Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a carbon aerogel, thereby providing a method for rapidly preparing a carbon aerogel doped with a heteroatom, facilitating industrial production of the carbon aerogel.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for preparing a carbon aerogel, comprising:
mixing at least one phenolic series compound, formaldehyde, an ionic group raw material and a solvent to obtain a raw material mixed solution;
introducing current into the raw material mixed solution, and continuously reacting for the first time to obtain a carbon aerogel precursor;
carrying out solvent replacement on the carbon aerogel precursor, and drying to obtain carbon xerogel;
carbonizing the carbon xerogel to obtain the carbon aerogel.
Optionally, the ionic group source material comprises at least one element of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur.
Optionally, the total mass content of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur in the carbon aerogel is 0.01-5%.
Optionally, the ionic group raw material is an ionic liquid, and the ionic liquid is at least one of ionic liquids containing nitrogen groups, sulfur groups and phosphorus groups.
Optionally, the ionic liquid includes at least one of imidazole ionic liquid, pyridine ionic liquid, piperidine ionic liquid, pyrrolidine ionic liquid, quaternary ammonium salt ionic liquid, and quaternary phosphonium salt ionic liquid.
Alternatively, the at least one phenolic-series compound comprises at least one of resorcinol and its homologues, catechol and its homologues, phenol and its homologues, bisphenol a and its homologues, and cresol and its homologues.
Optionally, the molar ratio of the at least one phenolic compound to formaldehyde in the raw material mixed solution is 0.2-1: 1, and the solid content of the raw material mixed solution is 10-60%.
Optionally, the current intensity of the current introduced into the raw material mixed liquid is 1-50 milliamperes.
Optionally, the first time is 0.5-12 hours, and the reaction environment is normal temperature and normal pressure.
Optionally, in the step of drying to obtain a carbon xerogel, the ambient pressure is normal pressure.
Optionally, in the step of subjecting the carbon aerogel precursor to solvent replacement, an organic solvent is used for the replacement.
Optionally, the organic solvent is an anhydrous alcohol solvent or an anhydrous ketone solvent.
Optionally, the step of carbonizing the carbon xerogel comprises:
and (3) placing the carbon xerogel in an inert gas environment, and controlling carbonization by temperature programming.
Optionally, the programming includes:
heating to 350-500 ℃ at a heating rate of 1-10 ℃/min, and keeping for 0.5-2 hours;
after keeping for 0.5-2 hours, heating to 700-1100 ℃ at a heating rate of 1-10 ℃/min, and keeping for 0.5-4 hours to finish carbonization, thereby obtaining the carbon aerogel.
Optionally, the current introduced to the raw material mixed liquid is provided by a voltage-stabilizing constant current source.
Optionally, the inert gas is at least one of nitrogen or helium.
Optionally, the carbon aerogel is a three-dimensional network structure.
Optionally, the step of introducing current into the raw material mixed solution includes:
and placing the raw material mixed solution in an electrolytic cell, and continuously providing constant current or constant voltage current through an inert electrode.
Optionally, the inert electrode is a sheet or column electrode.
Optionally, the inert electrode is selected from graphite, platinum or gold.
Optionally, the addition amount of the ionic liquid is 0.05% -10% of the solid content of the raw material mixed liquid.
The preparation method of the carbon aerogel provided by the invention catalyzes the raw material mixed solution to generate sol-gel reaction under the action of continuous current, adds ionic groups into the raw material mixed solution, the ionic group is used as a heteroatom donor and an electron transport carrier, the efficiency of electrochemical catalysis sol-gel reaction is improved, the production rate of the carbon aerogel precursor is improved, the carbon aerogel is obtained after the carbon aerogel precursor is subjected to solvent replacement, drying and pyrolysis carbonization, the heteroatom donor enables the obtained carbon aerogel to have heteroatom doping, namely, the preparation method of the carbon aerogel prepares the carbon aerogel according to an electrochemical method, wherein the raw material solution is added with ionic groups to provide heteroatom doping for the carbon aerogel, meanwhile, the carbon aerogel doped with heteroatoms is used as an electron transmission carrier, so that the production rate of the carbon aerogel doped with heteroatoms is effectively increased, and convenience is provided for industrial production. And the reaction regulation of the electrochemical catalysis sol-gel reaction is easy to control.
Detailed Description
Various embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like elements in the various figures are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals. For purposes of clarity, the various features in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method for preparing a carbon aerogel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, a method for preparing a carbon aerogel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
step S01: mixing at least one phenol series compound, formaldehyde, an ionic group raw material and a solvent to obtain a raw material mixed solution.
