MWCNT Decorated Rich N-Doped Porous Carbon with Tunable Porosity for CO(2) Capture

Designing of porous carbon system for CO(2) uptake has attracted a plenty of interest due to the ever-increasing concerns about climate change and global warming. Herein, a novel N rich porous carbon is prepared by in-situ chemical oxidation polyaniline (PANI) on a surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and then activated with KOH. The porosity of such carbon materials can be tuned by rational introduction of MWCNTs, adjusting the amount of KOH, and controlling the pyrolysis temperature. The obtained M/P-0.1-600-2 adsorbent possesses a high surface area of 1017 m(2) g(−1) and a high N content of 3.11 at%. Such M/P-0.1-600-2 adsorbent delivers an enhanced CO(2) capture capability of 2.63 mmol g(−1) at 298.15 K and five bars, which is 14 times higher than that of pristine MWCNTs (0.18 mmol g(−1)). In addition, such M/P-0.1-600-2 adsorbent performs with a good stability, with almost no decay in a successive five adsorption-desorption cycles.