A New Ceramic–Carbonate Dual-Phase Membrane for High-Flux CO 2 Capture
A New Ceramic–Carbonate Dual-Phase Membrane for High-Flux CO 2 Capture
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用于高通量 CO 2 捕获的新型陶瓷碳酸盐双相膜
DOI:
10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00860
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Huang, Kevin
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作者:
Sun, Shichen;Wen, Yeting;Huang, Kevin
High-temperature membrane-based electrochemical CO2capture technology is advantageous in achieving high CO2flux without selectivity constraint over its low-temperature counterparts. A high operating temperature also allowsin situcatalytic conversion of the captured CO2into valuable products in the same reactor, thus reducing the overall product cost. Ceramic–carbonate dual-phase membranes are a new class of high-temperature CO2capture technology that emerged in recent years, in which the ceramic phase plays a crucial role in the performance. We here report on porous Sc- and Ce-stabilized zirconia (ScCeSZ) as a new ceramic phase in the membrane. The study finds that the wettability between ScCeSZ and molten carbonate (MC) is rather poor, thus requiring surface modification of the ScCeSZ matrix by a wetting agent such as Al2O3. The surface-modified ScCeSZ-MC membranes show the highest CO2flux density among all ceramic–carbonate dual-phase membranes previously reported, reaching 0.5 and 1.0 mL/cm2/min at 650 °C with 15% CO2/75% N2/10% O2and 50% CO2/N2as the feed gas, respectively. Long-term testing on the membrane indicates a reasonable flux stability over 200 h. The study also observes that the presence of steam in the sweep gas boosts the CO2flux density by 50% without compromising the stability. A mechanism is given to explain the flux enhancement.