Quantifying nitrogen effect on CO2 capture using isoporous network polymers

by T. S. Nguyen, C. T. Yavuz
Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC90168G

Abstract

The impact of nitrogen atoms on CO2 binding was evaluated for two isostructural porous bisimidazole-linked polymers (BILPs), which serendipitously had identical surface areas and pore size distributions, a very rare observation. The two structures differ only in the core of the trialdehyde component, the nitrogen atom (BILP-19) versus benzene ring (BILP-5). Such a slight difference, however, has brought about a stronger CO2 capture capacity of BILP-19 and hence increased CO2/N2 separation capability.