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Cantador-Fernandez D, Otero-Izquierdo R, Van Der Voort P, Jiménez JR, Fernández-Rodríguez JM. CO 2 Adsorption by CMK-3 at Low Temperatures and High Pressure to Reduce the Greenhouse Effect. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:3845. [PMID: 39124509 PMCID: PMC11313371 DOI: 10.3390/ma17153845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2024] [Revised: 07/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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In this study, the maximum CO2 capture capacity of an ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3) was evaluated at high pressure (35 atm) and several temperatures (0, 10, 20, and 35 °C). CMK-3 was synthesized with the hard template method (silica SBA-15) using furfuryl alcohol and toluene as carbon sources. The CO2 adsorption isotherms were fitted to the following adsorption theories: Freundlich, Langmuir, Sips, Toth, Dubinin-Radushkevich, and Temkin. The maximum capture capacity (726.7 mg·g-1) was achieved at 0 °C and 34 atm. The results of the study of successive adsorption-desorption cycles showed that multi-cycle reversible gas capture processes could be used in optimal temperature and pressure conditions. It was determined that 0.478 g of CMK-3 would be required to reduce the CO2 concentration in 1 m3 of air to pre-industrial levels (280 ppm). The obtained results may contribute to technological developments for the mitigation of human impacts on the environment through the capture of atmospheric CO2.
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- David Cantador-Fernandez
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Ingeniería Química, E.P.S. de Belmez, Universidad de Cordoba, Avenida de la Universidad s/n, Belmez, E-14240 Cordoba, Spain;
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- Instituto Químico para la Energía y el Medioambiente (IQUEMA), Universidad de Cordoba, E-14071 Cordoba, Spain;
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- Centre for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis (COMOC), Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Rural, E.P.S. de Belmez, Universidad de Cordoba, Avenida de la Universidad s/n, Belmez, E-14240 Cordoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Ingeniería Química, E.P.S. de Belmez, Universidad de Cordoba, Avenida de la Universidad s/n, Belmez, E-14240 Cordoba, Spain;
- Instituto Químico para la Energía y el Medioambiente (IQUEMA), Universidad de Cordoba, E-14071 Cordoba, Spain;
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Mawlood IA, Saod WM, Al-Rawi AS, Aljumialy AM, Hilal N. Characterization and use of activated carbon synthesized from sunflower seed shell in the removal of Pb(II), Cd(II), and Cr(III) ions from aqueous solution. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2024; 196:364. [PMID: 38478183 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12525-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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In this work, carbon-based nanomaterials such as active carbon which is prepared from common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seed shell, and the characterization of the activated carbon NPs were studied using FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), XRD, SEM, EDS, and DTA techniques. Activated carbon NPs have been used in the adsorption of Pb(II), Cd(II), and Cr(III) ions from the aqueous phase. The results showed the highest adsorption efficiency was 99.9%, 92.45%, and 98% for Pb(II), Cd(II), and Cr(III) ions respectively at a temperature of 25 °C, pH = 7-9, and a time of 60 and 180 min, in addition to the accordance of the adsorption models for activated carbon with the Freundlich isotherm model at the value of R2 (0.9976, 0.9756, and 0.9907) and Langmuir isotherm model (0.966, 0.999, and 0.9873) of the Pb(II), Cd(II), and Cr(III) ions, respectively. We conclude the possibility of using activated carbon to have an extremely high sorption capacity across the conditions tested, with the highest adsorption efficiency having been >99% for Pb(II), Cd(II), and Cr(III) ions within the pH range 7-9 and a contact time of 60 to 180 min.
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- Ibtihal A Mawlood
- Department of Dams and Water Resources, College of Engineering, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Applied Science, University of Fallujah, Fallujah, Iraq
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- Scientific Affairs Department, University Of Fallujah, Fallujah, Iraq
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Mehrmohammadi P, Ghaemi A. Investigating the effect of textural properties on CO 2 adsorption in porous carbons via deep neural networks using various training algorithms. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21264. [PMID: 38040890 PMCID: PMC10692134 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48683-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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The adsorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) on porous carbon materials offers a promising avenue for cost-effective CO2 emissions mitigation. This study investigates the impact of textural properties, particularly micropores, on CO2 adsorption capacity. Multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks were employed and trained with various algorithms to simulate CO2 adsorption. Study findings reveal that the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm excels with a remarkable mean squared error (MSE) of 2.6293E-5, indicating its superior accuracy. Efficiency analysis demonstrates that the scaled conjugate gradient (SCG) algorithm boasts the shortest runtime, while the Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) algorithm requires the longest. The LM algorithm also converges with the fewest epochs, highlighting its efficiency. Furthermore, optimization identifies an optimal radial basis function (RBF) network configuration with nine neurons in the hidden layer and an MSE of 9.840E-5. Evaluation with new data points shows that the MLP network using the LM and bayesian regularization (BR) algorithms achieves the highest accuracy. This research underscores the potential of MLP deep neural networks with the LM and BR training algorithms for process simulation and provides insights into the pressure-dependent behavior of CO2 adsorption. These findings contribute to our understanding of CO2 adsorption processes and offer valuable insights for predicting gas adsorption behavior, especially in scenarios where micropores dominate at lower pressures and mesopores at higher pressures.
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- Pardis Mehrmohammadi
- School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16765-193, Iran
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- School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16765-193, Iran.
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Stefanelli E, Vitolo S, Di Fidio N, Puccini M. Tailoring the porosity of chemically activated carbons derived from the HTC treatment of sewage sludge for the removal of pollutants from gaseous and aqueous phases. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118887. [PMID: 37678019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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The management of sewage sludge is currently an open issue due to the large volume of waste to be treated and the necessity to avoid incineration or landfill disposal. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) has been recognized as a promising thermochemical technique to convert sewage sludge into value-added products. The hydrochar (HC) obtained can be suitable for environmental application as fuel, fertilizer, and sorbent. In this study, activated hydrochars (AHs) were prepared from sewage sludge through HTC followed by chemical activation with potassium hydroxide (KOH) and tested for the removal of pollutants in gaseous and aqueous environments, investigating carbon dioxide (CO2) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) adsorption capacity. The effects of activation temperature (550-750 °C) and KOH/HC impregnation ratio (1-3) on the produced AHs morphology and adsorption capacity were studied by Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The results of RSM analysis evidenced a maximum CO2 uptake of 71.47 mg/g for mild activation conditions (600-650 °C and KOH/HC = 1 ÷ 2), whereas the best CIP uptake of 628.61 mg/g was reached for the most severe conditions (750 °C, KOH/HC = 3). The prepared AHs were also applied for the removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions, and the MB uptake results were used for estimating the specific surface area of AHs. High surface areas up to 1902.49 m2/g were obtained for the highest activation temperature and impregnation ratio investigated. Predictive models of CO2 and CIP uptake were developed by RSM analysis, and the optimum activation conditions for maximizing the adsorption performance together with high AH yield were identified: 586 °C and KOH/HC ratio = 1.34 for maximum yield (26.33 %) and CO2 uptake (67.31 mg/g); 715 °C and KOH/HC ratio = 1.78 for maximum yield (18.75 %) and CIP uptake (370.77 mg/g). The obtained results evidenced that chemical activation of previously HTC-treated sewage sludge is a promising way to convert waste into valuable low-cost adsorbents.
