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Hegarty J, Shindel B, Sukhareva D, Barsoum ML, Farha OK, Dravid V. Expanding the Library of Ions for Moisture-Swing Carbon Capture. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:21080-21091. [PMID: 37788016 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Developing materials that can more efficiently and cheaply capture carbon dioxide from ambient atmospheric conditions is essential for improving negative emission technologies. This study builds on the promising moisture-swing modality for direct air capture of carbon dioxide by investigating the use of several new anions─orthosilicate, borate, pyrophosphate, tripolyphosphate, and dibasic phosphate─that when introduced into ion-exchange resins allow for the cyclable capture of CO2 under dry conditions and its release under wet conditions. These ions, as well as many others that failed to show moisture-swing performance, are tested and directly compared thermodynamically and kinetically to understand their differences. This includes the use of analytical approaches new to the carbon capture field, such as the correlation of adsorption isotherms to moisture-swing performance, the use of phase lag kinetics, the examination of the humidity-carbon capture hysteresis of the sorbents, and the precise quantification of ion loading using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy. Phosphate dibasic was found to have the largest mass-normalized CO2 moisture-swing capacity, whereas phosphate tribasic had the best performance when factoring in kinetics, and pyrophosphate had the highest swing capacity when normalizing on a per-ion or per-unit-charge basis. This work not only sheds light on ways to improve DAC but also provides insights pertinent to the advancement of gas separation, negative emission technologies, and sorbent materials.
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- John Hegarty
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- The NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Abdullatif Y, Sodiq A, Mir N, Bicer Y, Al-Ansari T, El-Naas MH, Amhamed AI. Emerging trends in direct air capture of CO 2: a review of technology options targeting net-zero emissions. RSC Adv 2023; 13:5687-5722. [PMID: 36816069 PMCID: PMC9930410 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07940b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has compelled researchers and policymakers to seek urgent solutions to address the current global climate change challenges. In order to keep the global mean temperature at approximately 1.5 °C above the preindustrial era, the world needs increased deployment of negative emission technologies. Among all the negative emissions technologies reported, direct air capture (DAC) is positioned to deliver the needed CO2 removal in the atmosphere. DAC technology is independent of the emissions origin, and the capture machine can be located close to the storage or utilization sites or in a location where renewable energy is abundant or where the price of energy is low-cost. Notwithstanding these inherent qualities, DAC technology still has a few drawbacks that need to be addressed before the technology can be widely deployed. As a result, this review focuses on emerging trends in direct air capture (DAC) of CO2, the main drivers of DAC systems, and the required development for commercialization. The main findings point to undeniable facts that DAC's overall system energy requirement is high, and it is the main bottleneck in DAC commercialization.
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- Yasser Abdullatif
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
- Qatar Environment and Energy Institute (QEERI) Doha Qatar
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Institute (QEERI) Doha Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
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The Global Carbon Footprint and How New Carbon Mineralization Technologies Can Be Used to Reduce CO2 Emissions. CHEMENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering6030044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of our industrial society. It is released into the atmosphere, which has an adverse effect on the environment. Carbon dioxide management is necessary to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius and mitigate the effects of climate change, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. To accomplish this objective realistically, the emissions gap must be closed by 2030. Additionally, 10–20 Gt of CO2 per year must be removed from the atmosphere within the next century, necessitating large-scale carbon management strategies. The present procedures and technologies for CO2 carbonation, including direct and indirect carbonation and certain industrial instances, have been explored in length. This paper highlights novel technologies to capture CO2, convert it to other valuable products, and permanently remove it from the atmosphere. Additionally, the constraints and difficulties associated with carbon mineralization have been discussed. These techniques may permanently remove the CO2 emitted due to industrial society, which has an unfavorable influence on the environment, from the atmosphere. These technologies create solutions for both climate change and economic development.
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Carbon capture from large sources and ambient air is one of the most promising strategies to curb the deleterious effect of greenhouse gases. Among different technologies, CO2 adsorption has drawn widespread attention mostly because of its low energy requirements. Considering that water vapor is a ubiquitous component in air and almost all CO2-rich industrial gas streams, understanding its impact on CO2 adsorption is of critical importance. Owing to the large diversity of adsorbents, water plays many different roles from a severe inhibitor of CO2 adsorption to an excellent promoter. Water may also increase the rate of CO2 capture or have the opposite effect. In the presence of amine-containing adsorbents, water is even necessary for their long-term stability. The current contribution is a comprehensive review of the effects of water whether in the gas feed or as adsorbent moisture on CO2 adsorption. For convenience, we discuss the effect of water vapor on CO2 adsorption over four broadly defined groups of materials separately, namely (i) physical adsorbents, including carbons, zeolites and MOFs, (ii) amine-functionalized adsorbents, and (iii) reactive adsorbents, including metal carbonates and oxides. For each category, the effects of humidity level on CO2 uptake, selectivity, and adsorption kinetics under different operational conditions are discussed. Whenever possible, findings from different sources are compared, paying particular attention to both similarities and inconsistencies. For completeness, the effect of water on membrane CO2 separation is also discussed, albeit briefly.
