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One-step preparation of novel conjugated porous polymer with tubular structure

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A shape-persistent dendritic molecule, tris(4-(2,7-dibromo-9-phenyl-9-fluoren-9-yl)phenyl)amine (TF-6Br), has been readily synthesized in high yield through a concise Friedel-Crafts reaction from triphenylamine and 2,7-dibromo(9-phenyl-fluoren-9-ol). It was further employed as the key building block to achieve the synthesis of conjugated porous polymer via Sonogashira coupling with 1,4-diethynylbenzene. Under experimental reaction conditions, the resulting porous polymer shows exceptionally nanotubular morphology, which further allows for a template-free synthesis of porous carbon nanotubes via thermal treatment at high temperature. The obtained nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes feature with an improved porosity and high surface area.

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    XiaoDong Zhuang, Yi Zhang, ChengAn Cao, Fan Zhang, DongQing Wu & XinLiang Feng

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ZHANG Fan (left), received his B.Eng. degree in electrochemistry from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1991, and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Jilin University in 2000. After more than eight years of research experience in Germany and the United States, he was promoted to a Research Professor in School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. His research interests span from organometallic catalysis, olefin polymerization to organic π-conjugated functional materials for energy conversion and storage.

FENG Xinliang (center), after obtaining his Master’s degree in organic chemistry from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in March 2004, joined the group of Prof. K. Müllen at the Max Planck Institute for polymer research (MPIP) and obtained his Ph.D. in April 2008. Since December 2007, he has been a group leader at MPIP. Since June 2010, he has been a professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and was appointed as director for the Institute of Advanced Organic Materials. His current scientific interests include graphene, two-dimensional nanomaterials, organic conjugated materials, carbon-rich molecules and materials for electronic and energy-related applications.

ZHUANG Xiaodong (right), received his Ph.D. degree from East China University of Science and Technology in 2011 and was supervised by Prof. Yu Chen. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (co-supervisor: Prof. Xinliang Feng). He has published 20 articles in the international journals such as Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Mater. and others. His main research interest includes polymer synthesis, graphene chemistry, and porous polymers/carbons for resistive memory, energy storage and electrochemical catalysis.

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Zhuang, X., Zhang, Y., Cao, C. et al. One-step preparation of novel conjugated porous polymer with tubular structure. Sci. China Chem. 56, 1112–1118 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-013-4879-8

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