Issue 35, 2022

Feasibility of switchable dual function materials as a flexible technology for CO2 capture and utilisation and evidence of passive direct air capture

Abstract

The feasibility of a Dual Function Material (DFM) with a versatile catalyst offering switchable chemical synthesis from carbon dioxide (CO2) was demonstrated for the first time, showing evidence of the ability of these DFMs to passively capture CO2 directly from the air as well. These DFMs open up possibilities in flexible chemical production from dilute sources of CO2, through a combination of CO2 adsorption and subsequent chemical transformation (methanation, reverse water gas shift or dry reforming of methane). Combinations of Ni Ru bimetallic catalyst with Na2O, K2O or CaO adsorbent were supported on CeO2–Al2O3 to develop flexible DFMs. The designed multicomponent materials were shown to reversibly adsorb CO2 between the 350 and 650 °C temperature range and were easily regenerated by an inert gas purge stream. The components of the flexible DFMs showed a high degree of interaction with each other, which evidently enhanced their CO2 capture performance ranging from 0.14 to 0.49 mol kg−1. It was shown that captured CO2 could be converted into useful products through either CO2 methanation, reverse water–gas shift (RWGS) or dry reforming of methane (DRM), which provides flexibility in terms of co-reactant (hydrogen vs. methane) and end product (synthetic natural gas, syngas or CO) by adjusting reaction conditions. The best DFM was the one containing CaO, producing 104 μmol of CH4 per kgDFM in CO2 methanation, 58 μmol of CO per kgDFM in RWGS and 338 μmol of CO per kgDFM in DRM.

Graphical abstract: Feasibility of switchable dual function materials as a flexible technology for CO2 capture and utilisation and evidence of passive direct air capture

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Maijs 2022
Accepted
11 Aug. 2022
First published
11 Aug. 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 12620-12637

Feasibility of switchable dual function materials as a flexible technology for CO2 capture and utilisation and evidence of passive direct air capture

L. Merkouri, T. Ramirez Reina and M. S. Duyar, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 12620 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR02688K

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