for removing iodine because of their porous structure, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) [4] and porous organic polymers (POPs). [5] Although most of these organic or metallic hybrid materials have good chemical and thermal stability, they will inevitably be partially oxidized or carbonized under long-term high-temperature and oxidizing atmosphere in the process of iodine vapor capture. Comparatively speaking, hyperporous carbons by high-temperature pyrolysis are noted for their high surface areas, large pore volumes, and good chemical and thermal stability, and they may be promising adsorbents for iodine capture. [6] Hyperporous carbons can be prepared from various precursors including porous materials including MOFs and POPs and show good performance in the fields of gas storage, catalysts, and energy storage. [7][8][9] While, many of the porous precursors involved costly starting materials or expensive catalysts or rigorous reaction conditions for their preparation, which limit their large-scale applications. [10][11][12] Among POPs, hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) have obvious advantages of low cost and easy scalization. [13] However, such hyperporous carbons with high surface area and excellent chemical and thermal stability from HCPs precursors have not been reported in the field of iodine capture until now. Recently, we synthesized triptycene-based hypercrosslinked porous poly mer sponge (THPS) with superior adsorption capacities for organic solvents and dyes. [14] Herein, we further used THPS as precursor to prepared hyperporous carbon for iodine capture. Interestingly, the obtained hyperporous carbon (THPS-C) processes high surface area and large pore volume, and displays excellent adsorption ability for iodine vapor.
Results and DiscussionThe hyperporous carbon THPS-C was prepared by treating THPS (Scheme 1) at 800 °C for 2 h under argon atmosphere using KOH as chemical activating agent in a mass ratio of 1:4 according to literature methods. [6a,8c] Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and highresolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) were utilized to confirm the structure and morphology of THPS-C. As shown in Figure 1a,b, THPS-C was composed of substantial irregular sphere particles. HR-TEM image revealed abundant micropores in THPS-C networks (Figure S1, Supporting Considering the nuclear fuel reprocessing conditions at 75 °C and the oxidizability of iodine, thermal and chemical stabilities are especially important for porous materials to enrich iodine. However, most organic or metal coordinated porous materials hardly meet this long-term demand. Here, highly porous carbon is prepared from pyrolysis at high temperature using triptycene-based hypercrosslinked polymer as precursor, and possesses high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 3125 m 2 g −1 and pore volume of 1.60 cm 3 g −1 , and exhibits excellent iodine uptake ability of 340 wt% at 75 °C. Moreover, the obtained hyperporous carbon also displays remarkable capture efficiency of...