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Author: Gogotsi, Yury Ă— End date: 2019 Ă— Start date: 2019 Ă— Type: Text Ă— Publisher: Washington D.C. : American Chemical Society Ă— WGL Institute: INM Ă—

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    New insights into the structure of nanoporous carbons from NMR, Raman, and pair distribution function analysis
    (Washington D.C. : American Chemical Society, 2015) Forse, Alexander C.; Merlet, CĂ©line; Allan, Phoebe K.; Humphreys, Elizabeth K.; Griffin, John M.; Aslan, Mesut; Zeiger, Marco; Presser, Volker; Gogotsi, Yury; Grey, Clare P.
    The structural characterization of nanoporous carbons is a challenging task as they generally lack long-range order and can exhibit diverse local structures. Such characterization represents an important step toward understanding and improving the properties and functionality of porous carbons, yet few experimental techniques have been developed for this purpose. Here we demonstrate the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as new tools to probe the local structures of porous carbons, alongside more conventional Raman spectroscopy. Together, the PDFs and the Raman spectra allow the local chemical bonding to be probed, with the bonding becoming more ordered for carbide-derived carbons (CDCs) synthesized at higher temperatures. The ring currents induced in the NMR experiment (and thus the observed NMR chemical shifts for adsorbed species) are strongly dependent on the size of the aromatic carbon domains. We exploit this property and use computer simulations to show that the carbon domain size increases with the temperature used in the carbon synthesis. The techniques developed here are applicable to a wide range of porous carbons and offer new insights into the structures of CDCs (conventional and vacuum-annealed) and coconut shell-derived activated carbons.
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    Ring current effects: Factors affecting the NMR chemical shift of molecules adsorbed on porous carbons
    (Washington D.C. : American Chemical Society, 2014) Forse, Alexander C.; Griffin, John M.; Presser, Volker; Gogotsi, Yury; Grey, Clare P.
    Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is increasingly being used to study the adsorption of molecules in porous carbons, a process which underpins applications ranging from electrochemical energy storage to water purification. Here we present density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) near various sp2-hybridized carbon fragments to explore the structural factors that may affect the resonance frequencies observed for adsorbed species. The domain size of the delocalized electron system affects the calculated NICSs, with larger domains giving rise to larger chemical shieldings. In slit pores, overlap of the ring current effects from the pore walls is shown to increase the chemical shielding. Finally, curvature in the carbon sheets is shown to have a significant effect on the NICS. The trends observed are consistent with existing NMR results as well as new spectra presented for an electrolyte adsorbed on carbide-derived carbons prepared at different temperatures.