Formation of Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites from Carbon Dioxide Using Ammonia Borane

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• 作者：Junshe Zhang ; Yu Zhao ; Xudong Guan ; Ruth E. Stark ; Daniel L. Akins ; Jae W. Lee
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：January 26, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：116
• 期：3
• 页码：2639-2644
• 全文大小：905K
• 年卷期：v.116,no.3(January 26, 2012)
• ISSN：1932-7455

文摘

To efficiently recycle CO₂ to economically viable products such as liquid fuels and carbon nanomaterials, the reactivity of CO₂ is required to be fully understood. We have investigated the reaction of CO₂ with ammonia borane (AB), both molecules being able to function as either an acid or a base, to obtain more insight into the amphoteric activity of CO₂. In the present work, we demonstrate that CO₂ can be converted to graphene oxide (GO) using AB at moderate conditions. The conversion consists of two consecutive steps: CO₂ fixation (CO₂ pressure <3 MPa and temperature <100 掳C) and graphenization (600鈥?50 掳C under 0.1 MPa of N₂). The first step generates a solid compound that contains methoxy (OCH₃), formate (HCOO), and aliphatic groups, while the second graphenization is the pyrolysis of the solid compound to produce graphene oxide鈥揵oron oxide nanocomposites, which have been confirmed by micro-Raman spectroscopy, solid-state ¹³C and ¹¹B magic angle spinning-nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Our observations also show that the mass of solid product in CO₂ fixation process and raw graphene oxide nanocomposites is twice and 1.2 times that of AB initially charged, respectively. The formation of aliphatic groups without using metal-containing compounds at mild conditions is of great interest to the synthesis of various organic products starting from CO₂.