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- Joel M Kolle
- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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Cho SH, Dahnum D, Cheong SH, Lee HW, Lee U, Ha JM, Lee H. Facile one-pot synthesis of ZnBr2 immobilized ion exchange resin for the coupling reaction of CO2 with propylene oxide. J CO2 UTIL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Wang T, Liu X, Chu J, Shi Y, Li J, He M. Molecular dynamics simulation of diffusion and interaction of [bmim][Tf2N] + HFO-1234yf mixture. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas, capture has recently become a crucial technological solution to reduce atmospheric emissions from fossil fuel burning. Thereafter, many efforts have been put forwarded to reduce the burden on climate change by capturing and separating CO2, especially from larger power plants and from the air through the utilization of different technologies (e.g., membrane, absorption, microbial, cryogenic, chemical looping, and so on). Those technologies have often suffered from high operating costs and huge energy consumption. On the right side, physical process, such as adsorption, is a cost-effective process, which has been widely used to adsorb different contaminants, including CO2. Henceforth, this review covered the overall efficacies of CO2 adsorption from air at 196 K to 343 K and different pressures by the carbon-based materials (CBMs). Subsequently, we also addressed the associated challenges and future opportunities for CBMs. According to this review, the efficacies of various CBMs for CO2 adsorption have followed the order of carbon nanomaterials (i.e., graphene, graphene oxides, carbon nanotubes, and their composites) < mesoporous -microporous or hierarchical porous carbons < biochar and activated biochar < activated carbons.
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Shi X, Xiao H, Azarabadi H, Song J, Wu X, Chen X, Lackner KS. Sorbenten zur direkten Gewinnung von CO
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aus der Umgebungsluft. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201906756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Xiaoyang Shi
- School of Sustainable Engineering & Built Environment Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- School of Sustainable Engineering & Built Environment Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
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- ICAM, School of Aerospace Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
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- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
- School of Chemical Engineering Northwest University Xi'an 710069 China
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- School of Sustainable Engineering & Built Environment Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
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Shi X, Xiao H, Azarabadi H, Song J, Wu X, Chen X, Lackner KS. Sorbents for the Direct Capture of CO
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from Ambient Air. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:6984-7006. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201906756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Xiaoyang Shi
- School of Sustainable Engineering & Built Environment Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- School of Sustainable Engineering & Built Environment Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
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- ICAM, School of Aerospace Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
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- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- Earth Engineering Center Center for Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
- School of Chemical Engineering Northwest University Xi'an 710069 China
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- School of Sustainable Engineering & Built Environment Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
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Xiao B, Watanabe S. Moisture effect on the diffusion of Cu ions in Cu/Ta 2O 5/Pt and Cu/SiO 2/Pt resistance switches: a first-principles study. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2019; 20:580-588. [PMID: 31231448 PMCID: PMC6567064 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2019.1616222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cu/Ta2O5/Pt and Cu/SiO2/Pt are two of the most promising resistance switches. From experimental observations, it is speculated that the presence of H2O in the amorphous Ta2O5 and SiO2 (a-Ta2O5 and a-SiO2) facilitates the rate-limiting step during the switching process. This rate-limiting step is essentially the diffusion of Cu ions along the nanopores of the amorphous. To better understand this behavior and obtain a detailed examination of the atomic structures, a first-principles simulation was conducted. In addition, we investigate the diffusion behaviors of Cu ions in bare a-Ta2O5 nanopore and in the one covered with H2O-together with those in a-SiO2 nanopore. Our work reveals that Ta and Si atoms on the sidewalls of bare a-Ta2O5 and a-SiO2 nanopores are in the unsaturated (TaO5) and saturated (SiO4) forms, respectively. Consequently, H2O molecules are adsorbed on the nanopore sidewall strongly in the case of a-Ta2O5, and weakly in a-SiO2, by forming O-Ta and H∙∙∙O bonds, respectively. This can explain the experimental observation that the desorption of H2O occurs only at high temperatures for a-Ta2O5 films, while it is observed for a-SiO2 even when the temperature is low. The calculated diffusion barrier of Cu ions in a-Ta2O5 nanopores covered with H2O is about 0.43 eV, which is much lower than that without H2O (~1.40 eV). In view of the similar chemical environments of O and the adsorbed Cu ions in a-SiO2 and a-Ta2O5 nanopores, it is expected that the diffusion of Cu ions in a-SiO2 nanopore without H2O is much more difficult than with H2O. This could be attributed to the strong and weak adsorption of Cu ions on the sidewall in the absence and presence of H2O, respectively, for both, a-Ta2O5 and a-SiO2. Our investigation provides a full atomic picture to understand the moisture effect on the diffusion of Cu ions in Cu/a-Ta2O5/Pt and Cu/a-SiO2/Pt resistance switches.