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- Eleonora Stefanelli
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, 56122, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, 56122, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, 56122, Pisa, Italy.
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Chakraborty D, Chatterjee R, Mondal S, Das SK, Amoli V, Cho M, Bhaumik A. Construction of N-Rich Aminal-Linked Porous Organic Polymers for Outstanding Precombustion CO 2 Capture and H 2 Purification: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:48326-48335. [PMID: 37788172 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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A large number of scientific investigations are needed for developing a sustainable solid sorbent material for precombustion CO2 capture in the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) that is accountable for the industrial coproduction of hydrogen and electricity. Keeping in mind the industrially relevant conditions (high pressure, high temperature, and humidity) as well as good CO2/H2 selectivity, we explored a series of sorbent materials. An all-rounder player in this game is the porous organic polymers (POPs) that are thermally and chemically stable, easily scalable, and precisely tunable. In the present investigation, we successfully synthesized two nitrogen-rich POPs by extended Schiff-base condensation reactions. Among these two porous polymers, TBAL-POP-2 exhibits high CO2 uptake capacity at 30 bar pressure (57.2, 18.7, and 15.9 mmol g-1 at 273, 298, and 313 K temperatures, respectively). CO2/H2 selectivities of TBAL-POP-1 and 2 at 25 °C are 434.35 and 477.93, respectively. On the other hand, at 313 K the CO2/H2 selectivities of TBAL-POP-1 and 2 are 296.92 and 421.58, respectively. Another important feature to win the race in the search of good sorbents is CO2 capture capacity at room temperature, which is very high for TBAL-POP-2 (15.61 mmol g-1 at 298 K for 30 to 1 bar pressure swing). High BET surface area and good mesopore volume along with a large nitrogen content in the framework make TBAL-POP-2 an excellent sorbent material for precombustion CO2 capture and H2 purification.
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- Debabrata Chakraborty
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute of Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Sciences & Humanities, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh 229304, India
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute of Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Gustavsen KR, Feng T, Huang H, Li G, Narkiewicz U, Wang K. DFT Calculation of Carbon-Doped TiO 2 Nanocomposites. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:6117. [PMID: 37763394 PMCID: PMC10533102 DOI: 10.3390/ma16186117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been proven to be an excellent material for mitigating the continuous impact of elevated carbon dioxide concentrations. Carbon doping has emerged as a promising strategy to enhance the CO2 reduction performance of TiO2. In this study, we investigated the effects of carbon doping on TiO2 using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Two carbon doping concentrations were considered (4% and 6%), denoted as TiO2-2C and TiO2-3C, respectively. The results showed that after carbon doping, the band gaps of TiO2-2C and TiO2-3C were reduced to 1.58 eV and 1.47 eV, respectively, which is lower than the band gap of pure TiO2 (2.13 eV). This indicates an effective improvement in the electronic structure of TiO2. Barrier energy calculations revealed that compared to pure TiO2 (0.65 eV), TiO2-2C (0.54 eV) and TiO2-3C (0.59 eV) exhibited lower energy barriers, facilitating the transition to *COOH intermediates. These findings provide valuable insights into the electronic structure changes induced by carbon doping in TiO2, which can contribute to the development of sustainable energy and environmental conservation measures to address global climate challenges.
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- Kim Robert Gustavsen
- Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3184 Horten, Norway; (K.R.G.); (H.H.)
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- Institute of Energy Innovation, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China; (T.F.); (G.L.)
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- Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3184 Horten, Norway; (K.R.G.); (H.H.)
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- Institute of Energy Innovation, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China; (T.F.); (G.L.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemical Technology and Environment Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3184 Horten, Norway; (K.R.G.); (H.H.)
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Lei D, Zeng Y, Zhong J, Chen J, Ye Y, Wang W. Ultra-high specific surface area porous carbons derived from Chinese medicinal herbal residues with potential applications in supercapacitors and CO2 capture. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.131327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Singh B, Polshettiwar V. Role of fiber density of amine functionalized dendritic fibrous nanosilica on CO 2 capture capacity and kinetics. PURE APPL CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2023-0103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Textural properties of the solid sorbents are critical to tuning their CO2 capture performance. In this work, we studied the effect of fiber density (in turn, pore size, distribution, and accessibility) on CO2 capture capacity and kinetics. CO2 solid sorbents were prepared by physisorption of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) molecules on dendritic fibrous nanosilica (DFNS) with varying fiber density. Among the various DFNS, the DFNS with moderate fiber density [DFNS-3] showed the best CO2 capture capacity under the flue gas condition. The maximum CO2 capture capacity achieved was 24.3 wt % (5.53 mmol/g) at 75 °C for DFNS-3 under humid gas conditions. Fiber density also played a role in the kinetics of CO2 capture. DFNS-1 with dense fiber density needed ∼10.4 min to reach 90 % capture capacity, while DFNS-3 (moderate fiber density) needed only 6.4 min, which further decreased to 5.9 min for DFNS-5 with lightly dense fibers. The DFNS-impregnated TEPA also showed good recyclability during 21 adsorption and desorption cycles under humid and dry conditions. The total CO2 capture capacity of DFNS-3 (14.7) in 21 cycles was 108.9 and 105.0 mmol/g under humid and dry conditions, respectively. Adsorption lifetime calculation and recyclability confirmed the fiber density-dependent CO2 capture performance.
