The cycloaddition reaction of CO2 with various epoxides to generate cyclic carbonates is one of the most promising and efficient approaches for CO2 fixation. Typical imidazolium‐based ionic liquids possessing electrophilic cations and nucleophilic halogen anions have been identified as excellent and environmentally friendly candidates for synergistically activating epoxides to convert CO2. Therefore, the feasible construction of a series of imidazolium‐functionalized organic cationic polymers can bridge the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, thereby obtaining highly selective CO2 adsorption and simultaneous conversion ability. This Review describes the recent advancements made with regard to the design and synthesis of this type of polymeric networks having imidazolium functionality. They are considered as an outstanding heterogeneous catalyst for the cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides. Based on the perspective from the design of building blocks to the synthesis of cationic polymers, the focus mainly lies on how to introduce imidazole units into the material backbone via a covalent linking approach and how to incorporate other active sites capable of activating CO2 and/or epoxides into such polymeric materials.
The cycloaddition reaction of CO2 and various epoxides is one of the most promising approaches for CO2 fixation. Inspired by the synergistic catalysis mechanism based on the double activation model...
A new RNA-selective fluorescent dye integrated with a thiazole orange and a p-(methylthio)styryl moiety shows better nucleolus RNA staining and imaging performance in live cells than the commercial stains. It also exhibits excellent photostability, cell tolerance, and counterstain compatibility with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole for specific RNA-DNA colocalization in bioassays.
Polysulfides are immobilized not only by electron-rich functional groups through coordination interaction but also by cations through electrostatic attraction.
We report the use of vinyl ethylene carbonate as a new
solid electrolyte interface (SEI)-forming additive for Li-metal anodes
in carbonate-based electrolyte, which has the advantages of both good
storage performance and low price. Compared to the SEI formed in vinyl
ethylene carbonate-free electrolyte, the SEI film formed in 10% vinyl
ethylene carbonate electrolyte contains a higher relative content
of polycarbonate species and a greater amount of decomposition products
of LiPF6 salt. Both components are expected to have positive
effects on the passivation of Li-metal surface and the accommodation
of volume changes of anode during cycling. Scanning electron microscopy
images and COMSOL numerical simulation results further confirm that
uniform Li deposition morphology can be achieved in the presence of
vinyl ethylene carbonate additive. When cycling at the current density of 0.25 mA cm–2 with a cycling capacity of 1.0 mAh cm–2, the vinyl ethylene carbonate-contained Li–Cu
cell exhibits a long life span of 816 h (100 cycles) and a relatively
high Coulombic efficiency of 93.2%.
This review summarized the recent advances made in the task-specific design and synthesis of metalloporphyrin-based porous organic polymers (POPs) and their functionalization for conversion of CO2 into cyclic carbonates.
Catalytic cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxide is one of the most promising and green pathways for CO2 utilization in industry. In recent years, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as a flourishing...
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