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Bi J, Chen T, Xie Y, Shen R, Li B, Sun M, Guo X, Zhao Y. Bipolar membrane electrodialysis integrated with in-situ CO 2 absorption for simulated seawater concentrate utilization, carbon storage and production of sodium carbonate. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 142:21-32. [PMID: 38527886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
Abstract
In the context of carbon capture, utilization, and storage, the high-value utilization of carbon storage presents a significant challenge. To address this challenge, this study employed the bipolar membrane electrodialysis integrated with carbon utilization technology to prepare Na2CO3 products using simulated seawater concentrate, achieving simultaneous saline wastewater utilization, carbon storage and high-value production of Na2CO3. The effects of various factors, including concentration of simulated seawater concentrate, current density, CO2 aeration rate, and circulating flow rate of alkali chamber, on the quality of Na2CO3 product, carbon sequestration rate, and energy consumption were investigated. Under the optimal condition, the CO32- concentration in the alkaline chamber reached a maximum of 0.817 mol/L with 98 mol% purity. The resulting carbon fixation rate was 70.50%, with energy consumption for carbon sequestration and product production of 5.7 kWhr/m3 CO2 and 1237.8 kWhr/ton Na2CO3, respectively. This coupling design provides a triple-win outcome promoting waste reduction and efficient utilization of resources.
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- Jingtao Bi
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Shandong Technology Innovation Center of Seawater and Brine Efficient Utilization, Weifang 262737, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Shandong Technology Innovation Center of Seawater and Brine Efficient Utilization, Weifang 262737, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Shandong Technology Innovation Center of Seawater and Brine Efficient Utilization, Weifang 262737, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety, Tianjin 300130, China; Shandong Technology Innovation Center of Seawater and Brine Efficient Utilization, Weifang 262737, China.
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Li J, Bilal M, Landskron K. Scaling Supercapacitive Swing Adsorption of CO 2 Using Bipolar Electrode Stacks. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2303243. [PMID: 38600877 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Supercapacitive swing adsorption (SSA) modules with bipolar stacks having 2, 4, 8, and 12 electrode pairs made from BPL 4 × 6 activated carbon are constructed and tested for carbon dioxide capture applications. Tests are performed with simulated flue gas (15%CO2 /85%N2) at 2, 4, 8, and 12 V, respectively. Reversible adsorption with sorption capacities (≈58 mmol kg-1) and adsorption rates (≈38 µmol kg-1 s-1) are measured for all stacks. The productivity scales with the number of cells in the module, and increases from 70 to 390 mmol h-1 m-2. The energy efficiency and energy consumption improve with increasing number of bipolar electrodes from 67% to 84%, and 142 to 60 kJ mol-1, respectively. Overall, the results show that SSA modules with bipolar electrodes can be scaled without reducing the adsorptive performance, and with improvement of energetic performance.
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- Jiajie Li
- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, 6 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, 6 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, 6 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA
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Premadasa UI, Kumar N, Zhu Z, Stamberga D, Li T, Roy S, Carrillo JMY, Einkauf JD, Custelcean R, Ma YZ, Bocharova V, Bryantsev VS, Doughty B. Synergistic Assembly of Charged Oligomers and Amino Acids at the Air-Water Interface: An Avenue toward Surface-Directed CO 2 Capture. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:12052-12061. [PMID: 38411063 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Interfaces are considered a major bottleneck in the capture of CO2 from air. Efforts to design surfaces to enhance CO2 capture probabilities are challenging due to the remarkably poor understanding of chemistry and self-assembly taking place at these interfaces. Here, we leverage surface-specific vibrational spectroscopy, Langmuir trough techniques, and simulations to mechanistically elucidate how cationic oligomers can drive surface localization of amino acids (AAs) that serve as CO2 capture agents speeding up the apparent rate of absorption. We demonstrate how tuning these interfaces provides a means to facilitate CO2 capture chemistry to occur at the interface, while lowering surface tension and improving transport/reaction probabilities. We show that in the presence of interfacial AA-rich aggregates, one can improve capture probabilities vs that of a bare interface, which holds promise in addressing climate change through the removal of CO2 via tailored interfaces and associated chemistries.
