High capacity carbon dioxide adsorption by inexpensive covalent organic polymers

by H. A. Patel, F. Karadas, A. Canlier, J. Park, E. Deniz, Y. Jung, M. Atilhan, C. T. Yavuz
Year: 2012 DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/JM/c2jm30761h#!divAbstract

Abstract

Efficient CO2 scrubbing without a significant energy penalty remains an outstanding challenge for the - industry where aqueous  solutions are still widely used. Porous materials have long been evaluated for next generation CO2 adsorbents. Porous , robust and inexpensive, show promise as feasible materials for the capture of CO2 from warm exhaust fumes. We report the syntheses of porous covalent organic  (COPs) with CO2  capacities of up to 5616 mg g−1 (measured at high pressures, i.e. 200 bar) and industrially relevant temperatures (as warm as 65 °C). COPs are stable in boiling  for at least one week and near infinite CO2/H2 selectivity is observed.