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Lotus seed pot-derived nitrogen enriched porous carbon for CO2 capture application. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped microporous carbon prepared by a couple of activating and functionalized reagents for efficient CO2 capture and selective CO2/CH4 separation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Rehman A, Nazir G, Rhee KY, Park SJ. Valorization of orange peel waste to tunable heteroatom-doped hydrochar-derived microporous carbons for selective CO 2 adsorption and separation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 849:157805. [PMID: 35944625 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Constrained by the extortionately expensive carbon sources, low carbon yields, inadequate adsorption capacities, and corrosive chemical activating agents, the commercialization of carbonaceous CO2 adsorbents remains a challenging task. Herein, potassium oxalate (K2C2O4), an activating agent with less corrosive properties, was used for the synthesis of activated carbons from inexhaustibly available "orange peel biowaste." For the first time, a comprehensive report is presented on the effect of hydrothermal treatment, hydrochar/K2C2O4 ratio, activation temperature, and melamine modification in tailoring the porosity and surface functionalization of activated carbons. The optimized sample, OPMK-900, exhibited large specific surface area ~2130 m2/g; micropore volume ~1.1166 cm3/g, and a high pyrrolic nitrogen content (~ 46.1 %). Notably, melamine played the dual role as a promoter to K2C2O4 porosity generation and a nitrogen dopant, which synergistically led to an efficient CO2 uptake of ~6.67 mmol/g at 273 K/ 1 bar via micropore-filling mechanism and Lewis acid-base interactions. Moreover, remarkably high IAST CO2/N2 selectivity (105 at 273 K and 96 at 298 K) surpasses most of the biomass-derived carbons. Furthermore, the moderately high isosteric heat of adsorption (∆Hads ~ 38.9 kJ/mol) revealed the physisorption mechanism of adsorption with a limited energy requirement for the regeneration of the spent adsorbents.
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- Adeela Rehman
- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea; Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 445-701, South Korea
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- Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 445-701, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea.
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Chowdhury A, Bhattacharjee S, Chatterjee R, Bhaumik A. A new nitrogen rich porous organic polymer for ultra-high CO2 uptake and as an excellent organocatalyst for CO2 fixation reactions. J CO2 UTIL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zhang Q, Yan B, Feng L, Zheng J, You B, Chen J, Zhao X, Zhang C, Jiang S, He S. Progress in the use of organic potassium salts for the synthesis of porous carbon nanomaterials: microstructure engineering for advanced supercapacitors. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:8216-8244. [PMID: 35665796 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr01986h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Porous carbon nanomaterials (PCNs) are widely applied in energy storage devices. Traditionally, PCNs were mainly synthesized by activation and templating methods, which are time-consuming, tedious, corrosive and relatively high cost. Therefore, the development of easier and greener methods to produce PCNs is of great significance. Recently, organic potassium salts (OPSs) emerged as versatile reagents for synthesizing PCNs. The OPS-based synthesis of PCNs can avoid the use of large amounts of corrosive chemical agents. Potassium carbonate generated in situ from the decomposition of OPSs could serve as both a green activation agent and a water-removable template to produce nanopores. Potassium oxide and potassium formed at higher temperature could generate additional porosity, contributing to a highly porous architecture. The carbon-rich organic moiety could function as a carbon precursor and chemical blowing agent. This review aims to elucidate the multifunctionality of OPSs in the synthesis of PCNs and the capacitive performance of the corresponding PCNs. To this end, recent progress on the capacitive performance of PCNs synthesized from OPSs is summarized. This review provides constructive viewpoints for the cost-effective and green synthesis of PCNs with the aid of OPSs for application in supercapacitors.
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- Qian Zhang
- College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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- College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- Institute of Materials Science and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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Gaur VK, Gautam K, Sharma P, Gupta S, Pandey A, You S, Varjani S. Carbon-based catalyst for environmental bioremediation and sustainability: Updates and perspectives on techno-economics and life cycle assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 209:112793. [PMID: 35090873 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Global rise in the generation of waste has caused an enormous environmental concern and waste management problem. The untreated carbon rich waste serves as a breeding ground for pathogens and thus strategies for production of carbon rich biochar from waste by employing different thermochemical routes namely hydrothermal carbonization, hydrothermal liquefaction and pyrolysis has been of interest by researchers globally. Biochar has been globally produced due to its diverse applications from environmental bioremediation to energy storage. Also, several factors affect the production of biochar including feedstock/biomass type, moisture content, heating rate, and temperature. Recently the application of biochar has increased tremendously owing to the cost effectiveness and eco-friendly nature. Thus this communication summarized and highlights the preferred feedstock for optimized biochar yield along with the factor influencing the production. This review provides a close view on biochar activation approaches and synthesis techniques. The application of biochar in environmental remediation, composting, as a catalyst, and in energy storage has been reviewed. These informative findings were supported with an overview of lifecycle and techno-economical assessments in the production of these carbon based catalysts. Integrated closed loop approaches towards biochar generation with lesser/zero landfill waste for safeguarding the environment has also been discussed. Lastly the research gaps were identified and the future perspectives have been elucidated.
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- Vivek Kumar Gaur
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow, India
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- Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, 226 001, India; India Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248 007, Uttarakhand, India
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382 010, India.
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Algozeeb WA, Savas PE, Yuan Z, Wang Z, Kittrell C, Hall JN, Chen W, Bollini P, Tour JM. Plastic Waste Product Captures Carbon Dioxide in Nanometer Pores. ACS NANO 2022; 16:7284-7290. [PMID: 35380424 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plastic waste (PW) and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are among the top environmental concerns presently facing humankind. With an ambitious 2050 zero-CO2 emissions goal, there is a demand for economical CO2 capture routes. Here we show that the thermal treatment of PW in the presence of potassium acetate yields an effective carbon sorbent with pores width of 0.7-1.4 nm for CO2 capture. The PW to carbon sorbent process works with single or mixed streams of polyolefin plastics. The CO2 capacity of the sorbent at 25 °C is 17.0 ± 1.1 wt % (3.80 ± 0.25 mmol g-1) at 1 bar and 5.0 ± 0.6 wt % (1.13 ± 0.13 mmol g-1) at 0.15 bar, and it regenerates upon reaching 75 ± 5 °C. The CO2 capture cost from flue gas via this technology is estimated to be <$21 ton-1 CO2, much lower than competing CO2 capture technologies. Hence, this PW-derived carbon material should find utility in the capture of CO2 from point sources of high CO2 emissions while providing a use for otherwise deleterious PW.
