Volume 183, 2015

Highly optimized CO2 capture by inexpensive nanoporous covalent organic polymers and their amine composites

Abstract

Carbon dioxide (CO2) storage and utilization requires effective capture strategies that limit energy penalties. Polyethylenimine (PEI)-impregnated covalent organic polymers (COPs) with a high CO2 adsorption capacity are successfully prepared in this study. A low cost COP with a high specific surface area is suitable for PEI loading to achieve high CO2 adsorption, and the optimal PEI loading is 36 wt%. Though the adsorbed amount of CO2 on amine impregnated COPs slightly decreased with increasing adsorption temperature, CO2/N2 selectivity is significantly improved at higher temperatures. The adsorption of CO2 on the sorbent is very fast, and a sorption equilibrium (10% wt) was achieved within 5 min at 313 K under the flow of simulated flue gas streams. The CO2 capture efficiency of this sorbent is not affected under repetitive adsorption–desorption cycles. The highest CO2 capture capacity of 75 mg g−1 at 0.15 bar is achieved under dry CO2 capture however it is enhanced to 100 mg g−1 in the mixed gas flow containing humid 15% CO2. Sorbents were found to be thermally stable up to at least 200 °C. TGA and FTIR studies confirmed the loading of PEIs on COPs. This sorbent with high and fast CO2 sorption exhibits a very promising application in direct CO2 capture from flue gas.

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 May 2015
Accepted
16 Jun 2015
First published
17 Jun 2015

Faraday Discuss., 2015,183, 401-412

Highly optimized CO2 capture by inexpensive nanoporous covalent organic polymers and their amine composites

H. A. Patel and C. T. Yavuz, Faraday Discuss., 2015, 183, 401 DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00099H

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