Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2020, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 469-474.DOI: 10.15541/jim20190214

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Theoretical Investigation on Adsorption and Separation of CO2/N2 in Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials

LU Xiaoqing,WANG Maohuai   

  1. School of Materids Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China
  • Received:2019-05-07 Revised:2019-06-21 Published:2020-04-20 Online:2019-07-23
  • Supported by:
    Shandong Natural Science Foundation(ZR2019MEM005);Shandong Natural Science Foundation(ZR2017MA024);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(18CX02042A);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(18CX07002A);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(18CX05011A)

Abstract:

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a promising strategy for reduction of CO2 emissions. Herein, CO2/N2 adsorption and separation in three SIFSIX-X-Cu (arrayed via SiF6 2- with Cu metal center, X = 2, 3, O) hybrid ultramicroporous materials at 298 K within 0-5 kPa were investigated by using grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation. Results showed that, in contrast to SIFSIX-2-Cu, CO2 adsorption in SIFSIX-3-Cu and SIFSIX-O-Cu reached saturation at 0.5 kPa and their CO2 adsorption capacity were 2.70 and 2.39 mmol·g -1 at 1 kPa, respectively. The CO2 adsorption capacity in CO2/N2 mixture barely decreased. SIFSIX-3-Cu and SIFSIX-O-Cu owned close pore sizes to CO2 dynamics diameter, thereby exhibiting high CO2 affinity with adsorption heat of 59 and 66 kJ·mol -1, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) analyses showed only one CO2 molecule could be adsorbed in each hole and located at the center of SIFSIX-3-Cu and SIFSIX-O-Cu. Our results provide a theoretical guidance for developing ultramicroporous materials in adsorption and separation of CO2 at low pressure.

Key words: grand-canonical Monte Carlo, hybrid microporous materials, adsorption, separation

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