Wherein the phenolic compounds comprise at least one of resorcinol and its homologues, catechol and its homologues, phenol and its homologues, bisphenol A and its homologues, and cresol and its homologues.
The ionic group raw material is used to provide at least one of a nitrogen-containing group, a sulfur-containing group, and a phosphorus-containing group, in this embodiment, the ionic group is provided by an ionic liquid (referring to a liquid composed of ions), the ionic group raw material includes at least one of an ionic liquid containing a nitrogen-containing group, a sulfur-containing group, and a phosphorus-containing group, and the ionic liquid includes at least one of an imidazole ionic liquid, a pyridine ionic liquid, a piperidine ionic liquid, a pyrrolidine ionic liquid, a quaternary ammonium salt ionic liquid, and a quaternary phosphonium salt ionic liquid.
The solvent is deionized water, the molar ratio of the phenolic compounds to formaldehyde in the raw material mixed solution is 0.2-1: 1, the solid content of the raw material mixed solution is 10% -60%, the addition amount of the ionic group raw material is confirmed according to requirements, the total mass content of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur in the finally obtained carbon aerogel is 0.01% -5%, and correspondingly, the addition amount of the ionic liquid is 0.05% -10% of the solid content of the raw material mixed solution.
Step S02: and (3) introducing current into the raw material mixed liquid, and continuously reacting for the first time to obtain the carbon aerogel precursor.
In this embodiment, the raw material mixture is placed in an electrolytic cell, a constant current or a constant voltage of 1 to 50 milliamperes is supplied to the raw material mixture through an inert electrode of the electrolytic cell, and after the reaction is continued for 0.5 to 12 hours (first time), a carbon aerogel precursor is obtained.
The reaction is carried out in an electrolytic cell, the reaction environment is normal temperature and normal pressure and is easy to control, the inert electrode is a sheet-shaped or columnar electrode, and the electrode material is selected from graphite, platinum or gold.
In the present embodiment, the normal temperature corresponds to 25 degrees celsius, the normal pressure corresponds to a standard atmospheric pressure, and the actual environment has a certain deviation, but the present invention is not particularly affected, and is not particularly limited herein.
Step S03: the solvent solution of the carbon aerogel precursor is replaced and dried to obtain a carbon xerogel.
The carbon xerogel is obtained by replacing the solvent solution of the carbon aerogel precursor with an organic solvent and then drying at atmospheric pressure. In this embodiment, the organic solvent is an anhydrous alcohol solvent or an anhydrous ketone solvent.
Step S04: and carbonizing the carbon xerogel to obtain the carbon aerogel.
In step S04, the carbon xerogel is placed in an inert gas environment and carbonized through temperature programming control to obtain carbon aerogel,
wherein the temperature programming comprises raising the temperature to 350-500 ℃ at a rate of 1-10 ℃/min, keeping the temperature for 0.5-2 hours, raising the temperature to 700-1100 ℃ at a rate of 1-10 ℃/min, keeping the temperature for 0.5-4 hours, and completing carbonization to obtain the carbon aerogel. And after the carbonization is finished, cooling to room temperature so as to take out. The inert gas is, for example, one or a mixture of two of nitrogen and helium.
In the embodiment, the specific surface area of the obtained carbon aerogel is 600-2000 m according to the solid content of the raw material mixed liquid and the intensity of the electrolysis current in the preparation of the carbon aerogel precursor2(ii)/g, specific surface area of mesopores in carbon aerogel to total specific surface area30 to 70 percent of the total weight of the composition.
Fig. 2 shows an electrolytic schematic in the preparation of a carbon aerogel precursor according to the method for preparing a carbon aerogel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 2, the electrolytic cell is composed of a cell body 110 and an upper cover 120 to obtain a sealed space, a raw material mixture 101 is disposed in the sealed space, the upper cover 120 is provided with electrodes respectively extending into the raw material mixture in the sealed space and receiving an output current of a power supply 130, and the power supply 130 is a voltage-stabilizing constant current source to continuously provide a current with a stable voltage of 1 to 50 mv.
The electrode of the raw material mixed liquid extending into the closed space is an inert electrode, and the material of the electrode is graphite, platinum, gold and other materials, so that the reaction of the electrode material and the raw material mixed liquid is avoided, and the reliability of the obtained carbon aerogel precursor is guaranteed.
Fig. 3 shows an SEM photograph of the carbon aerogel obtained by the method for preparing a carbon aerogel according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The following shows details of some examples of the preparation method of carbon aerogel and the carbon aerogel obtained thereby according to the embodiments of the present invention.
