown in
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Figure S2 in the Supporting Information, the characteristic carbonitrile stretching band of FUM
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(DCN) around 2240 cm-1 (2229 cm-1) almost disappears after reaction. Meanwhile, the
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characteristic bands for the triazine units at 1560 and 1384 cm-1 appear for all the synthesized
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frameworks although the bands are not obvious, which may be attributed to the black surface
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coming from partial carbonization of the samples.29,30 In addition, CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN
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were characterized by 13C CP-MAS spectra (Figures S3-S7). For CTF-FUM, the peak at about
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175 ppm confirms the presence of sp2 carbon from the triazine unit. However, the spectra of
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CTF-DCN only have an obvious peak at about 127 ppm corresponding to aromatic carbons. The
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characteristic peak of carbon of triazine is so weak that it could not be distinguished due to the
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partial graphitization of samples, which has been observed previously.31,32 The formed triazine
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rings are further confirmed by XPS. The N1s XPS spectra for CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN contain
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two contributions with binding energies at 398.6 (or 398.9) and 400.6 eV (Figures S8-S12). The
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former corresponds to the N in the triazine rings. The signal at 400.6 eV may be assigned to
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pyrrolic nitrogen (-C-NH-C-) coming from partial decomposition of samples.33,34
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Then, the porosity properties of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN prepared at different temperatures
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were investigated by N2 adsorption measurements at 77 K. As shown in Figures 1a and 1c, CTF-
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FUM-350, CTF-FUM-400, and CTF-FUM-500 all exhibit type I isotherms, indicating that they
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are microporous materials. For CTF-DCN-400 and CTF-DCN-500, the isotherms exhibit a sharp
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uptake in the low pressure region (P/P0 < 0.01), implying a significant microporisity, whereas
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the isotherms also exist hysteresis loops, indicating the presence of mesopores. The pore
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characteristics of all samples are summarized in Table 1. With the increase of temperature, the
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BET surface area and total pore volume of CTF-FUM increase from 230 m2/g and 0.12 cm3/g to
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603 m2/g and 0.28 cm3/g, respectively. It may be attributed to that higher temperature may lead
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to more defects in the framework.27 While for CTF-DCN, the BET surface area and total pore
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volume are relatively independent of temperature (690 m2/g and 0.58 cm3/g for CTF-DCN-400,
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735 m2/g and 0.59 cm3/g for CTF-DCN-500). These values are lower than those of CTF-1 (920-
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1600 m2/g and 0.47-1.00 cm3/g)23 and other most CTFs, attributed to that FUM is shorter and
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DCN wider than DCB. Pore size distributions of materials were derived by the nonlocal density
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functional theory method. As shown in Figures 1b and 1d, CTF-FUM mainly has pore size of 5.2
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Å. CTF-DCN has two kinds of micropores (5.4 Å and 14.1 Å) in addition to mesopores
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distributed between 20 and 60 Å. In contrast to CTF-1 with pore sizes larger than 10 Å,23,35 CTF-
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FUM and CTF-DCN possess ultramicropores of 5.2 and 5.4 Å, respectively. The PXRD patterns
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of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN indicate that all samples are amorphous (Figures S13 and S14). The
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broad diffraction peak at 24.7º (25.9º) for CTF-FUM (CTF-DCN) suggests the potential stacking
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of triazine linkage (001) plane.35 Therefore, the pore sizes in CTFs could not be exactly reflected
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by structures in Scheme 1. However, the successful construction of ultramicropores still indicates
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that the strategy is feasible and effective by shortening or widening the size of monomer. (b) 5.2 Å
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CTF-FUM-350 CTF-FUM-400 CTF-FUM-500
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N2 uptake at 77 K (cc/g)
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dV(d) (cc/Å/g)
N2 uptake at 77 K (cc/g)
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Figure 1. (a, c) N2 adsoption-desorption isotherms at 77 K and (b, d) pore size distributions of
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CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN.
