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Facile and cost-efficient synthesis of highly efficient CO2 adsorbents: a pathway towards a green environment

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The synthesis of highly efficient CO2 adsorbent derived from MOF coupled with graphene oxide, HKUST-1@GrO, is proposed at the room temperature to achieve the most desirability form an eco-environmental perspective. The modified Hummers method coupled with an ultra-fast MOF formation approach were explored to synthesis the superior CO2 adsorbent, i.e. HKUST-1@GrO. Then, the structure of adsorbent was deeply characterized by the application of different analyses including Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The optimization of CO2 adsorption was carried out under a broad range of temperatures (283–293 K) and pressures (1–10 bars). The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms analysis indicated that loading of graphene oxide (3 wt%) on HKUST-1 increases its specific surface area from 1032 to 1354 m2/g. The maximum adsorption capacity of CO2 by HKUST-1@GrO composite at 283 K and 10 bars was evaluated equal to 12.44 mmol/g. Thermodynamic studies elucidated that the dominant CO2 adsorption was taken place as spontaneous, physisorption, and exothermic.

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Abbreviations

MOFs :

Material organic frameworks

K:

Kelvin

HDSs :

Hydroxy double salts

P:

Pressure

RGO:

Reduced graphene oxide

Ps :

Equilibrium pressure of adsorption at standard pressure, bar

GrO:

Graphene oxide

q:

Amount of adsorbed, Mmol/g

BTC:

1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic acid

qm :

Maximum of CO2 adsorption capacity, mmol/g

DMF:

N, N-dimethylformamide

b:

Langmuir constant, 1/bar

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

KF :

Freundlich constant, [(mmol/g)(1/bar)(1/n)]

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller

n:

Freundlich exponent, dimensionless

FTIR:

Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy

∆G:

Gibbs free energy, kJ/mol

SRK:

Soave–Redlich–Kwong

∆Hads :

Isosteric heat of adsorption, kJ/mol

SBET :

Surface-specific area, m2/g

∆S:

Entropy changes, J/K·mol

Vtotal :

Total pore volume, cm3/g

T:

Temperature, K or °C

Vmeso :

Mesopore volume, cm3/g

R:

Gas constant, 8.314 J/K·mol

Vmicro :

Micropore volume, cm3/g

R2 :

Determination coefficient

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    Mohsen Zarei Mohammadabad, Mazaher Moeinaddini & Reza Rafiee

  2. Department of Marine Environment, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Persian Gulf University, 75169-13798, Bushehr, Iran

    Mohsen Nowrouzi

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Alireza Abbasi

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Zarei Mohammadabad, M., Moeinaddini, M., Nowrouzi, M. et al. Facile and cost-efficient synthesis of highly efficient CO2 adsorbents: a pathway towards a green environment. J Porous Mater 27, 1659–1668 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-020-00945-6

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