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A new strategy to synthesize hypercross-linked conjugated polystyrene and its application towards CO2 sorption

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Polystyrene is cross-linked to generate micropores for sorption applications. Herein, we report, hypercross-linking of polystyrene in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalyst, FeCl3 without a cross-linker. For comparison, polystyrene was also hypercross-linked with a cross-linker, dimethoxy methane with the same catalyst. The cross-linking and de-hydrogenation of cross-links to quinonoid formation were confirmed by FT-IR and 13C-NMR techniques. The hyper cross-linked polymers (HCPs) were also characterized by TGA, DRS-UV, SEM, Raman, BET and CO2 sorption techniques. All the HCPs showed a maximum of 5 weight % CO2 sorption at 25 oC and 1 atm. The same polymers could also be applied for the sorption of other air pollutants.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanseo University, Seosan, 360-706, Korea

    Rajangam Vinodh, Aziz Abidov, Mei Mei Peng, Cadiam Mohan Babu, Muthiahpillai Palanichamy & Hyun-Tae Jang

  2. Korea Carbon Capture and Sequestration R and D Center, Seosan, 356-706, Korea

    Rajangam Vinodh, Aziz Abidov, Mei Mei Peng, Cadiam Mohan Babu, Muthiahpillai Palanichamy, Wang Seog Cha & Hyun-Tae Jang

  3. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University, Kunsan, 573-701, Korea

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Vinodh, R., Abidov, A., Peng, M.M. et al. A new strategy to synthesize hypercross-linked conjugated polystyrene and its application towards CO2 sorption. Fibers Polym 16, 1458–1467 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-015-5151-y

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