Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been and will continue to be intensively investigated in both academia and industry, because it could provide a mid-term solution for the continued use of fossil fuels for energy until renewable energy technologies mature, as well as decrease the emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. In addition to the development of various techniques, the exploration of capture materials with high working capacity, separation efficiency, and low cost are significant. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of newly-developed porous materials constructed by organic linkers bridging inorganic nodes have been demonstrated to be promising in CO2 capture. Herein, we present synthesis, structural characterizations, and CO2 selective adsorption and separation of several series of �smart� MOFs, pre-designed at the molecular level for CO2 adsorption and separation (from N2 and CH4). The excellent CO2 capture has been approved by both experimental measurements and molecular simulations.

Metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture

244th National Meeting (2012)

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