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- Wala A Algozeeb
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4722 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4722 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Elashery SE, Attia NF, Oh H. Design and fabrication of novel flexible sensor based on 2D Ni-MOF nanosheets as a preliminary step toward wearable sensor for onsite Ni (II) ions detection in biological and environmental samples. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1197:339518. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.339518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Altwala A, Mokaya R. Rational synthesis of microporous carbons for enhanced post-combustion CO 2 capture via non-hydroxide activation of air carbonised biomass. RSC Adv 2022; 12:20080-20087. [PMID: 35919600 PMCID: PMC9275833 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra02661a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This work explores the use of a less corrosive activating agent, potassium oxalate (PO), in combination with difficult to activate carbonaceous matter for the preparation of activated carbons. The design of the study allowed a fuller understanding of the workings of PO compared to hydroxide (KOH) activation, and also optimised the preparation of highly microporous carbons with exceptional CO2 storage capacity under low pressure (≤1 bar) conditions at ambient temperature. The PO activated carbons have a surface area of up to 1760 m2 g−1 and are highly microporous with virtually all of the surface area arising from micropores. The porosity of the PO activated carbons can be readily tailored towards having pores of size 6–8 Å, which are highly suited for CO2 storage at low pressure (i.e., post-combustion capture). At 25 °C, the PO activated carbons can store up to 1.8 and 5.0 mmol g−1 of CO2 at 0.15 bar and 1 bar, respectively. On the other hand, KOH activated carbons reach a higher surface area of up to 2700 m2 g−1, and store up to 1.0 and 4.0 mmol g−1 of CO2. This work demonstrates that PO may be used as a mild, less corrosive and less toxic activating agent for the rational and targeted synthesis of biomass-derived activated carbons with tailored porosity. The targeted synthesis may be aided by careful selection of the biomass starting material as guided by the O/C ratio of the biomass. Rational combination of a mild activating agent (potassium oxalate) and air carbonised biomass, which is resistant to activation, yields highly microporous carbons with enhanced post-combustion CO2 uptake.![]()
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- Afnan Altwala
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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Efficient micropore sizes for carbon dioxide physisorption of pine cone-based carbonaceous materials at different temperatures. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sustainable Materials from Fish Industry Waste for Electrochemical Energy Systems. ENERGIES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/en14237928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fish industry waste is attracting growing interest for the production of environmentally friendly materials for several different applications, due to the potential for reduced environmental impact and increased socioeconomic benefits. Recently, the application of fish industry waste for the synthesis of value-added materials and energy storage systems represents a feasible route to strengthen the overall sustainability of energy storage product lines. This review focused on an in-depth outlook on the advances in fish byproduct-derived materials for energy storage devices, including lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), sodium-ion (NIBs) batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), supercapacitors and protein batteries. For each of these, the latest applications were presented together with approaches to improve the electrochemical performance of the obtained materials. By analyzing the recent literature on this topic, this review aimed to contribute to further advances in the sustainability of energy storage devices.
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Zaman AC. Pyrolysis of sulfonic acid substituted benzenes and investigation of CO2 capture capability of resulting carbons. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Elashery SEA, Oh H. Exploitation of 2D Cu-MOF nanosheets as a unique electroactive material for ultrasensitive Cu(II) ion estimation in various real samples. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1181:338924. [PMID: 34556233 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Herein, hybrid carbon sensor has been developed with graphite sheets as a matrix, tricresyl phosphate (TCP) as a plasticizer and nanosheets of 2D Cu-MOF (metal-organic framework) as an electroactive material for the ultrasensitive Cu(II) ion detection in various real samples. Where, the present study proves the efficiency of 2D Cu-MOF as a promising sensing material for the development of Cu(II) ion selective carbon sensor. The developed 2D Cu-MOF nanosheets based sensor containing 2D Cu-MOF: TCP: graphite in the ratio of 2.67: 30.54: 66.79 (% wt/wt) displayed unique Nernstian behavior over two linearity ranges of 1.0 × 10-11-1.0 × 10-9 and 1.0 × 10-5-1.0 × 10-1 mol L-1 with slopes of 29.5 ± 0.25 and 29.6 ± 0.13 mV decade-1, respectively. The fabricated carbon sensor achieved a widely pH independency, fast response time and superior thermal stability with highly selective and ultrasensitive performance. Moreover, It has been efficiently applied for the Cu(II) ion potentiometric estimation in human hair, sesames seeds, two different tea infusions and tap water real samples.
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- Sally E A Elashery
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Gamaa Str., 12613, Giza, Egypt.
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University (GNU), Jinju, Gyeongnam, 52849, Republic of Korea; Future Convergence Technology Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University (GNU), Junju, 52725, Republic of Korea
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Abd AA, Othman MR, Kim J. A review on application of activated carbons for carbon dioxide capture: present performance, preparation, and surface modification for further improvement. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:43329-43364. [PMID: 34189695 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15121-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The atmosphere security and regulation of climate change are being continuously highlighted as a pressing issue. The crisis of climate change owing to the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emission has led many governments at federal and provincial levels to promulgate policies to address this concern. Among them is regulating the carbon dioxide emission from major industrial sources such as power plants, petrochemical industries, cement plants, and other industries that depend on the combustion of fossil fuels for energy to operate. In view of this, various CO2 capture and sequestration technologies have been investigated and presented. From this review, adsorption of CO2 on porous solid materials has been gaining increasing attention due to its cost-effectiveness, ease of application, and comparably low energy demand. Despite the myriad of advanced materials such as zeolites, carbons-based, metal-organic frameworks, mesoporous silicas, and polymers being researched, research on activated carbons (ACs) continue to be in the mainstream. Therefore, this review is endeavored to elucidate the adsorption properties of CO2 on activated carbons derived from different sources. Selective adsorption based on pore size/shape and surface chemistry is investigated. Accordingly, the effect of surface modifications of the ACs with NH3, amines, and metal oxides on adsorption performance toward CO2 is evaluated. The adsorption performance of the activated carbons under humid conditions is also reviewed. Finally, activated carbon-based composite has been surveyed and recommended as a feasible strategy to improve AC adsorption properties toward CO2. The activated carbon surface in the graphical abstract is nitrogen rich modified using ammonia through thermal treatment. The values of CO2 emissions by sources are taken from (Yoro and Daramola 2020).
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- Ammar Ali Abd
- Chemical Engineering Department, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
- School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
- Water Resources Engineering College, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Korea
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Jiang JS, Wei HL, Tan AD, Si R, Zhang WD, Yu YX. Fabricating high-loading Fe-N4 single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction by carbon-assisted pyrolysis of metal complexes. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63689-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Leng L, Xiong Q, Yang L, Li H, Zhou Y, Zhang W, Jiang S, Li H, Huang H. An overview on engineering the surface area and porosity of biochar. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 763:144204. [PMID: 33385838 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Surface area and porosity are important physical properties of biochar, playing a crucial role in many biochar applications, such as wastewater treatment and soil remediation. The production of engineered biochar with highly porous structure and large surface area has received extensive attention. This paper comprehensively reviewed the effects of biomass and pyrolysis parameters on the surface area and porosity of biochar. The composition of biomass feedstock and pyrolysis temperature are the major influencing factors. It is suggested that the lignocellulosic biomass is an outstanding candidate, wood and woody biomass in particular. Besides, moderate temperatures (400-700 °C) are suitable for the development of the pore structure. Further improvement can be implemented by additional treatments. Activation is the most widely used and effective way to promote biochar surface area and porosity, especially the chemical activation. Enhancement can also be achieved by using other treatment methods, such as carbonaceous materials coating, ball milling, and templating. Future research should focus on upgrading or developing treatment technology to achieve enhanced functionality and porous structure of biochar simultaneously.
