RT Journal Article
T1 Upgrading coal tar products into hypercrosslinked polymers by mechanosynthesis
A1 Borrero López, Antonio María
A1 Castro Gutiérrez, Jimena
A1 Derveaux, Elien
A1 Marchal, W.
A1 Celzard, Alain
A1 Fierro, Vanessa
AB This study explores the viability of mechanosynthesis (MS) as an environmentally friendly approach for producing hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) from various coal tar products (CTPs): creosote, phenolic oil, naphthalene oil, and depleted naphthalene oil (DNO). Thus, aiming to convert dangerous industrial byproducts into high-value materials. Benzene was used as a model molecule, for which a 20–30- minutes reaction time proved optimal for benzene-derived HCPs with high surface area. HCPs produced from CTPs by mechanosynthesis were highly dependent on precursor and reaction conditions. The two most promising CTPs, namely those derived from creosote and DNO, were synthesized with a low catalyst and/or crosslinker content, contrary to literature findings. Creosote- and DNO-derived HCPs with the highest surface areas, ∼500 m2 g−1, were tested as methylene blue (MB) adsorbents and showed a maximum adsorption capacity of 10.2 gMB per 100 g sample, similar to that achieved by other HCPs with higher surface areas.
PB Royal Society of Chemistry
SN 2976-8683 (electrónico)
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28456
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28456
LA eng
NO Borrero-López, A. M., Castro-Gutiérrez, J., Derveaux, E., Marchal, W., Celzard, A., & Fierro, V. (2026). Upgrading coal tar products into hypercrosslinked polymers by mechanosynthesis. RSC Mechanochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mr00101c
NO This work was funded by the European Union (EU), Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS), through the project UCGWATER + under Grant Agreement No. 101033964 and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) projects TALiSMAN and TALiSMAN 2. A. M. B.-L. also thanks the Margarita Salas grant (SOL-RPU-59) received.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 14 jul 2026