Carbonisation of a polymer made from sulfur and canola oil

Maximilian Mann; Xuan Luo; Alfrets D Tikoalu; Christopher T Gibson; Yanting Yin; Riyadh Al-Attabi; Gunther G Andersson; Colin L Raston; Luke C Henderson; Allan Pring; Tom Hasell; Justin M Chalker

doi:10.1039/d1cc01555a

Carbonisation of a polymer made from sulfur and canola oil

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Jun 24;57(51):6296-6299. doi: 10.1039/d1cc01555a.

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia. justin.chalker@flinders.edu.au.
² Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia.
³ Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds Campus, Geelong, Victoria 3216, Australia.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.

PMID: 34075942
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01555a

Abstract

A polymer made from equal masses of sulfur and canola oil was carbonised at 600 °C for 30 minutes. The resulting material exhibited improved uptake of mercury from water compared to the polymer. The carbonisation could also be done after using the polymer to clean up oil spills, which suprisingly improved mercury uptake to levels rivaling commercial carbons.