The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) are important
chemical
raw materials and are abundant in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) diesel.
Adsorption is an effective method to extract PAHs from FCC diesel.
Here, carbazole-based porous organic polymers were synthesized as
fundamental adsorbents which contained a highly conjugated system
and heteroatom (N). Ag(I) doping and direct carbonization were used
to enhance the PAHs’ adsorption capacity. The carbonized P1-C-1000 possessed a high BET surface area (1101 m2 g–1) and exhibited excellent PAH adsorption capacity
(41.73 mg/g, naphthalene; 104.18 mg/g, anthracene), which was due
to the high porosity, π–π conjugated interaction,
and p−π conjugated interaction between N atoms and PAHs.
The introduction of cation−π, π–π,
and p−π interactions in porous materials provides a highly
efficient approach in the removal of aromatics.