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Challenges in Water Electrolyzer
Challenges in Water Electrolyzer
Ru-Embedded Carbon Fabric
Ru-Embedded Carbon Fabric
Amine Chemistry of Porous CO2 Adsorbents
Amine Chemistry of Porous CO2 Adsorbents
Boronization of Nickel Foam for Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia
Boronization of Nickel Foam for Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia
How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?
How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?
Extensive Screening of Solvent-linked Porous Polymers through Friedel-Crafts Reaction for Gas Adsorption
Extensive Screening of Solvent-linked Porous Polymers through Friedel-Crafts Reaction for Gas Adsorption
Alkyl-linked porphyrin porous polymers for gas capture and precious metal adsorption
Alkyl-linked porphyrin porous polymers for gas capture and precious metal adsorption
Quantifying the nitrogen effect on CO2 capture using isoporous network polymers
Quantifying the nitrogen effect on CO2 capture using isoporous network polymers
Direct Access to Primary Amines and Particle Morphology Control in Nanoporous CO2 Sorbents
Direct Access to Primary Amines and Particle Morphology Control in Nanoporous CO2 Sorbents
Enhanced Sorption Cycle Stability and Kinetics of CO2 on Lithium Silicates Using the Lithium Ion Channeling Effect of TiO2 Nanotubes
Enhanced Sorption Cycle Stability and Kinetics of CO2 on Lithium Silicates Using the Lithium Ion Channeling Effect of TiO2 Nanotubes
  • nvestigation of ester and amide linker based porous organic polymers for carbon dioxide capture and separation at wide temperatures and pressures

    R. Ullah§, M. Atilhan, B. Anaya, S. Al-Muhtaseb, S. Aparicio, H. A. Patel§, D. Thirion, C. T. Yavuz. §: Equal contribution
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8 (32), 20772–20785
    2016
    nvestigation of ester and amide linker based porous organic polymers for carbon dioxide capture and separation at wide temperatures and pressures
    Organic compounds, such as covalent organic framework, metal–organic frameworks, and covalent organic polymers have been under investigation to replace the well-known amine-based solvent sorption technology of CO2 and introduce the most efficient and economical material for CO2 capture and storage. Various organic polymers having different function groups have been under investigation both for low and high pressure CO2 capture. However, search for a promising material to overcome the issues of lower selectivity, less capturing capacity, lower mass transfer coefficient and instability in materials performance at high pressure and various temperatures is still ongoing process. Herein, we report synthesis of six covalent organic polymers (COPs) and their CO2, N2, and CH4 adsorption performances at low and high pressures up to 200 bar. All the presented COPs materials were characterized by using elemental analysis method, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy techniques. Physical properties of the materials such as surface areas, pore volume and pore size were determined through BET analysis at 77 K. All the materials were tested for CO2, CH4, and N2 adsorption using state of the art equipment, magnetic suspension balance (MSB). Results indicated that, amide based material i.e. COP-33 has the largest pore volume of 0.2 cm2/g which can capture up to the maximum of 1.44 mmol/g CO2 at room temperature and at pressure of 10 bar. However, at higher pressure of 200 bar and 308 K ester-based compound, that is, COP-35 adsorb as large as 144 mmol/g, which is the largest gas capturing capacity of any COPs material obtained so far. Importantly, single gas measurement based selectivity of COP-33 was comparatively better than all other COPs materials at all condition. Nevertheless, overall performance of COP-35 rate of adsorption and heat of adsorption has indicated that this material can be considered for further exploration as efficient and cheaply available solid sorbent material for CO2 capture and separation.
  • High performance CO2 filtration and sequestration by using bromomethyl benzene linked microporous networks

    R. Ullah§, M. Atilhan, B. Anaya, S. Al-Muhtaseb, S. Aparicio, D. Thirion§, C. T. Yavuz. §: Equal contribution
    RSC Adv., 6, 66324–66335
    2016
    High performance CO2 filtration and sequestration by using bromomethyl benzene linked microporous networks
    Porous solid sorbents have been investigated for the last few decades to replace the costly amine solution and explore the most efficient and economical material for CO2 capture and storage. Covalent organic polymers (COPs) have been recently introduced as promising materials to overcome several issues associated with the solid sorbents such as thermal stability and low gas capturing capacity. Herein we report the synthesis of four COPs and their CO2, N2 and CH4 uptakes. All the presented COP materials were characterized by using an elemental analysis method, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy techniques. The physical properties of the materials such as surface area, pore volume and pore size were determined by BET analysis at 77 K. All the materials were tested for CO2, CH4 and N2 adsorption through a volumetric method using magnetic sorption apparatus (MSA). Among the presented materials, COP-118 has the highest surface area of 473 m2 g−1 among the other four materials and has shown excellent performance by capturing 2.72 mmol g−1 of CO2, 1.002 mmol g−1 of CH4 and only 0.56 mmol g−1 of N2 at 298 K and 10 bars. However the selectivity of another material, COP-117-A, was better than that of COP-118. Nevertheless, the overall performance of the latter has indicated that this material can be considered for further exploration as an efficient and cheaply available solid sorbent compound for CO2 capture and separation.
  • High pressure methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen adsorption on amine-impregnated porous montmorillonite nano-clays

