1. Bioderived Ionic Liquids and Salts with Various Cyano Anions as Precursors for Doped Carbon Materials
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Alina Brzęczek-Szafran, Bartłomiej Gaida, Agata Blacha-Grzechnik, Karolina Matuszek, and Anna Chrobok
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carbohydrate ,sugar ,ionic liquid ,biomass ,bio-ILs ,N-doped carbon ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Carbohydrate moieties were combined with various cross-linkable anions (thiocyanate [SCN], tetracyanoborate [TCB], tricyanomethanide [TCM], and dicyanamide [DCA]) and investigated as precursors for the synthesis of nitrogen-doped and nitrogen-/sulfur-co-doped carbons. The influence of the molecular structures of the precursors on their thermophysical properties and the properties of the derived carbon materials was elucidated and compared to petroleum-derived analogs. A carbohydrate-based ionic liquid featuring an [SCN] anion yielded more carbon residues upon carbonization than its 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium analog, and the resulting dual-doping of the derived carbon material translated to enhanced catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction.
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- 2021
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