Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 450, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.138416
Keywords
Covalent-organic polymers; Doped nitrogen; Metal-free oxidation; Oxygen; Oxidative desulfurization; Pyrolyzed carbon
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Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT) [NRF-2020R1A4A1018393]
- Innovation Challenge Project (Development of catalytic process on C2-C3 interconversion technology using plasma converted product) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning of Korea
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A microporous triazine polymer was successfully loaded with an N-containing ionic liquid to prepare nitrogen-enriched carbonaceous materials, which showed remarkable catalytic performance in the aerobic oxidative desulfurization of organic sulfur compounds. The nitrogen content and porosity of the carbon materials were found to significantly impact the reactivity of the materials in oxidative desulfurization. The study proposed a plausible reaction mechanism of nitrogen species in the carbon materials to activate O-2 for efficient oxidation.
A microporous triazine polymer (MCTP) was prepared and loaded, for the first time, with an N-containing ionic liquid (IL) through a ship-in-a-bottle method. The composite material, IL@MCTP, was pyrolyzed under high temperature to get N-enriched carbonaceous materials. The obtained carbons (denoted ICDCs) were utilized as a metal-free catalyst for the aerobic oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of organic sulfur compounds like dibenzo-thiophene from a model fuel. The reactivity of ICDCs in ODS was dependent on the nitrogen content and porosity of the carbons. One selected material (ICDC(8)), because of high nitrogen content and adequate porosity, showed a remarkable performance in ODS or removal of dibenzothiophene with a very low activation energy of 23.7 kJ/ mol. Radical scavenger experiments and ESR analysis revealed the important role of superoxide anion radicals (center dot O-2(-)) in oxidation. A plausible reaction mechanism to suggest an important role of nitrogen species in ICDCs to activate O-2 (via adsorption on C with a partial positive charge) was proposed. The ODS also can be carried out with air, and the catalyst was reusable for up to the fifth cycle by simple solvent washing. The ICDCs can be a competitive and environment-friendly (metal-free) ODS catalyst, especially using cheap oxidants like air or O-2.
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