Dynamic Photo-Switching in MetalOrganic Frameworks as a Route to Low-Energy Carbon Dioxide Capture and Release
Dynamic Photo-Switching in MetalOrganic Frameworks as a Route to Low-Energy Carbon Dioxide Capture and Release
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201206359
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Hill, Matthew R.
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作者:
Lyndon, Richelle;Konstas, Kristina;Hill, Matthew R.
For post-combustion carbon dioxide capture technology to realize widespread viability, the energy costs must be drastically reduced. Current adsorbent technologies that rely on pressure, temperature, or vacuum swings consume as much as 40% of the production capacity of a power plant, most of which is associated with the liberation of CO2 from the capture medium.[1] Ultimately this penalty, or parasitic energy load, must be brought closer to the thermodynamic minimum of about 4% to avoid prohibitive cost increases.[2] Given that the triggers for release of adsorbed carbon dioxide, such as vacuum and heating, are so energy intensive,[1a, 3] requiring energy from the power plant, there is strong motivation to develop new release triggers that do not require extra energy from the plant, using renewable energy sources such as the sun. In conjunction with this, adsorbents with maximum gas sorption efficiency can further reduce the costs compared to the conventional energy-intensive CO2 gas separation process.Light, and in particular concentrated sunlight, is an extremely attractive stimulus for triggering CO2 release. If used with an adsorbent material that strongly absorbs sunlight concomitant with the desorption of large amounts of CO2, it may be possible to drastically reduce the energy costs. Perhaps the most attractive adsorbent candidates are metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), because of their large adsorption capacities,[4] and the potential for incorporation of light-responsive organic groups within the pore structure.[4c, 5] MOFs are an important class of 3D crystalline porous