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- Lijian Leng
- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of the Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330045, China.
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Liu RS, Shi XD, Wang CT, Gao YZ, Xu S, Hao GP, Chen S, Lu AH. Advances in Post-Combustion CO 2 Capture by Physical Adsorption: From Materials Innovation to Separation Practice. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:1428-1471. [PMID: 33403787 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The atmospheric CO2 concentration continues a rapid increase to its current record high value of 416 ppm for the time being. It calls for advanced CO2 capture technologies. One of the attractive technologies is physical adsorption-based separation, which shows easy regeneration and high cycle stability, and thus reduced energy penalties and cost. The extensive research on this topic is evidenced by the growing body of scientific and technical literature. The progress spans from the innovation of novel porous adsorbents to practical separation practices. Major CO2 capture materials include the most widely used industrially relevant porous carbons, zeolites, activated alumina, mesoporous silica, and the newly emerging metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic framework (COFs). The key intrinsic properties such as pore structure, surface chemistry, preferable adsorption sites, and other structural features that would affect CO2 capture capacity, selectivity, and recyclability are first discussed. The industrial relevant variables such as particle size of adsorbents, the mechanical strength, adsorption heat management, and other technological advances are equally important, even more crucial when scaling up from bench and pilot-scale to demonstration and commercial scale. Therefore, we aim to bring a full picture of the adsorption-based CO2 separation technologies, from adsorbent design, intrinsic property evaluation to performance assessment not only under ideal equilibrium conditions but also in realistic pressure swing adsorption processes.
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- Ru-Shuai Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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Park J, Cho SY, Jung M, Lee K, Nah YC, Attia NF, Oh H. Efficient synthetic approach for nanoporous adsorbents capable of pre- and post-combustion CO2 capture and selective gas separation. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Sevilla M, Díez N, Fuertes AB. More Sustainable Chemical Activation Strategies for the Production of Porous Carbons. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:94-117. [PMID: 33047490 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The preparation of porous carbons attracts a great deal of attention given the importance of these materials in many emerging applications, such as hydrogen storage, CO2 capture, and energy storage in supercapacitors and batteries. In particular, porous carbons produced by applying chemical activation methods are preferred because of the high pore development achieved. However, given the environmental risks associated with conventional activating agents such as KOH, the development of greener chemical activation methodologies is an important objective. This Review summarizes recent progress in the production of porous carbons by using more sustainable strategies based on chemical activation. The use of less-corrosive chemical agents as an alternative to KOH is thoroughly reviewed. In addition, progress achieved to date by using emerging self-activation methodologies applied to organic salts and biomass products is also discussed.
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- Marta Sevilla
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, INCAR-CSIC, Francisco Pintado Fe, 26., 33011, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, INCAR-CSIC, Francisco Pintado Fe, 26., 33011, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, INCAR-CSIC, Francisco Pintado Fe, 26., 33011, Oviedo, Spain
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Zha Z, Zhang Z, Xiang P, Zhu H, Zhou B, Sun Z, Zhou S. One-step preparation of eggplant-derived hierarchical porous graphitic biochar as efficient oxygen reduction catalyst in microbial fuel cells. RSC Adv 2021; 11:1077-1085. [PMID: 35423679 PMCID: PMC8693568 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09976g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Eggplant-derived hierarchical porous graphitic biochar possessed good electrochemical performance as oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for microbial fuel cells.
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- Zhengtai Zha
- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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- College of Environment and Ecology
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing
- China
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment
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Zhang X, Elsayed I, Song X, Shmulsky R, Hassan EB. Microporous carbon nanoflakes derived from biomass cork waste for CO 2 capture. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 748:142465. [PMID: 33113689 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Porous structure design is considered to be a promising strategy for the development of effective sorbents for CO2 capture. Herein, a series of carbon nanoflakes with large surface area (up to 2380 m2/g) and high micropore volume (up to 0.896 m3/g) were synthesized from a renewable precursor, cork dust waste, to capture CO2 at atmospheric pressure. The nanoflakes exhibited superior CO2 uptake performance at 1 bar with the maximum capacity of 7.82 and 4.27 mmol/g at 0 and 25 °C, respectively, in sharp contrast to previously reported porous carbon materials. The existence of large numbers of narrow micropores with the pore width less than 0.86 nm and 0.70 nm play a critical role in the CO2 uptake at 0 and 25 °C, respectively. Moreover, the CNFs exhibited good recyclability and high selectivity for CO2 uptake from the mixture of CO2 and N2. By taking advantage of the unique hollow honeycomb cell, the three-layered cell wall structure, as well as the unique chemical composition of a cork precursor, such delicate microporous carbon nanoflakes were able to be achieved by simple thermal pretreatment combined with chemical activation. This bioinspired precursor-synthesis route poses a great potential for the facile production of porous carbons for a variety of diverse applications including CO2 capture.
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- Xuefeng Zhang
- Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
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- Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
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Ali M, Aftab A, Arain ZUA, Al-Yaseri A, Roshan H, Saeedi A, Iglauer S, Sarmadivaleh M. Influence of Organic Acid Concentration on Wettability Alteration of Cap-Rock: Implications for CO 2 Trapping/Storage. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:39850-39858. [PMID: 32805959 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c10491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Every year, millions of tons of CO2 are stored in CO2-storage formations (deep saline aquifers) containing traces of organic acids including hexanoic acid C6 (HA), lauric acid C12 (LuA), stearic acid C18 (SA), and lignoceric acid C24 (LiA). The presence of these molecules in deep saline aquifers is well documented in the literature; however, their impact on the structural trapping capacity and thus on containment security is not yet understood. In this study, we therefore investigate as to how an increase in organic acid concentration can alter mica water wettability through an extensive set of experiments. X-ray diffraction (Figure S2), field emission scanning electron microscopy, total organic carbon analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were utilized to perceive the variations in organic acid surface coverage with stepwise organic acid concentration increase and changes in surface roughness. Furthermore, thresholds of wettability that may indicate limits for structural trapping potential (θr < 90°) have been discussed. The experimental results show that even a minute concentration (∼10-5 mol/L for structural trapping) of lignoceric acid is enough to affect the CO2 trapping capacity at 323 K and 25 MPa. As higher concentrations exist in deep saline aquifers, it is necessary to account for these thresholds to derisk CO2-geological storage projects.
