Materials for Carbon Capture

Covers a wide range of advanced materials and technologies for CO2 capture As a frontier research area, carbon capture has been a major driving force behind many materials technologies. This book highlights the current state-of-the-art in materials for carbon capture, providing a comprehensive understanding of separations ranging from solid sorbents to liquid sorbents and membranes. Filled with diverse and unconventional topics throughout, it seeks to inspire students, as well as experts, to go beyond the novel materials highlighted and develop new materials with enhanced separations properties. Edited by leading authorities in the field, Materials for Carbon Capture offers in-depth chapters covering: CO2 Capture and Separation of Metal-Organic Frameworks; Porous Carbon Materials: Designed Synthesis and CO2 Capture; Porous Aromatic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Capture; and Virtual Screening of Materials for Carbon Capture. Other chapters look at Ultrathin Membranes for Gas Separation; Polymeric Membranes; Carbon Membranes for CO2 Separation; and Composite Materials for Carbon Captures. The book finishes with sections on Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers for Carbon Capture and Ionic Liquids for Chemisorption of CO2 and Ionic Liquid-Based Membranes. A comprehensive overview and survey of the present status of materials and technologies for carbon capture Covers materials synthesis, gas separations, membrane fabrication, and CO2 removal to highlight recent progress in the materials and chemistry aspects of carbon capture Allows the reader to better understand the challenges and opportunities in carbon capture Edited by leading experts working on materials and membranes for carbon separation and capture Materials for Carbon Capture is an excellent book for advanced students of chemistry, materials science, chemical and energy engineering, and early career scientists who are interested in carbon capture. It will also be of great benefit to researchers in academia, national labs, research institutes, and industry working in the field of gas separations and carbon capture. Introduction / De-en Jiang, Shannon M. Mahurin, and Sheng Dai -- CO2 capture and separation of metal-organic frameworks / Xueying Ge and Shengqian Ma -- Porous carbon materials : designed synthesis and CO2 capture / Xiang-Qian Zhang and An-Hui Lu -- Porous aromatic frameworks for carbon dioxide capture / Teng Ben and Shilun Qiu -- Virtual screening of materials for carbon capture / Aman Jain, Ravichandar Babarao, and Aaron W. Thornton -- Ultrathin membranes for gas separation / Ziqi Tian, Song Wang, Sheng Dai, and De-en Jiang -- Polymeric membranes / Jason E. Bara and W. Jeffrey Horne -- Carbon membranes for CO2 separation / Kuan Huang and Sheng Dai -- Composite materials for carbon captures / Sunee Wongchitphimon, Siew Siang Lee, Chong Yang Chuah, Rong Wang, and Tae-Hyun Bae -- Poly(amidoamine) dendrimers for carbon capture / Ikuo Taniguchi -- Ionic liquids for chemisorption of CO2 / Mingguang Pan and Congmin Wang -- Ionic liquid-based membranes / Chi-Linh Do-Thanh, Jennifer Schott, Sheng Dai, and Shannon M. Mahurin "As a frontier research area, carbon capture has been a major driving force behind many materials technologies. Development of advanced materials and processes for CO2 capture has a significant impact on the energy industry, society and our quality of life. Materials for Carbon Capture will cover a wide range of advanced materials and technologies for CO2 capture, reviewing the present status of the field and recent advances so that readers can better understand the challenges and opportunities. The book will discuss materials synthesis, gas separations, membrane fabrication, and CO2 removal to highlight recent progress in materials and chemistry aspects of carbon capture"-- Provided by publisher