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Reinventing rice husk ash: derived NaX zeolite as a high-performing CO2 adsorbent

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In this work, rice husk ash was used as silica source to synthesize NaX zeolite potentially suitable for CO2 adsorption. The produced material, denoted NaX-RHA, was characterized employing X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and gas adsorption porosimetry, in order to verify the occurred production of well-crystallized NaX zeolite with a significant degree of purity. CO2 adsorption isotherms on NaX-RHA were volumetrically evaluated in the 298–348 K temperature range up to standard pressure, revealing performances that are higher than those reported for commercial similar substrates. The experimental data regarding CO2 adsorption on NaX-RHA were very satisfyingly fitted by the semiempirical Sips model. Analyzing the best fitting values of model parameters allowed to conclude that the synthesized adsorbent could be quite suitable for applications like CO2 capture from flue gas.

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The authors acknowledge the help provided by Dr. Benedetto De Vito (ACLabs—Laboratori di Chimica Applicata, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) for performing SEM investigations.

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  1. ACLabs - Laboratori di Chimica Applicata, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy

    N. Gargiulo, A. Peluso, P. Aprea & D. Caputo

  2. Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan

    K. Shibata, G. Pezzotti & T. Shiono

  3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica Materiali Ambiente, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy

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Gargiulo, N., Shibata, K., Peluso, A. et al. Reinventing rice husk ash: derived NaX zeolite as a high-performing CO2 adsorbent. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 15, 1543–1550 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-017-1534-5

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