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Facile fabrication of copper oxide modified activated carbon composite for efficient CO2 adsorption

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Copper oxide modified activated carbon (CuO/AC) composites for the CO2 capture were synthesized via a facile assembly strategy associated with a direct solid-state heat dispersion process by introducing CuO into AC using Cu(NO3)2 as the copper source. The synthesized CuO/AC composites with various CuO contents were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurement, and the CO2 adsorption performance was investigated. The characterization results indicate that the Cu(NO3)2 species was well dispersed into the AC pore channels and then converted to a highly dispersed CuO after the activation process. The adsorption results reveal that the CO2 adsorption performance can be significantly improved by introducing CuO onto the AC surfaces, and the CuO(0.6)/AC composite with a CuO loading of 0.6 mmol/g AC shows a high CO2 adsorption capacity and adsorption selectivity and displays an excellent reversibility. Additionally, the calculated adsorption heat values of CO2 on the CuO(0.6)/AC composite are in the range of 27.3 to 33.9 kJ/mol.

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This work was supported by the Qingdao Science and Technology Plan Application Foundation Research Project (19-6-2-28-cg), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2018BB071) and the Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program (2019GSF109038).

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    Guanghui Chen, Cailin Ji, Weiwen Wang, Jipeng Dong & Fei Gao

  2. Fundamental Chemistry Experiment Center (Gaomi), Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Gaomi, 261500, China

    Fei Wang & Shougui Wang

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Chen, G., Wang, F., Wang, S. et al. Facile fabrication of copper oxide modified activated carbon composite for efficient CO2 adsorption. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 38, 46–54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-020-0684-1

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