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Assessment of Long-Term Degradation of Adsorbents for Direct Air Capture by Ozonolysis

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  2. School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Porous adsorbents are a promising class of materials for the direct air capture of CO2 (DAC). Practical implementation of adsorption-based DAC requires adsorbents that can be used for thousands of adsorption–desorption cycles without significant degradation. We examined the potential degradation of adsorbents by a mechanism that appears to have not been considered previously, namely, ozonolysis by trace levels of ozone from ambient air. We focused on amine-appended metal–organic frameworks, specifically amine-functionalized Mg2(dobpdc), as a representative DAC adsorbent. Estimates based on the number of amine sites in these adsorbents and the ozone concentration in air suggest that degradation by ozone may be relevant over thousands of adsorption–desorption cycles if reactions with adsorbed ozone are fast. We used density functional theory calculations to estimate reaction rates for amine groups and carbon–carbon double bonds in amine-functionalized Mg2(dobpdc).

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012577; AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2483364
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2499445
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 129, Issue 1; ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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