@article{TEXTUAL, recid = {13414}, author = {Liu, Chen and Zhi, Yue and Yu, Qiyun and Tian, Lifeng and Demir, Muslum and Colak, Suleyman Gokhan and Farghaly, Ahmed A. and Wang, Linlin and Hu, Xin}, title = {Sulfur-Enriched Nanoporous Carbon: A Novel Approach to CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; Adsorption}, journal = {ACS Applied Nano Materials}, address = {2024-02-26}, number = {TEXTUAL}, abstract = {Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) intake plays a vital role in sustaining the environmental balance by influencing global carbon dynamics and climatic stability. This work addresses the production of sulfur-doped porous nanocarbons (SDCs) as prospective sorbents for CO<sub>2</sub> capture. SDCs were fabricated by utilizing coconut shell as a carbon precursor and potassium persulfate as both a chemical activating agent and a sulfur dopant. The incorporation of sulfur functionalities into carbon matrices creates structural variability and active sites, boosting CO<sub>2</sub> absorption capabilities. Sulfur's peculiar electrical structure allows greater intermolecular interactions with CO<sub>2</sub>, enhancing adsorption affinities. According to the experimental data, the CO<sub>2</sub> uptake was best measured as 3.37 mmol/g at 0 °C and 1 bar and 2.56 mmol/g at 25 °C and 1 bar. The results show that the higher porosity of SDC materials adds to a large amplification in the CO<sub>2</sub> uptake capability. The work underlines the delicate interaction between sulfur doping, morphological porosity, and surface reactivity in enhancing the effectiveness of CO<sub>2</sub> sequestration. SDC materials hold considerable promise in tackling the present ecological concerns and developing CO2<sub>2</sub>collection techniques. The suggested single-step synthesis technique described here provides a sustainable and environmentally friendly method for synthesizing SDCs for carbon capture applications.}, url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/13414}, }