    M. Atilhan, S. Atilhan§, R. Ullah§, B. Anayeha, T. Cagin, C. T. Yavuz, S. Aparicio, §: Equal contribution
    J. Chem. Eng. Data, 61 (8), 2749–2760
    2016
    High pressure methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen adsorption on amine-impregnated porous montmorillonite nano-clays
    Montmorillonite nanoclay was studied for its capability of storing carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen at elevated pressures. Adsorption data were collected to study and assess the possible applications of montmorillonite to gas storage, as it is available in depleted shale reservoirs. The thermodynamic properties of montmorillonite and its amine impregnated structures were studied in this manuscript. Material characterization via Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopies, and scanning electron microscopy was carried out on the nanoclay samples followed by low- and high-pressure gas sorption experimental measurements via high-pressure magnetic suspension sorption apparatus at 298 and 323 K isotherms up to 50 bar. Selectivities of each gas on each nanoclay material is calculated based on single gas adsorption measurements and presented in the manuscript. Additionally, heat of adsorption and kinetics of adsorption are calculated and reported.
  • Observation of wrapping mechanism in amine carbon dioxide molecular interactions on heterogeneous sorbents

    D. Thirion, V. Rozyyev, J. Park, Y. Jung, M. Atilhan, C. T. Yavuz
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 14177-14181
    2016
    Observation of wrapping mechanism in amine carbon dioxide molecular interactions on heterogeneous sorbents
    Liquid, solvated amine based carbon capture is the core of all commercial or planned CO2 capture operations. Despite the intense research, few have looked systematically into the nature of amine molecules and their CO2 interaction. Here, we report a systematic introduction of linear ethylene amines on the walls of highly porous Davankov type network structures through simple bromination intermediates. Surprisingly, isosteric heats of CO2 adsorption show a clear linear trend with the increase in the length of the tethered amine pendant groups, leading to a concerted cooperative binding with additional H-bonding contributions from the unassociated secondary amines. CO2 uptake capacities multiply with the nitrogen content, up to an unprecedented four to eight times of the starting porous network under flue gas conditions. The reported procedure can be generalized to all porous media with the robust hydrocarbon framework in order to convert them into effective CO2 capture adsorbents.
  • Rapid extraction of Uranium ions from seawater using novel porous polymeric adsorbents

    Y. Sihn,§ J. Byun,§ H. A. Patel, W. Lee, C. T. Yavuz. §: Equal contribution
    RSC Adv., 6, 45968-45976
    2016
    Rapid extraction of Uranium ions from seawater using novel porous polymeric adsorbents
    Seawater contains uranium in surprisingly high quantities that can supply vast energy, if recovered economically. Attempts to design effective sorbents led to the identification of organic functional groups such as amidoximes. Here we report a porous polymer, a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) with permanent pores that feature amidoxime pendant groups, which is capable of removing more than 90% uranyl [U(VI)] from seawater collected from the Ulleung basin of the East Sea of the Republic of Korea. From this uptake, over 75% was collected in less than six hours, leading to highly feasible field applications. When the seawater was acidified by bubbling CO2 (pH = 5.4), the uptake increased dramatically. Regeneration studies showed full recovery of sorbents and no loss in capture capacity. Our results indicate that successful uranium recovery can be realized by scalable applications of porous polymeric networks and when low cost CO2 is co-administered, uptake can be significantly enhanced.
  • Increasing mesoporosity by a silica hard template in a covalent organic polymer for enhanced amine loading and CO2 capture capacity

    H. Lee, C. T. Yavuz
    Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 229, 44-50
    2016
    Increasing mesoporosity by a silica hard template in a covalent organic polymer for enhanced amine loading and CO2 capture capacity
    Solid sorbents for chemisorptive carbon dioxide uptake in post-combustion scenarios require strong binding groups like amines. Post-synthetic impregnation of reactive amines requires large pore volumes. Covalent organic polymers (COPs) are microporous (or narrow mesoporosity) network polymers with physisorptive behavior. Herein as the first of such attempt in porous organic polymers, we modified COP-1, which is an inexpensive, scalable porous polymer for effective amine loading. By expanding the pore of COP-1 through hard templation by silica, the surface area and pore volume are increased by 2.3 and 2.9 times, respectively. It was shown that the increase of pore volume was mostly from pores larger than 5 nm and it correlates well with the silica particle size (12 nm) and the inter-particle pore sizes of silica (31 nm). As a result, amine impregnated Si-COP-1 adsorbs CO2 with the increase of 2.44 at 273 K and 4.06 times at 298 K (at flue gas relevant partial pressure of 0.15 bar) over the parent COP-1. Our results show the possibility of tuning porosity for developing industrially feasible CO2 capturing sorbents.

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