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- Muhammad Ali
- Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia
- Petroleum Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup 6027, Western Australia, Australia
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- Petroleum Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Khairpur Mir's Campus, Khairpur Mirs 66020, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia
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- Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia
- Petroleum Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup 6027, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia
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- Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia
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- Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia
- Petroleum Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup 6027, Western Australia, Australia
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- Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia
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Kamran U, Choi JR, Park SJ. A Role of Activators for Efficient CO 2 Affinity on Polyacrylonitrile-Based Porous Carbon Materials. Front Chem 2020; 8:710. [PMID: 32974278 PMCID: PMC7471836 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Herein, we investigated polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based porous activated carbon sorbents as an efficient candidate for CO2 capture. In this research, an easy and an economical method of chemical activation and carbonization was used to generate activated PAN precursor (PAN-C) adsorbents. The influence of various activators including NaOH, KOH, K2CO3, and KNO3 on the textural features of PAN-C and their CO2 adsorption performance under different temperatures was examined. Among the investigated adsorbents, PANC-NaOH and PANC-KOH exhibited high specific surface areas (2,012 and 3,072 m2 g-1), with high microporosity (0.82 and 1.15 cm3 g-1) and large amounts of carbon and nitrogen moieties. The PAN-C activated with NaOH and KOH showed maximum CO2 uptakes of 257 and 246 mg g-1 at 273 K and 163 and 155 mg g-1 at 298 K, 1 bar, respectively, which was much higher as compared to the inactivated PAN-C precursor (8.9 mg g-1 at 273 K and 1 bar). The heat of adsorption (Q st) was in the range 10.81-39.26 kJ mol-1, indicating the physisorption nature of the CO2 adsorption process. The PAN-C-based activated adsorbents demonstrated good regeneration ability over repeated adsorption cycles. The current study offers a facile two-step fabrication method to generate efficient activated porous carbon materials from inexpensive and readily available PAN for use as CO2 adsorbents in environmental applications.
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- Urooj Kamran
- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
- Evertech Enterprise Co. Ltd., Hwaseong, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
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Chen S, Li Y, Mi L. Porous carbon derived from metal organic framework for gas storage and separation: The size effect. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2020.107999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Wu D, Liu J, Yang Y, Zheng Y. Nitrogen/Oxygen Co-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Biomass for Low-Pressure CO2 Capture. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Dawei Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Rouzitalab Z, Maklavany DM, Jafarinejad S, Rashidi A. Lignocellulose-based adsorbents: A spotlight review of the effective parameters on carbon dioxide capture process. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 246:125756. [PMID: 31918088 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increasing demand for energy all around the world has led to a rise in greenhouse gases (GHGs), of which carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important. CO2 is largely responsible for global warming and climate change. Processes such as carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), which have an effective role in climate mitigation, seem to be promising. In recent years, porous carbons, particularly activated carbons (ACs), have rapidly emerged as one of the most effective adsorbents of CO2. However, the implementation of pristine ACs in the real world is still hindered due to their physical and weak adsorption, which makes these adsorbents sensitive to temperature and relatively poor in selectivity. Hence, the surface modification of ACs is essential in order to improve their surface area, pore structure and alkalinity. Numerous studies have reported lignocellulose-based ACs as very promising adsorbents of CO2. In this review, the sources, health and environmental effects of CO2, and the abatement methods of GHGs are described. In addition, the capture and separation of CO2 from gas stream using various types of lignocellulose-based ACs are summarized. Furthermore, the key factors controlling the adsorption of CO2 by ACs (characteristics of adsorbents, preparation conditions, as well as adsorption conditions) are comprehensively and critically discussed. Finally, future research needs and prospective research challenges are summarized.
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- Zahra Rouzitalab
- Civil Engineering Division, College of Environment, Karaj, P.O. Box 31746-74761, Alborz, Iran
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- Carbon & Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, P.O. Box 31746-74761, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, P.O. Box 5899, Alabama, 36088, USA
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- Carbon & Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, P.O. Box 31746-74761, Tehran, Iran.
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Zhou M, Lin Y, Xia H, Wei X, Yao Y, Wang X, Wu Z. A Molecular Foaming and Activation Strategy to Porous N-Doped Carbon Foams for Supercapacitors and CO 2 Capture. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2020; 12:58. [PMID: 34138265 PMCID: PMC7770655 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-020-0389-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Hierarchically porous carbon materials are promising for energy storage, separation and catalysis. It is desirable but fairly challenging to simultaneously create ultrahigh surface areas, large pore volumes and high N contents in these materials. Herein, we demonstrate a facile acid-base enabled in situ molecular foaming and activation strategy for the synthesis of hierarchically macro-/meso-/microporous N-doped carbon foams (HPNCFs). The key design for the synthesis is the selection of histidine (His) and potassium bicarbonate (PBC) to allow the formation of 3D foam structures by in situ foaming, the PBC/His acid-base reaction to enable a molecular mixing and subsequent a uniform chemical activation, and the stable imidazole moiety in His to sustain high N contents after carbonization. The formation mechanism of the HPNCFs is studied in detail. The prepared HPNCFs possess 3D macroporous frameworks with thin well-graphitized carbon walls, ultrahigh surface areas (up to 3200 m2 g-1), large pore volumes (up to 2.0 cm3 g-1), high micropore volumes (up to 0.67 cm3 g-1), narrowly distributed micropores and mesopores and high N contents (up to 14.6 wt%) with pyrrolic N as the predominant N site. The HPNCFs are promising for supercapacitors with high specific capacitances (185-240 F g-1), good rate capability and excellent stability. They are also excellent for CO2 capture with a high adsorption capacity (~ 4.13 mmol g-1), a large isosteric heat of adsorption (26.5 kJ mol-1) and an excellent CO2/N2 selectivity (~ 24).