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Table 1. Pore characteristics and elemental analysis of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN. Temperature
SBETa
Compound
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Vtc
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CTF-FUM-400
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CTF-FUM-500
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CTF-DCN-400
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CTF-DCN-500
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H
N
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27.64
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35.9
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26.93
61.54
2.56
35.9
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0.79
60.79
4.06
20.17
61.54
2.56
35.9
690
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0.19
77.06
2.76
8.41
80.90
3.37
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735
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0.60
0.30
79.68
2.87
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80.90
3.37
15.73
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SBET is the BET specific surface area. bVMicro is the pore volume determined by N2 adsorption isotherm using t-plot method. cVt is the total pore volume determined by using the adsorption branch of N2 isotherm at P/P0 = 0.95.
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Elemental analysis of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN indicates that nitrogen contents decrease
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significantly compared with the theoretical values due to CN group elimination in the
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frameworks as well as decomposition of triazine rings during the polymerization reaction.23 The
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decomposition of triazine rings in the frameworks may produce NH3 and ring condensation
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networks.34 Therefore, the measured C/N ratios of materials are higher than theoretical values
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(Table S1 in the Supporting Information). In addition, the overall carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen
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contents of the samples are lower than theoretical values due to residual water adsorbed and
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metal salts.29 As a result, the nitrogen contents significantly decrease, while the carbon contents
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are close to the theoretical values. The similar phenomenon has been observed previously.25,33,36
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With the increase of reaction temperature from 350 to 500 °C, nitrogen content of CTF-FUM
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decreases from 27.64% to 20.17%, while for CTF-DCN the contents are almost invariable.
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Although nitrogen elimination occurred, CTF-FUM-350 still has nitrogen content of 27.64%,
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which is larger than that in most of POFs.23,37,38 Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis indicates
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0.63 wt%, 0.61 wt%, 0.56 wt%, 0.67 wt%, and 0.48 wt% Zn contents for CTF-FUM-350, CTF-
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FUM-400, CTF-FUM-500, CTF-DCN-400, and CTF-500, respectively. The Zn contents are low
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and reasonable.32 Meanwhile, the morphology study of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN by SEM
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demonstrates the aggregations of uniform particles (Figures S15-S19). In addition, TEM pictures
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of the samples demonstrate the layered structures of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN (Figures S20-
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3.2. Stability studies. Generally, the environments in flue gas and landfill gas are harsh where
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several kinds of impurity exist including acid gases (HCl, NOx, SOx, and H2S) and H2O, which
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calls for adsorbents with excellent stability. Therefore, the stability of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN
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was investigated. Immersed in common organic solvents such as N,N-dimetylformamide, N-
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methylpyrrolidone, methanol, and ethanol, CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN were insoluble. Especially,
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CTF-FUM-400 and CTF-DCN-400 were immersed in boiling water, 4 M HCl solution, and 0.1
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M NaOH solution for 24 h as the representatives of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN, respectively. As
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shown in Figure S25, the N2 adsorption isotherms of these samples remain almost the same after
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these treatments, indicating both frameworks remain intact in such a wide pH range. Their
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excellent chemical stability may be attributed to the strong C-N bands in triazine rings and the
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carbonization of surfaces of materials.39 Compared with many POFs including boronate based
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COFs40,41 and Schiff base polymers,42 CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN show very high stability. In
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addition, CTF-FUM and CTF-NDC were characterized by TGA under an air atmosphere. As
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shown in Figures S26-30, they are thermally stable up to 450 °C.
