Thickness controllable porous polymer nanofilm with superior gas storage capacity has gradually emerged as promising adsorbents for capture of CO 2 , due to extremely high surface area and micro-scale pore. In this work, we have developed a novel and facile strategy to fabricate thickness controllable two or three dimensional ordered porous nanofilm based on poly(styrene-butyl acrylate), in combination with covalently layer by layer (LBL) self-assemble process and hypercrosslinked post-treatment. Abundant microporous structures and a small number of mesoporous structures are formed in hypercorsslinked nanofilm and corresponding surface area derived from Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method (BET) were determined to be 605.7 m 2 /g. The capacity of CO 2 capture was also measured, which reach up to 53.6 wt% (12.2 mmol/g) at 273 K/1 bar, which is comparable to highest record. We have found that all the as prepared nanofilm with different thickness exhibited apparently enhanced micro- and meso-porosity after hypercrosslinking. Moreover, with the increase of thickness of nanofilm, the adsorption capacity decreases gradually, as well as the CO 2 adsorption capacity. An excellent recycling capacity for CO 2 capture have also found for this porous polymer nanofilm via repetitive adsorption-desorption assay. Our work confirmed that thickness controllable porous polymer nanofilm with superior CO 2 capture capacity can be fabricated by a very simple strategy which can meet the challenges of the current CO 2 capture and storage technology.
Ultrathin 1T@2H-MoS2 films have excellent electronic and optical properties, and are potentially applicable in optics, electronics, energy storage, and sensing technology. However, identification of an efficient method to produce 1T@2H-MoS2 films with controllable thickness is challenging. This study describes the rapid synthesis (5–10 min) of 1T@2H-MoS2 thin films on Si/SiO2 substrates by a novel pulsed laser irradiation method. We verify the photodecomposition reaction model by measuring the UV-Vis absorption spectra of the reactants. The thickness of the synthesized MoS2 film can be controlled by adjusting the concentration of the precursor. Structural characterization confirms that both the 1T and 2H phases exist in the MoS2 film. The 1T phase enhances the conductive behavior of the MoS2 film and induces magnetism. Furthermore, pure 1T-MoS2 can be separated selectively from the MoS2 film under specific operating conditions using pulsed laser-induced synthesis. This approach is suitable for the synthesis of films of MoS2 and other 2D materials, including 1T phase-pure films.
The formation process of hybrid perovskites affects the morphology, performance, and stability of the materials to a large extent. This work takes the preparation of a prototypical perovskite, methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) from vapor conversion to illustrate the effect of reaction conditions. First, we applied our recently invented microspacing in-air sublimation (MAS) to grow PbI2 crystals with thicknesses ranging from several to hundreds of nanometers. The PbI2 single crystals were employed to investigate the conversion to MAPbI3. This proved that vapor conversion is indeed a single-crystalline-to-polycrystalline process, following a deconstruction–reconstruction mechanism. Both the crystal thickness and activation temperature greatly affect the revolution, while the morphology of the formed perovskite is dictated by the thickness of the precursor crystal. Clarification of the intrinsic and exerted factors on the conversion process is conducive to a deep understanding of the perovskite formation process.