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- Mengyuan Zhou
- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory (CPCIA) and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 2151213, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Musyoka NM, Mutuma BK, Manyala N. Onion-derived activated carbons with enhanced surface area for improved hydrogen storage and electrochemical energy application. RSC Adv 2020; 10:26928-26936. [PMID: 35515807 PMCID: PMC9055538 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra04556j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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High surface area activated carbons (ACs) were prepared from a hydrochar derived from waste onion peels. The resulting ACs had a unique graphene-like nanosheet morphology. The presence of N (0.7%) and O content (8.1%) in the OPAC-800 °C was indicative of in situ incorporation of nitrogen groups from the onion peels. The specific surface area and pore volume of the best OPAC sample was found to be 3150 m2 g−1 and 1.64 cm3 g−1, respectively. The hydrogen uptake of all the OPAC samples was established to be above 3 wt% (at 77 K and 1 bar) with the highest being 3.67 wt% (800 °C). Additionally, the OPAC-800 °C achieved a specific capacitance of 169 F g−1 at a specific current of 0.5 A g−1 and retained a capacitance of 149 F g−1 at 5 A g−1 in a three electrode system using 3 M KNO3. A symmetric supercapacitor based on the OPAC-800 °C//OPAC-800 °C electrode provided a capacitance of 158 F g−1 at 0.5 A g−1. The maximum specific energy and power was found to be 14 W h kg−1 and 400 W kg−1, respectively. Moreover, the device exhibited a high coulombic efficiency of 99.85% at 5 A g−1 after 10 000 cycles. The results suggested that the high surface area graphene-like carbon nanostructures are excellent materials for enhanced hydrogen storage and supercapacitor applications. Graphene-like activated carbons (ACs), with excellent properties for enhanced hydrogen storage and supercapacitor applications, were prepared from waste onion peels.![]()
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- Nicholas M. Musyoka
- Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials (CeNAM)
- Chemicals Cluster
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Pretoria
- South Africa
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- Department of Physics
- Institute of Applied Materials
- SARCHI Chair in Carbon Technology and Materials
- University of Pretoria
- South Africa
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- Department of Physics
- Institute of Applied Materials
- SARCHI Chair in Carbon Technology and Materials
- University of Pretoria
- South Africa
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Gao W, Liang S, Wang R, Jiang Q, Zhang Y, Zheng Q, Xie B, Toe CY, Zhu X, Wang J, Huang L, Gao Y, Wang Z, Jo C, Wang Q, Wang L, Liu Y, Louis B, Scott J, Roger AC, Amal R, He H, Park SE. Industrial carbon dioxide capture and utilization: state of the art and future challenges. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:8584-8686. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00025f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This review covers the sustainable development of advanced improvements in CO2 capture and utilization.
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Environmental remediation by microporous carbon: An efficient contender for CO2 and methylene blue adsorption. J CO2 UTIL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ren M, Sevilla M, Fuertes AB, Mokaya R, Tour JM, Jalilov AS. Pore Characteristics for Efficient CO 2 Storage in Hydrated Carbons. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:44390-44398. [PMID: 31689084 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b17833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Development of new approaches for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture is important in both scientific and technological aspects. One of the emerging methods in CO2 capture research is based on the use of gas-hydrate crystallization in confined porous media. Pore dimensions and surface functionality of the pores play important roles in the efficiency of CO2 capture. In this report, we summarize work on several porous carbons (PCs) that differ in pore dimensions that range from supermicropores to mesopores, as well as surfaces ranging from hydrophilic to hydrophobic. Water was imbibed into the PCs, and the CO2 uptake performance, in dry and hydrated forms, was determined at pressures of up to 54 bar to reveal the influence of pore characteristics on the efficiency of CO2 capture and storage. The final hydrated carbon materials had H2O-to-carbon weight ratios of 1.5:1. Upon CO2 capture, the H2O/CO2 molar ratio was found to be as low as 1.8, which indicates a far greater CO2 capture capacity in hydrated PCs than ordinarily seen in CO2-hydrate formations, wherein the H2O/CO2 ratio is 5.72. Our mechanistic proposal for attainment of such a low H2O/CO2 ratio within the PCs is based on the finding that most of the CO2 is captured in gaseous form within micropores of diameter <2 nm, wherein it is blocked by external CO2-hydrate formations generated in the larger mesopores. Therefore, to have efficient high-pressure CO2 capture by this mechanism, it is necessary to have PCs with a wide pore size distribution consisting of both micropores and mesopores. Furthermore, we found that hydrated microporous or supermicroporous PCs do not show any hysteretic CO2 uptake behavior, which indicates that CO2 hydrates cannot be formed within micropores of diameter 1-2 nm. Alternatively, mesoporous and macroporous carbons can accommodate higher yields of CO2 hydrates, which potentially limits the CO2 uptake capacity in those larger pores to a H2O/CO2 ratio of 5.72. We found that high nitrogen content prevents the formation of CO2 hydrates presumably due to their destabilization and associated increase in system entropy via stronger noncovalent interactions between the nitrogen functional groups and H2O or CO2.
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- Instituto Nacional del Carbon (CSIC), Francisco Pintado Fe 26, Oviedo 33011, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional del Carbon (CSIC), Francisco Pintado Fe 26, Oviedo 33011, Spain
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Pardakhti M, Jafari T, Tobin Z, Dutta B, Moharreri E, Shemshaki NS, Suib S, Srivastava R. Trends in Solid Adsorbent Materials Development for CO 2 Capture. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:34533-34559. [PMID: 31437393 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b08487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A recent report from the United Nations has warned about the excessive CO2 emissions and the necessity of making efforts to keep the increase in global temperature below 2 °C. Current CO2 capture technologies are inadequate for reaching that goal, and effective mitigation strategies must be pursued. In this work, we summarize trends in materials development for CO2 adsorption with focus on recent studies. We put adsorbent materials into four main groups: (I) carbon-based materials, (II) silica/alumina/zeolites, (III) porous crystalline solids, and (IV) metal oxides. Trends in computational investigations along with experimental findings are covered to find promising candidates in light of practical challenges imposed by process economics.
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- Maryam Pardakhti
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Institute of Material Science , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Institute of Material Science , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Institute of Material Science , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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Tannin-derived micro-mesoporous carbons prepared by one-step activation with potassium oxalate and CO 2. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 558:55-67. [PMID: 31585222 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Micro-mesoporous carbons (MMCs) were successfully prepared using natural polyphenolic compounds, condensed tannins, and glyoxal, a nontoxic aldehyde, in lieu of synthetic phenolic compounds like formaldehyde and resorcinol as carbon precursors. Such MMCs were fabricated by a soft-templating strategy under mild conditions. Porosity development was achieved by varying the amount of potassium oxalate as an in-situ activator coupled with one-step CO2 activation at 700 °C. This strategy allowed for the enhancement of microporosity as well as retention of the uniform mesoporous structure of the carbons. The CO2 uptakes of 5.2 mmol/g at 0 °C and 3.6 mmol/g at 25 °C were achieved at 1 bar pressure for the tannin-derived activated MMC sample with a surface area of 1192 m2/g, a volume of fine micropores (sizes below 1 nm) of 0.33 cm3/g, and a mesopore volume of 0.49 cm3/g. This study opens new opportunities for a facile and green synthesis of MMCs from less toxic precursors with tailored porosity by synergistic effects of chemical and physical activation. The resulting MMCs exhibit the potential applicability not only as CO2 sorbents but also in other environmental applications such as adsorption of organic volatile compounds and dye molecules, which require slightly larger pores.
