Facile synthesis of hierarchically porous carbons by controlling the initial oxygen concentration in-situ carbonization of ZIF-8 for efficient water treatment

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2018.05.014

Abstract

Abstract: The state-of-the-art approaches for adjusting the structural characteristics of porous carbons are the aftertreatments, which are complicated and time consuming. In this work, a facile approach was developed, i.e., controlling the initial oxygen concentration in-situ during the direct carbonization of zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8), to adjust the pore structure and prepare hierarchically porous carbons. The introduction of oxygen can significantly affect the crystalline and pore structures of porous carbons, and promote the pore widening and the formation of mesopores. An appropriate initial oxygen concentration can notably enhance the surface area and mesopore volume of porous carbon, and then improve the adsorption capacity toward methylene blue (MB) dye from water by 3.4 times. The developed approach is more efficient at lower carbonization temperature. Moreover, the introduction of oxygen can increase the ratio of HO-C=O groups on the carbon surface, leading to enhanced interaction with MB molecules and higher adsorption capacity toward MB. The as-prepared porous carbons exhibit superior adsorption capacities toward MB dye as compared to the reported ZIF-8 derived carbons. These findings would aid the development of porous carbon materials with high performance.

Key words: Porous carbon, ZIF-8, Carbonization, Oxygen, Adsorption, Water treatment

摘要： The state-of-the-art approaches for adjusting the structural characteristics of porous carbons are the aftertreatments, which are complicated and time consuming. In this work, a facile approach was developed, i.e., controlling the initial oxygen concentration in-situ during the direct carbonization of zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8), to adjust the pore structure and prepare hierarchically porous carbons. The introduction of oxygen can significantly affect the crystalline and pore structures of porous carbons, and promote the pore widening and the formation of mesopores. An appropriate initial oxygen concentration can notably enhance the surface area and mesopore volume of porous carbon, and then improve the adsorption capacity toward methylene blue (MB) dye from water by 3.4 times. The developed approach is more efficient at lower carbonization temperature. Moreover, the introduction of oxygen can increase the ratio of HO-C=O groups on the carbon surface, leading to enhanced interaction with MB molecules and higher adsorption capacity toward MB. The as-prepared porous carbons exhibit superior adsorption capacities toward MB dye as compared to the reported ZIF-8 derived carbons. These findings would aid the development of porous carbon materials with high performance.

关键词: Porous carbon, ZIF-8, Carbonization, Oxygen, Adsorption, Water treatment

Na Zhou, Yan Du, Chunyu Wang, Rizhi Chen. Facile synthesis of hierarchically porous carbons by controlling the initial oxygen concentration in-situ carbonization of ZIF-8 for efficient water treatment[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2018, 26(12): 2523-2530.

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