CH4 298 K
CH4 273 K
80
60 40 20
CO2 273 K N2 273 K CTF-FUM-400
CH4 298 K
CH4 273 K
40 20
60
0.6
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CH4 273 K
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0.6
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40 20
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CO2 273 K N2 273 K CTF-DCN-400
CO2 298 K N2 298 K CH4 298 K
80 60
0.0
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1.0
0.2
CO2 273 K N2 273 K CTF-DCN-500 CH4 273 K
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40
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(f)
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CH4 273 K
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CO2 273 K N2 273 K CTF-FUM-500
Qst (kJ/mol)
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CO2 298 K N2 298 K CH4 298 K
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CO2 298 K N2 298 K
Gas uptake (cc/g)
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CO2 273 K N2 273 K CTF-FUM-350
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30
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Figure 2. (a-e) Adsorption isotherms of CO2, N2, and CH4 in CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN at 298
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and 273 K; (f) the calculated isosteric heat values of CO2 adsorption of CTF-FUM and CTF-
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DCN.
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3.3. Gas uptake studies. The ultramicroporous nature and the high nitrogen contents of CTF-
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FUM and CTF-DCN prompted us to explore their CO2 capture properties. As shown in Figure 2,
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the CO2 adsorption isotherms of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN exhibit a steep rise at low pressure.
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CTF-FUM-350 has the highest CO2 uptake of 57.2 cc/g at 298 K (Table 2) among all CTF-FUM
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and CTF-DCN. A comparison of CO2 uptake by CTF-FUM-350 with other POFs is shown in
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Table S2. The uptake capacity of CTF-FUM-350 is higher than that of numerous of POFs such
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as CTF-1 (31.6-50.4 cc/g),43 3D PCTF-1-3 (21.4-50.4 cc/g),31 PPN-6 (25.9 cc/g),44 MPN-P1-P3
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(19.3-32.1 cc/g),45 HMP (31.5-38.1 cc/g),46 POP-diimide-Li6 (33.6 cc/g),47 TPI-1-7 (9.6-28
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cc/g),48 and functionalized CMP-1 (20.9-26.4 cc/g).49 In addition, CTF-FUM-350 also
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outperform most of MOFs such as ZIF-8 (16.9 cc/g),50 MIL-47 (41.2 cc/g),51 and MIL-53(Cr)
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(43.3 cc/g).52 It is worth noting that with the decrease of temperature, CO2 uptake of CTF-FUM
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increases attributed to that low reaction temperature leads to CTF-FUM with high nitrogen
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content in spite of low surface area, which indicates that CO2 uptakes are not proportional to the
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surface areas. Therefore, only increasing surface area may not be an effective strategy to enhance
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CO2 capture at this condition. Considering that the recyclability is vital to the practical
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applications, reproducibility of two CTFs was investigated by performing the adsorption-
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desorption cycle at 298 °C. As shown in Figures S33-S36, the adsorption is reversible and no
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obvious loss of activity is observed even after ten cycles, indicating the excellent recyclability of
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two CTFs without any other heat energy input. In practical conditions, flue gas and natural gas
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inevitably contain water vapor. Thus, it is important to investigate the CO2 capture performance
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of the samples in the presence of water vapor. As reported in the literature,31,53 CTF-FUM-350
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DCN respectively, were exposed to the atmosphere (about 70% relative humidity conditions) for
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24 h to equilibrate with moisture, CO2, and N2. Then, the treated samples were remeasured for
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CO2 adsorption at 298 K without degassing. As shown in Figures S37-S38, the CO2 uptakes of
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the treated CTF-FUM-350 (36.8 cc/g) and CTF-DCN-500 (29.0 cc/g) show 35% and 25% drops
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observed for POFs,31,53 MOFs,54 and activated carbon.53 Meanwhile, the adsorption behaviors of
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N2 and CH4 in CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN were studied.
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Table 2. CO2 capture capacities, selectivities, and heats of adsorption of CTF-FUM and CTF-
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DCN.