Example l
In a 100ml electrolytic cell with an inert electrode, 58g of deionized water was added, and then 11g of resorcinol, 16g of formaldehyde (corresponding to a formaldehyde solution concentration of 37%), and 4g of guanidine carbonate (chemical formula of C2H10N6H2CO3) were weighed into the electrolytic cell, and after magnetic stirring for 30min, 10mA constant current was continuously applied to the electrolytic cell for 8 hours to obtain a carbon aerogel precursor. Soaking the carbon powder in absolute ethyl alcohol for 8 hours, washing the carbon powder, and drying the carbon powder at 90 ℃ under normal pressure to obtain the carbon xerogel. And placing the carbon xerogel in a quartz boat, heating to 350 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min in the nitrogen atmosphere, keeping for 0.5h, continuing heating to 900 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min, keeping for 2h, cooling to room temperature, and taking out. The structure schematic diagram of the carbon aerogel precursor preparation electrolytic cell is shown in the attached figure 2, and the microscopic morphology SEM picture is shown in the attached figure 3. The specific surface area of the carbon aerogel sample is 960m2G, density 0.46g/cm3The mesoporous aperture is 4nm, and the content of doping element nitrogen is 2 percent.
Example 2
In a 100ml electrolytic cell with an inert electrode, 58g of deionized water was added, and then 5.5g of resorcinol, 4.5g of phenol, 18g of formaldehyde (corresponding to a concentration of 37% in the formaldehyde solution), and 4g of tributylethylphosphine bis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide salt were weighed into the electrolytic cell, and after magnetic stirring for 30min, 30mA constant current was continuously applied to the electrolytic cell for 10 hours to obtain a carbon aerogel precursor. Soaking the carbon powder in absolute ethyl alcohol for 7 hours, washing the carbon powder, and drying the carbon powder at 85 ℃ under normal pressure to obtain the carbon xerogel. And placing the carbon xerogel in a quartz boat, heating to 360 ℃ at the heating rate of 4 ℃/min in the nitrogen atmosphere, keeping for 0.7h, continuing heating to 950 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min, keeping for 3h, cooling to room temperature, and taking out. The specific surface area of the carbon aerogel sample is 900m2A density of 0.51 g/cm/g3The mesoporous aperture is 6nm, the content of doping element nitrogen is 0.1%, the content of phosphorus is 0.05%, and the content of fluorine is 0.08%.
Example 3
In a 100ml electrolytic cell with an inert electrode, 70g of deionized water was added, and then 9.5g of phenol, 16g of formaldehyde (corresponding to a concentration of 37% in the formaldehyde solution), and 4g of guanidine hydrochloride (chemical formula: CH6ClN3) were weighed into the electrolytic cell, and after magnetic stirring for 30min, 40mA constant current was continuously applied to the electrolytic cell for 9 hours to obtain a carbon aerogel precursor. Soaking the carbon powder in absolute ethyl alcohol for 8 hours, washing the carbon powder, and drying the carbon powder at 90 ℃ under normal pressure to obtain the carbon xerogel. And placing the carbon xerogel in a quartz boat, heating to 350 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min in the nitrogen atmosphere, keeping for 0.5h, continuing heating to 900 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min, keeping for 5h, cooling to room temperature, and taking out. The specific surface area of the carbon aerogel sample is 1000m2The density is 0.39g/cm3, the mesoporous aperture is 4nm, and the content of doping element nitrogen is 1%.
The preparation method of the carbon aerogel catalyzes the raw material mixed solution to generate sol-gel reaction under the action of continuous current, adds ionic groups into the raw material mixed solution, the ionic group is used as a heteroatom donor and an electron transport carrier, the efficiency of electrochemical catalysis sol-gel reaction is improved, the production rate of the carbon aerogel precursor is improved, the carbon aerogel is obtained after the carbon aerogel precursor is subjected to solvent replacement, drying and pyrolysis carbonization, the heteroatom donor enables the obtained carbon aerogel to have heteroatom doping, namely, the preparation method of the carbon aerogel prepares the carbon aerogel according to an electrochemical method, wherein the raw material solution is added with ionic groups to provide heteroatom doping for the carbon aerogel, meanwhile, the carbon aerogel doped with heteroatoms is used as an electron transmission carrier, so that the production rate of the carbon aerogel doped with heteroatoms is effectively increased, and convenience is provided for industrial production. And the reaction regulation of the electrochemical catalysis sol-gel reaction is easy to control.
The electrochemical catalysis sol-gel reaction is convenient to carry out at normal temperature, the current intensity is 1-50 milliamperes, and the overall energy consumption is low.
While embodiments in accordance with the invention have been described above, these embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments described. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.