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Direct synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials from thermoplastic elastomers

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  • Mark Robertson

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Alejandro Guillen-Obando

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Andrew Barbour

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Paul Smith

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Anthony Griffin

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Zhe Qiang

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

Abstract

The ability to manufacture ordered mesoporous materials using low-cost precursors and scalable processes is essential for unlocking their enormous potential to enable advancement in nanotechnology. While templating-based methods play a central role in the development of mesoporous materials, several limitations exist in conventional system design, including cost, volatile solvent consumption, and attainable pore sizes from commercial templating agents. This work pioneers a new manufacturing platform for producing ordered mesoporous materials through direct pyrolysis of crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer-based block copolymers. Specifically, olefinic majority phases are selectively crosslinked through sulfonation reactions and subsequently converted to carbon, while the minority block can be decomposed to form ordered mesopores. We demonstrate that this process can be extended to different polymer precursors for synthesizing mesoporous polymer, carbon, and silica. Furthermore, the obtained carbons possess large mesopores, sulfur-doped carbon framework, with tailorable pore textures upon varying the precursor identities.

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  • Mark Robertson & Alejandro Guillen-Obando & Andrew Barbour & Paul Smith & Anthony Griffin & Zhe Qiang, 2023. "Direct synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials from thermoplastic elastomers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36362-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36362-x
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