With the clear adverse effect of increased carbon dioxide concentrations on global climate, the scientific community is faced with the grand challenge of carbon dioxide capture and conversion/utilization. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted greatly outnumbers the amount that could be converted into one single product. Indeed, only 17% of carbon dioxide can be converted to other chemicals – fuels (10%) and other synthetic chemicals (7%). That said, the process of CO2 conversion must be efficient and cost effective to lead to wide industrial implementation. Toward this end, the Morris group explores high surface area metal organic frameworks for the capture and conversion of CO2. We have synthesized and characterized two new metal organic framework structures, VPI-100 (Cu) and VPI-100 (Ni). Both of these materials exhibit superior capability to convert cyclic epoxides to cyclic carbonates with carbon dioxide. In this talk, the synthesis, structural characterization, gas sorption analysis and catalytic studies will be presented.

The synthesis and characterization of metal organic frameworks for CO2 utilization

255th National Meeting (2018)

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