N-doped porous carbons (NPCs) are highly promising for CO2 capture, but their preparation is severely hindered by two factors, namely, the high cost of N-containing polymer precursors and the low yield of carbon products. Here we report for the first time the fabrication of NPCs through the rational choice of the polymer NUT-4, with low cost and high phenyl density, as precursor. For the material NPC-600 obtained from carbonization at 600 degrees C, the yield is as high as 52.1%. The adsorption capacity of CO2 on NPC-600 reaches 6.9 mmol/g at 273 K and 1 bar, which is obviously higher than that on the benchmarks, including 13X zeolite (4.1 mmol/g) and activated carbon (2.8 mmol/g), as well as most reported carbon materials. Our results also demonstrate that the present NPCs can be completely regenerated under mild conditions. The abundant microporosity and "CO2-philic" (N-doped) sites are responsible for the adsorption performance. (C) 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J