Compound
CO2 uptake (cc/g)
Qsta for CO2 (kJ/mol)
CO2/N2 selectivityb
CO2/CH4 selectivityb
298 K
273 K
CTF-FUM-350
57.2
78.2
58.1
102.4
20.5
CTF-FUM-400
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To determine the binding affinity of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN for CO2, the isosteric heats of
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adsorption were calculated with the Clausius-Clapeyron equation from CO2 adsorption isotherms
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at 298 and 273 K. As shown in Figure 2f, all materials show a high Qst (above 30 kJ/mol) at low
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coverage. In addition, the Qst at zero coverage for CTF-FUM-350, CTF-FUM-400, and CTF-
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FUM-500 are 58.1, 55.0, and 50.3 kJ/mol, respectively. These values are higher than those for
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CTF-DCN (30.6 and 34.5 kJ/mol for CTF-DCN-400 and CTF-DCN-500, respectively), which
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value of CTF-FUM-350 is about 110% higher than that of CTF-1 (27.5 kJ/mol).43 In addition,
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these Qst values for CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN are also higher than values reported for most of
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POFs including BILP-1-7 (26.5-28.8 kJ/mol),55-57 HCP-1-4 (21.2-23.5 kJ/mol),58 and MCTF-
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300-500 (24.6-26.3 kJ/mol).59 Although fast decay in the Qst plot of CTFs was observed due to
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the fact that the numbers of available high-affinity N sites decrease with the increase of CO2
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loading in the frameworks, CTFs still possess high Qst at the whole pressure region. The high
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CO2 uptakes and binding affinities by CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN can be attributed to the
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presence of ultramicropore and high nitrogen contents. In addition, as shown in Figures S39-S43,
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Qst values for N2 and CH4 of CTF-FUM (CTF-DCN) are about 9 (8) and 25 kJ/mol (23 kJ/mol),
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capacity, and isosteric heat of adsorption of CO2, high selectivities of CO2 over N2 and CH4 are
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also vital for a CO2 adsorbent. The selectivity for CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN was estimated using
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the ratio of the initial slopes in the Henry region of the adsorption isotherms. The initial slopes of
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adsorption isotherms were obtained by a linear fit, as shown in Figures S44-S48. This method is
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one of the most common methods to estimate gas separation performance and has been widely
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applied for porous materials including MOFs, POFs, and cage molecules. As shown in Table 2,
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the calculated CO2/N2 and CO2/CH4 selectivites of CTF-FUM-350 reach values of 102.4 and
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20.5 at 298 K, respectively. These values are slightly higher than those of CTF-FUM-400 and
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CTF-FUM-500, and are much higher than those of CTF-DCN-400 and CTF-DCN-500. For CTF-
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FUM, higher reaction temperature may lead to more defects in the framework and lower nitrogen
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content, and thus decreases the interactions between CTF-FUM and CO2. Therefore, CO2/N2 and
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CO2/CH4 selectivities as well as the Qst for CO2 decrease with the increase of reaction
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temperature. However, for CTF-DCN, the higher reaction temperature does not greatly affect
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porosity and nitrogen content. Therefore, CO2 selectivities for CTF-DCN are relatively
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independent of temperature. These much different phenomenons have been observed
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previously.43,60 The higher selectivities of CTF-FUM compared with CTF-DCN can be attributed
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to its higher nitrogen content. Especially, CO2/N2 selectivity of CTF-FUM-350 is about five
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times of that of CTF-1 (20).43 In addition, the CO2/N2 selectivity of CTF-FUM-350 is higher
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than that of most POFs60-62 (Table S2) and carbon materials.63-65 Especially, as shown in Table
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S2, the selectivity of CO2 over CH4 for CTF-FUM-350 ranks in top ten among all reported POFs.
