Development of Boron-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Materials for Use in CO2 Capture and Electrochemical Generation of H2O2

Jinhao Li; Chao Shi; Agula Bao; Jingchun Jia

doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c00197

Development of Boron-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Materials for Use in CO₂ Capture and Electrochemical Generation of H₂O₂

ACS Omega. 2021 Mar 22;6(12):8438-8446. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00197. eCollection 2021 Mar 30.

Authors

Jinhao Li¹, Chao Shi¹, Agula Bao¹, Jingchun Jia¹

Affiliation

¹ Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.

Abstract

Mesoporous carbon materials have been increasingly studied due to their large specific surface area and good chemical stability. Optimizing their functionality through a doping modification can broaden their application in many fields. Herein, a series of B-doped mesoporous carbon materials are prepared by a convenient hydrothermal synthesis using F127 as the template and boric acid as the boron source. The whole material preparation process meets the requirements of green chemistry. Notably, the prepared carbon materials not only exhibit good electrocatalytic oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide in alkaline media but also have an excellent CO₂ adsorption capacity (up to 121.34 mg/g) at 303 K and atmospheric pressure. These results show that the prepared samples can be utilized as multifunctional materials for handling a variety of environmental issues.