{"title":"Adsorption of CO2 on mechanochemically synthesized silicon oxycarbide composites","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.chemphys.2024.112486","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study explores the mechanochemical synthesis of porous silicon oxycarbide composites using commercial activated carbon and hydrated silica as precursors without additional functionalization, aiming to be used as effective adsorbents for carbon dioxide removal from gas streams. By adjusting the hydrated silica/activated carbon mass ratio, a set of materials were prepared with varying surface areas (256–662 m<sup>2</sup>/g), pore volumes (0.28–0.45 cm<sup>3</sup>/g), and surface functional groups concentrations (0.824–0.996 mmol/g). The optimal silicon oxycarbide composite (hydrated silica/activated carbon mass ratio of 1.5) demonstrated the CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption capacity of 3.41 mmol/g at 25 °C and 1 bar, which can be attributed to the composite’s well-developed porosity and high surface functionality. In addition, the adsorbent exhibited high CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> selectivity of 15.2 along with stable cycling performance. These findings indicate that mechanochemically synthesized silicon oxycarbide composites have a considerable potential in the field of CO<sub>2</sub> capture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":272,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chemical Physics","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030101042400315X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present study explores the mechanochemical synthesis of porous silicon oxycarbide composites using commercial activated carbon and hydrated silica as precursors without additional functionalization, aiming to be used as effective adsorbents for carbon dioxide removal from gas streams. By adjusting the hydrated silica/activated carbon mass ratio, a set of materials were prepared with varying surface areas (256–662 m2/g), pore volumes (0.28–0.45 cm3/g), and surface functional groups concentrations (0.824–0.996 mmol/g). The optimal silicon oxycarbide composite (hydrated silica/activated carbon mass ratio of 1.5) demonstrated the CO2 adsorption capacity of 3.41 mmol/g at 25 °C and 1 bar, which can be attributed to the composite’s well-developed porosity and high surface functionality. In addition, the adsorbent exhibited high CO2/N2 selectivity of 15.2 along with stable cycling performance. These findings indicate that mechanochemically synthesized silicon oxycarbide composites have a considerable potential in the field of CO2 capture.
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Chemical Physics publishes experimental and theoretical papers on all aspects of chemical physics. In this journal, experiments are related to theory, and in turn theoretical papers are related to present or future experiments. Subjects covered include: spectroscopy and molecular structure, interacting systems, relaxation phenomena, biological systems, materials, fundamental problems in molecular reactivity, molecular quantum theory and statistical mechanics. Computational chemistry studies of routine character are not appropriate for this journal.