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It far outperforms that of all reported CTFs and most of POFs including BILP-2-7 (5.3-12, 298
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K),55,57 functionalized NPOF (8-10, 298 K),66 DBMOP-6 (12, 298 K),67 OMPM-1 (14.8, 298
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K),68 PCTF-1-7 (4-5, 298 K),25,34 PPF-1-4 (8.6-11.0, 273 K),69 TPI-1-3@IC (2-11, 298 K),32, and
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PCTF-1-4,31 (11-20, 273K), but just are smaller than those of PAF-30 (30.2, 298 K),70 POP-
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diimide-Li6 (46, 298 K),47 POP(2) (60, 298 K),71 PPN-80 (90, 295 K),72 PPN-81 (250, 295 K),72
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MPN-P1 (400, 298 K),45 and PPN-6-SO3NH4 (40, 295 K).73 However, the former six materials
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have much low CO2 uptakes; and PPN-6-SO3NH4 needs not only more complex monomer but
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the ideal adsorption solution theory (IAST) model was additionally used to predict CO2
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separation performance of CTFs at the whole pressure region. As shown in Figure S49, CO2/N2
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and CO2/CH4 selectivities of CTF-FUM are higher than those of CTF-DCN at the whole pressure
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range. In addition, there is no dramatic decrease in selectivities observed with the increase of
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pressure. To confirm that CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN could completely separate gas mixtures in
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practical applications, breakthrough experiments were carried out. Two binary gas mixtures,
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namely CO2/N2 (15%/85%) and CO2/CH4 (50%/50%), were used for column breakthrough
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experiments. As shown in Figure 3, for both CTFs, the breakthrough of CO2 is obviously later
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CTF-DCN. The CO2 storage capacities of the CTFs have been calculated from breakthrough
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experiments. The results indicate that storage capacities of CTF-FUM-350 (CTF-DCN-500) are
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11.4 (8.3) and 30.1 cc/g (25.4 cc/g) in the flows of CO2/N2 and CO2/CH4, respectively. These
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partial pressures (for CTF-FUM-350, 25.5 and 43.7 cc/g at 0.15 and 0.5 bar respectively; for
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CTF-DCN-500, 13.0 and 26.6 cc/g at 0.15 and 0.5 bar respectively), which may be attributed to
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the dynamic conditions.74 The similar phenomenon has been observed previously.75-77 In
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addition, although the CO2 adsorption capacities of CTF-FUM-350 and CTF-DCN-500 decrease,
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they still could completely separate gas mixtures. These results demonstrate their great promise
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for industrial applications. In addition, further studies on the effect of different polymerizing
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CO2 separation performances of CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN are ongoing. (a)
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In summary, we successfully synthesized two CTFs, CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN, with
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ultramicropores by using short and wide monomers, which are simple and readily available.
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CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN possess ultramicropores of 5.2 and 5.4 Å, respectively. They also
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have high chemical and thermal stability. Due to the ultramicroporous nature, CTF-FUM and
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CTF-DCN exhibit excellent adsorption capacities and selectivities for CO2 over N2 and CH4. In
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addition, owing to higher nitrogen contents, CTF-FUM has higher isosteric heats of adsorption
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of CO2 and CO2 selectivity over N2 and CH4. Especially, among all CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN,
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CTF-FUM-350 has the highest nitrogen content (27.64%) and thus the highest CO2 adsorption
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capacity (57.2 cc/g at 298 K) and selectivities for CO2 over N2 and CH4 (102.4 and 20.5 at 298
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K, respectively). As far as we know, the CO2/CH4 selectivity ranks in top ten among all reported
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POFs. Dynamic breakthrough curves indicate that both CTFs completely could separate gas
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mixtures of CO2/N2 and CO2/CH4. Furthermore, CTF-FUM and CTF-DCN exhibit great
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recyclability without evident loss of the CO2 adsorption capacity after ten cycles. These results
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show that designing porous materials with both ultramicropores and high nitrogen contents is a
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useful strategy for CO2 capture.
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Supporting Information. Materials and methods, breakthrough measurement, characterization
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results, recycle adsorption of CO2, calculation of isosteric heat of adsorption, IAST selectivity
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calculation, initial slope selectivity studies, CO2 uptake in the humidity condition, IAST
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selectivities, and comparison of the CO2 adsorption performance. This material is available free
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Financial support by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (“973”)
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(2013CB733503), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21136001 and 21536001), and
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the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. ZY1509) are greatly
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appreciated.
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