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Rezaee P, Asl SA, Javadi MH, Rezaee S, Morad R, Akbari M, Arab SS, Maaza M. DFT study on CO 2 capture using boron, nitrogen, and phosphorus-doped C 20 in the presence of an electric field. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12388. [PMID: 38811697 PMCID: PMC11137125 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62301-x] [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: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Burning fossil fuels emits a significant amount of CO 2 , causing climate change concerns. CO 2 Capture and Storage (CCS) aims to reduce emissions, with fullerenes showing promise as CO 2 adsorbents. Recent research focuses on modifying fullerenes using an electric field. In light of this, we carried out DFT studies on some B, N, and P doped C 20 (C 20 - n X n , n = 0, 1, 2, and 3; X = B, N, and P) in the absence and presence of an electric field in the range of 0-0.02 a.u.. The cohesive energy was calculated to ensure their thermodynamic stability showing, that despite having lesser cohesive energies than C 20 , they appear in a favorable range. Moreover, the charge distribution for all structures was depicted using the ESP map. Most importantly, we evaluated the adsorption energy, height, and CO 2 angle, demonstrating the B and N-doped fullerenes had the stronger interaction with CO 2 , which by far exceeded C 20 's, improving its physisorption to physicochemical adsorption. Although the adsorption energy of P-doped fullerenes was not as satisfactory, in most cases, increasing the electric field led to enhancing CO 2 adsorption and incorporating chemical attributes to CO 2 -fullerene interaction. The HOMO-LUMO plots were obtained by which we discovered that unlike the P-doped C 20 , the surprising activity of B and N-doped C 20 s against CO 2 originates from a high concentration of the HOMO-LUMO orbitals on B, N and neighboring atoms. In the present article, we attempt to introduce more effective fullerene-based materials for CO 2 adsorption as well as strategies to enhance their efficiency and revealing adsorption nature over B, N, and P-doped fullerenes and in the end, hope to encourage more experimental research on these materials within growing electric field for CO 2 capture in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Parham Rezaee
- UNESCO-UNISA-iTLABS Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa.
- Department of Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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- , Unit 1, No. 17, Keyhan 2 Aly., Keyhan St., Ayatollah Kashani boulevard, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- UNESCO-UNISA-iTLABS Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
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- UNESCO-UNISA-iTLABS Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- UNESCO-UNISA-iTLABS Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
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Kose A, Yuksel N, Ferdi Fellah M. A Density Functional Theory Study on Rechargeable Mg‐ion Batteries: C
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Fullerene as a Promising Anode Material. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ahmet Kose
- Department of Chemical Engineering Bursa Technical University Mimar Sinan Campus 16310 Bursa Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Bursa Technical University Mimar Sinan Campus 16310 Bursa Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Bursa Technical University Mimar Sinan Campus 16310 Bursa Turkey
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