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Mu J, Li Q, Kong X, Wu X, Sunarso J, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Zhuo S. Characterization of Hierarchical Porous Carbons Made from Bean Curd via K
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- Jiahui Mu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLiaocheng University Liaocheng 252000 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 China
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- Research Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and ScienceSwinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga 93350 Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 China
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Wang S, Qin J, Zhao Y, Duan L, Wang J, Gao W, Wang R, Wang C, Pal M, Wu ZS, Li W, Zhao D. Ultrahigh Surface Area N-Doped Hierarchically Porous Carbon for Enhanced CO 2 Capture and Electrochemical Energy Storage. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:3541-3549. [PMID: 31116496 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201901137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Facile synthesis of ultrahigh surface area porous carbons with well-defined functionalities such as N-doping remains a formidable challenge as extensive pore creation results in significant damage to the active sites. Herein, an ultrahigh surface area, N-doped hierarchically porous carbon was prepared through a multicomponent co-assembly approach. The resultant N-doped hierarchically porous carbon (N-HPC) possessed an ultrahigh surface area (≈1960 m2 g-1 ), a uniform interpenetrating micropore (≈1.3 nm) and large mesopore (≈7.6 nm) size, and high N-doping in the carbon frameworks (≈5 wt %). The N-HPC exhibited a high specific capacitance (358 F g-1 at 0.5 A g-1 ) as a supercapacitor electrode in aqueous alkaline electrolyte with a stable cycling performance after10 000 charge/discharge cycles. Moreover, as a CO2 absorbent, N-HPC displayed an adsorption capacity of 29.0 mmol g-1 at 0 °C under a high pressure of 30 bar.
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- Shuai Wang
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Rd, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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Kong X, Li S, Strømme M, Xu C. Synthesis of Porous Organic Polymers with Tunable Amine Loadings for CO 2 Capture: Balanced Physisorption and Chemisorption. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 9:nano9071020. [PMID: 31319470 PMCID: PMC6669882 DOI: 10.3390/nano9071020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The cross-coupling reaction of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene with terephthaloyl chloride gives a novel ynone-linked porous organic polymer. Tethering alkyl amine species on the polymer induces chemisorption of CO2 as revealed by the studies of ex situ infrared spectroscopy. By tuning the amine loading content on the polymer, relatively high CO2 adsorption capacities, high CO2-over-N2 selectivity, and moderate isosteric heat (Qst) of adsorption of CO2 can be achieved. Such amine-modified polymers with balanced physisorption and chemisorption of CO2 are ideal sorbents for post-combustion capture of CO2 offering both high separation and high energy efficiencies.
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- Xueying Kong
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211800, China
- Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211800, China
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- Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211800, China.
- Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Enhanced CO 2 Adsorption on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials by Salt and Base Co-Activation Method. MATERIALS 2019; 12:ma12081207. [PMID: 31013838 PMCID: PMC6515410 DOI: 10.3390/ma12081207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nitrogen-doped carbon materials with enhanced CO2 adsorption were prepared by the salt and base co-activation method. First, resorcinol-formaldehyde resin was synthesized with a certain salt as an additive and used as a precursor. Next, the resulting precursor was mixed with KOH and subsequently carbonized under ammonia flow to finally obtain the nitrogen-doped carbon materials. A series of samples, with and without the addition of different salts, were prepared, characterized by XRD (X-ray powder diffraction), elemental analysis, BET (N2-adsorption-desorption analysis), XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and SEM (Scanning electron microscopy) and tested for CO2 adsorption. The results showed that the salt and base co-activation method has a remarkable enhancing effect on the CO2 capture capacity. The combination of KCl and KOH was proved to be the best combination, and 167.15 mg CO2 could be adsorbed with 1 g nitrogen-doped carbon at 30 °C under 1 atm pressure. The materials characterizations revealed that the introduction of the base and salt could greatly increase the content of doped nitrogen, the surface area and the amount of formed micropore, which led to enhanced CO2 absorption of the carbon materials.
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Shi X, Gong J, Kierzek K, Michalkiewicz B, Zhang S, Chu PK, Chen X, Tang T, Mijowska E. Multifunctional nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbons derived from metal–organic frameworks for efficient CO2 storage and high-performance lithium-ion batteries. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01542f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbons were prepared, capturing CO2 of 10 mmol g−1 at 45 bar and achieving a reversible capacity of 762 mA h g−1.
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- Xiaoze Shi
- Nanomaterials Physicochemistry Department
- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering
- West Pomeranian University of Technology
- 71-065 Szczecin
- Poland
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage
- Ministry of Education
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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- Department of Polymer & Carbonaceous Materials
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
- 50-344 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering
- West Pomeranian University of Technology
- Szczecin
- Poland
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- Nanomaterials Physicochemistry Department
- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering
- West Pomeranian University of Technology
- 71-065 Szczecin
- Poland
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- Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- City University of Hong Kong
- Kowloon
- China
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- Nanomaterials Physicochemistry Department
- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering
- West Pomeranian University of Technology
- 71-065 Szczecin
- Poland
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- Nanomaterials Physicochemistry Department
- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering
- West Pomeranian University of Technology
- 71-065 Szczecin
- Poland
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Xu J, Shi J, Cui H, Yan N, Liu Y. Preparation of nitrogen doped carbon from tree leaves as efficient CO2 adsorbent. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Kobielska PA, Telford R, Rowlandson J, Tian M, Shahin Z, Demessence A, Ting VP, Nayak S. Polynuclear Complexes as Precursor Templates for Hierarchical Microporous Graphitic Carbon: An Unusual Approach. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:25967-25971. [PMID: 30016065 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A highly porous carbon was synthesized using a coordination complex as an unusual precursor. During controlled pyrolysis, a trinuclear copper complex, [CuII3Cl4(H2L)2]·CH3OH, undergoes phase changes with melt and expulsion of different gases to produce a unique morphology of copper-doped carbon which, upon acid treatment, produces highly porous graphitic carbon with a surface area of 857 m2 g-1 and a gravimetric hydrogen uptake of 1.1 wt % at 0.5 bar pressure at 77 K.
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- Paulina A Kobielska
- School of Chemistry and Biosciences , University of Bradford , Richmond Road , Bradford BD7 1DP , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Biosciences , University of Bradford , Richmond Road , Bradford BD7 1DP , United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Bristol , University Walk , Clifton BS8 1TR , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Bath , Bath BA2 7AY , United Kingdom
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- CNRS, Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON) , Univeristé Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 , Villeurbanne 69100 , France
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- CNRS, Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON) , Univeristé Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 , Villeurbanne 69100 , France
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Bristol , University Walk , Clifton BS8 1TR , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Biosciences , University of Bradford , Richmond Road , Bradford BD7 1DP , United Kingdom
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