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- Uvinduni I Premadasa
- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Zhu P, Wu ZY, Elgazzar A, Dong C, Wi TU, Chen FY, Xia Y, Feng Y, Shakouri M, Kim JYT, Fang Z, Hatton TA, Wang H. Continuous carbon capture in an electrochemical solid-electrolyte reactor. Nature 2023; 618:959-966. [PMID: 37380692 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06060-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Electrochemical carbon-capture technologies, with renewable electricity as the energy input, are promising for carbon management but still suffer from low capture rates, oxygen sensitivity or system complexity1-6. Here we demonstrate a continuous electrochemical carbon-capture design by coupling oxygen/water (O2/H2O) redox couple with a modular solid-electrolyte reactor7. By performing oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) redox electrolysis, our device can efficiently absorb dilute carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules at the high-alkaline cathode-membrane interface to form carbonate ions, followed by a neutralization process through the proton flux from the anode to continuously output a high-purity (>99%) CO2 stream from the middle solid-electrolyte layer. No chemical inputs were needed nor side products generated during the whole carbon absorption/release process. High carbon-capture rates (440 mA cm-2, 0.137 mmolCO2 min-1 cm-2 or 86.7 kgCO2 day-1 m-2), high Faradaic efficiencies (>90% based on carbonate), high carbon-removal efficiency (>98%) in simulated flue gas and low energy consumption (starting from about 150 kJ per molCO2) were demonstrated in our carbon-capture solid-electrolyte reactor, suggesting promising practical applications.
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- Peng Zhu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Canadian Light Source Inc., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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Xu J, Zhong G, Li M, Zhao D, Sun Y, Hu X, Sun J, Li X, Zhu W, Li M, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zheng C, Sun X. Review on electrochemical carbon dioxide capture and transformation with bipolar membranes. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Challenges and opportunities in continuous flow processes for electrochemically mediated carbon capture. iScience 2022; 25:105153. [PMID: 36204263 PMCID: PMC9529983 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Carbon capture from both stationary emitters and dilute sources is critically needed to mitigate climate change. Carbon dioxide separation methods driven by electrochemical stimuli show promise to sidestep the high-energy penalty and fossil-fuel dependency associated with the conventional pressure and temperature swings. Compared with a batch process, electrochemically mediated carbon capture (EMCC) operating in a continuous flow mode offers greater design flexibility. Therefore, this review introduces key advances in continuous flow EMCC for point source, air, and ocean carbon captures. Notably, the main challenges and future research opportunities for practical implementation of continuous flow EMCC processes are discussed from a multi-scale perspective, from molecules to electrochemical cells and finally to separation systems.
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Jiang W, Liu W, Wang Y, Zhao Z, Li Q, Wu Y, Liu T, Xie H. Electrochemically Regenerated Amine for CO 2 Capture Driven by a Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wenchuan Jiang
- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China
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- Sichuan University−Pittsburgh Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, Institute of Deep Earth Sciences and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Jerng SE, Gallant BM. Electrochemical reduction of CO 2 in the captured state using aqueous or nonaqueous amines. iScience 2022; 25:104558. [PMID: 35747389 PMCID: PMC9209719 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
CO2 capture and its electrochemical conversion have historically developed as two distinct technologies and scientific fields. Each process possesses unique energy penalties, inefficiencies, and costs, which accrue along the mitigation pathway from emissions to product. Recently, the concept of integrating CO2 capture and electrochemical conversion, or "electrochemically reactive capture," has aroused attention following early laboratory-scale proofs-of-concept. However, the integration of the two processes introduces new complexities at a basic science and engineering level, many of which have yet to be clearly defined. The key parameters to guide reaction, electrolyte, electrode, and system design would, therefore, benefit from delineation. To begin this effort, this perspective outlines several crucial physicochemical and electrochemical considerations, where we argue that the absence of basic knowledge leaves the field of designing metaphorically in the dark. The considerations make clear that there is ample need for fundamental science that can better inform design, following which the potential impacts of integration can be rigorously assessed beyond what is possible at present.
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- Sung Eun Jerng
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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