Preparation and CO2 adsorption properties of soft-templated mesoporous carbons derived from chestnut tannin precursors

• Published in: Microporous and mesoporous materials Vol. 222; pp. 94 - 103
• Main Authors: Nelson, Kimberly M., Mahurin, Shannon M., Mayes, Richard T., Williamson, Ben, Teague, Craig M., Binder, Andrew J., Baggetto, Loic, Veith, Gabriel M., Dai, Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Adsorption; Carbon dioxide; Chestnut tannin; Mesoporous carbon; Self-assembly; Self-assembly; Adsorption; Mesoporous carbon; Chestnut tannin; Carbon dioxide

This work presents a soft templating approach for mesoporous carbon using the polyphenolic heterogeneous biomass, chestnut tannin, as the carbon precursor. By varying synthesis parameters such as tannin:surfactant ratio, cross-linker, reaction time and acid catalyst, the pore structure could be cont...