Porphyrin-based schiff-base and aminal nitrogen-rich porous organic polymers for capture of SO2 and CO2

Abstract

Due to its serious hazards to human health and the environment, the deep removal of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) has been of great significance. Thus, it is critical to develop high efficient SO₂ capture and sequestration materials in gas purification process. Herein, we reported two novel prophyrin-based nitrogen-rich porous organic polymers (POPs), PrPOA-BP and PrPSN-BP, constructed through the simple catalyst-free condensation reaction. Owing to the strong affinity to SO₂ from the conjugate-electron macrocycles structure of prophyrin and nitrogen-rich porous networks, also the high porous structure, these two POPs demonstrated excellent SO₂ capture and separation performance with the adsorption uptakes up to 18.2 mmol g⁻¹ (273 K, 1 bar), 13.3 mmol g⁻¹ (298 K, 1 bar), 1.68 mmol g⁻¹ (298 K, 0.01 bar). This very competitive performance has far exceeded most of the prior reported nanoporous materials. Meanwhile, the IAST selectivities of SO₂/CO₂ (10/90, v/v) could reach 107.8 and 72.0 at 273 and 298 K, 1 bar. This study represents a new type prophyrin-based POPs materials and confirms the intrinsic potential for high efficiency SO₂ capture and sequestration.