Role of Additives in Composite PEI/Oxide CO 2 Adsorbents: Enhancement in the Amine Efficiency of Supported PEI by PEG in CO 2 Capture from Simulated Ambient Air

Sakwa-Novak, Miles A.; Tan, Shuai; Jones, Christopher W.

doi:10.1021/acsami.5b07545

Title: Role of Additives in Composite PEI/Oxide CO ₂ Adsorbents: Enhancement in the Amine Efficiency of Supported PEI by PEG in CO ₂ Capture from Simulated Ambient Air

Journal Article · Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2015 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b07545· OSTI ID:1224862

Sakwa-Novak, Miles A. ^[1]; Tan, Shuai ^[1]; Jones, Christopher W. ^[1]

School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr., NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States

Supported amines are promising candidate adsorbents for the removal of CO₂ from flue gases and directly from ambient air. The incorporation of additives into polymeric amines such as poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) supported on mesoporous oxides is an effective strategy to improve the performance of the materials. Here, several practical aspects of this strategy are addressed with regards to direct air capture. The influence of three additives (CTAB, PEG200, PEG1000) was systematically explored under dry simulated air capture conditions (400 ppm of CO₂, 30 °C). With SBA-15 as a model support for poly(ethylenimine) (PEI), the nature of the additive induced heterogeneities in the deposition of organic on the interior and exterior of the particles, an important consideration for future scale up to practical systems. The PEG200 additive increased the observed thermodynamic performance (~60% increase in amine efficiency) of the adsorbents regardless of the PEI content, while the other molecules had less positive effects. A threshold PEG200/PEI value was identified at which the diffusional limitations of CO₂ within the materials were nearly eliminated. The threshold PEG/PEI ratio may have physical origin in the interactions between PEI and PEG, as the optimal ratio corresponded to nearly equimolar OH/reactive (1°, 2°) amine ratios. As a result, the strategy is shown to be robust to the characteristics of the host support, as PEG200 improved the amine efficiency of PEI when supported on two varieties of mesoporous γ-alumina with PEI.

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Research Organization:: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012577

OSTI ID:: 1224862

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1436503

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Vol. 7 Journal Issue: 44; ISSN 1944-8244

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