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Title: What can molecular simulation do for global warming?

Abstract

Carbon capture is necessary to reduce CO 2 emissions from burning fossil fuels, which has led to global warming. Molecular simulations offer chemical insights and design principles for new separation media and for understanding the separation process. In this review, we summarize recent applications of simulation methods from ab initio and density functional theory to classical molecular dynamics and Grand canonical Monte Carlo in understanding ionic liquids and porous carbonaceous materials for CO 2 separation, especially the postcombustion CO 2 / N 2 separation. We highlight design and simulation of the porous two‐dimensional ( 2D ) materials as the highly selective membranes for CO 2 separation. Simulated structure–property relationships for the materials are discussed in connection to the corresponding chemisorption, physisorption, or membrane process. In chemisorption, the focus is on reducing the heat of reaction with CO 2 ; in physisorption, the key is to increase the binding strength via CO 2 ‐philic groups; in membrane process, the key is to increase solubility for ionic‐liquid membranes and to control pore size for 2D materials. Challenges and opportunities for simulating emerging materials are also discussed. WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2016, 6:173–197. doi: 10.1002/wcms.1241 This article is categorized under: Structure and Mechanismmore » > Computational Materials Science Electronic Structure Theory > Density Functional Theory Molecular and Statistical Mechanics > Molecular Interactions« less

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 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA USA
  2. Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN USA, Department of Chemistry The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN USA
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DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
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Journal Name:
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science
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Journal Name: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science Journal Volume: 6 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1759-0876
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Tian, Ziqi, Dai, Sheng, and Jiang, De‐en. What can molecular simulation do for global warming?. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/wcms.1241.
Tian, Ziqi, Dai, Sheng, & Jiang, De‐en. What can molecular simulation do for global warming?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1241
Tian, Ziqi, Dai, Sheng, and Jiang, De‐en. Thu . "What can molecular simulation do for global warming?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1241.
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