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- Bo Xiao
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Durability of Composite Materials under Severe Temperature Conditions: Influence of Moisture Content and Prediction of Thermo-Mechanical Properties During a Fire. JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/jcs3020055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The main objective of the present study was to develop a fire thermal model able to predict the evolution of the temperature and decomposition gradient across a laminated composite structure when exposed to fire. The thermal response of composite laminate made of organic polymer matrix was investigated under severe temperature conditions as samples were exposed to high temperatures up to 750 °C. The highlight is that a behavior law for water is included in our thermo-mechanical model to estimate effects due to a moisture content field on the thermal response of composite laminates. In particular, porosity and gas pressure are strongly influenced by the presence of water in the material and modify the thermal behavior accordingly. This enabled us to propose a new approach that can be used for the prediction of hygro-thermo-chemico-mechanical post-combustion properties in a very large number of material and fire scenarios.
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Gautam S, Liu T, Cole D. Sorption, Structure and Dynamics of CO₂ and Ethane in Silicalite at High Pressure: A Combined Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. Molecules 2018; 24:molecules24010099. [PMID: 30597869 PMCID: PMC6337235 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24010099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Silicalite is an important nanoporous material that finds applications in several industries, including gas separation and catalysis. While the sorption, structure, and dynamics of several molecules confined in the pores of silicalite have been reported, most of these studies have been restricted to low pressures. Here we report a comparative study of sorption, structure, and dynamics of CO₂ and ethane in silicalite at high pressures (up to 100 bar) using a combination of Monte Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The behavior of the two fluids is studied in terms of the simulated sorption isotherms, the positional and orientational distribution of sorbed molecules in silicalite, and their translational diffusion, vibrational spectra, and rotational motion. Both CO₂ and ethane are found to exhibit orientational ordering in silicalite pores; however, at high pressures, while CO₂ prefers to reside in the channel intersections, ethane molecules reside mostly in the sinusoidal channels. While CO₂ exhibits a higher self-diffusion coefficient than ethane at low pressures, at high pressures, it becomes slower than ethane. Both CO₂ and ethane exhibit rotational motion at two time scales. At both time scales, the rotational motion of ethane is faster. The differences observed here in the behavior of CO₂ and ethane in silicalite pores can be seen as a consequence of an interplay of the kinetic diameter of the two molecules and the quadrupole moment of CO₂.
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- Siddharth Gautam
- School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Multiscale Modeling of Structure, Transport and Reactivity in Alkaline Fuel Cell Membranes: Combined Coarse-Grained, Atomistic and Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10111289. [PMID: 30961214 PMCID: PMC6401961 DOI: 10.3390/polym10111289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of hydrated anion-exchange membranes (AEMs), comprised of poly(p-phenylene oxide) (PPO) polymers functionalized with quaternary ammonium cationic groups, were conducted using multiscale coupling between three different models: a high-resolution coarse-grained (CG) model; Atomistic Polarizable Potential for Liquids, Electrolytes and Polymers (APPLE&P); and ReaxFF. The advantages and disadvantages of each model are summarized and compared. The proposed multiscale coupling utilizes the strength of each model and allows sampling of a broad spectrum of properties, which is not possible to sample using any of the single modeling techniques. Within the proposed combined approach, the equilibrium morphology of hydrated AEM was prepared using the CG model. Then, the morphology was mapped to the APPLE&P model from equilibrated CG configuration of the AEM. Simulations using atomistic non-reactive force field allowed sampling of local hydration structure of ionic groups, vehicular transport mechanism of anion and water, and structure equilibration of water channels in the membrane. Subsequently, atomistic AEM configuration was mapped to ReaxFF reactive model to investigate the Grotthuss mechanism in the hydroxide transport, as well as the AEM chemical stability and degradation mechanisms. The proposed multiscale and multiphysics modeling approach provides valuable input for the materials-by-design of novel polymeric structures for AEMs.
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