Synergistic Assembly of Charged Oligomers and Amino Acids at the Air–Water Interface: An Avenue toward Surface-Directed CO2 Capture

Premadasa, Uvinduni I.; Kumar, Nitesh; Zhu, Zewen; Stamberga, Diana; Li, Tianyu; Roy, Santanu; Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S.; Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y.; Einkauf, Jeffrey D.; Custelcean, Radu; Ma, Ying-Zhong; Bocharova, Vera; Doughty, Benjamin

doi:10.1021/acsami.3c18225

Title: Synergistic Assembly of Charged Oligomers and Amino Acids at the Air–Water Interface: An Avenue toward Surface-Directed CO₂ Capture

Journal Article · 26 February 2024 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18225 · OSTI ID:2329588

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Interfaces are considered a major bottleneck in the capture of CO₂ from air. Efforts to design surfaces to enhance CO₂ capture probabilities are challenging due to the remarkably poor understanding of chemistry and self-assembly taking place at these interfaces. In this report we leverage surface-specific vibrational spectroscopy, Langmuir trough techniques, and simulations to mechanistically elucidate how cationic oligomers can drive surface localization of amino acids (AAs) that serve as CO₂ capture agents speeding up the apparent rate of absorption. We demonstrate how tuning these interfaces provides a means to facilitate CO₂ capture chemistry to occur at the interface, while lowering surface tension and improving transport/reaction probabilities. We show that in the presence of interfacial AA-rich aggregates, one can improve capture probabilities vs that of a bare interface, which holds promise in addressing climate change through the removal of CO₂ via tailored interfaces and associated chemistries.

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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:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2329588

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 16; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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