Carbon dioxide capture using polyethylenimine-loaded mesoporous carbons  

作　　者：Jitong Wang Huichao Chen Huanhuan Zhou Xiaojun Liu Wenming Qiao Donghui Long Licheng Ling 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering,East China University of Science and Technology

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》2013年第1期124-132,共9页环境科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50730003);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-07-0285);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

摘　　要：A high efficiency sorbent for CO2 capture was developed by loading polyethylenimine （PEI） on mesoporous carbons which possessed well-developed mesoporous structures and large pore volume. The physicochemical properties of the sorbent were characterized by N2 adsorption/desorption, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, thermal gravimetric analysis （TG） and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR） techniques followed by testing for CO2 capture. Factors that affected the sorption capacity of the sorbent were studied. The sorbent exhibited extraordinary capture capacity with CO2 concentration ranging from 5% to 80%. The optimal PEI loading was determined to be 65 wt.% with a CO2 sorption capacity of 4.82 mmol-CO2/g-sorbent in 15% CO2/N2 at 75℃, owing to low mass-transfer resistance and a high utilization ratio of the amine compound （63%）. Moisture had a promoting effect on the sorption separation of CO2. In addition, the developed sorbent could be regenerated easily at 100℃, and it exhibited excellent regenerability and stability. These results indicate that this PEI-loaded mesoporous carbon sorbent should have a good potential for CO2 capture in the future.A high efficiency sorbent for CO2 capture was developed by loading polyethylenimine （PEI） on mesoporous carbons which possessed well-developed mesoporous structures and large pore volume. The physicochemical properties of the sorbent were characterized by N2 adsorption/desorption, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, thermal gravimetric analysis （TG） and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR） techniques followed by testing for CO2 capture. Factors that affected the sorption capacity of the sorbent were studied. The sorbent exhibited extraordinary capture capacity with CO2 concentration ranging from 5% to 80%. The optimal PEI loading was determined to be 65 wt.% with a CO2 sorption capacity of 4.82 mmol-CO2/g-sorbent in 15% CO2/N2 at 75℃, owing to low mass-transfer resistance and a high utilization ratio of the amine compound （63%）. Moisture had a promoting effect on the sorption separation of CO2. In addition, the developed sorbent could be regenerated easily at 100℃, and it exhibited excellent regenerability and stability. These results indicate that this PEI-loaded mesoporous carbon sorbent should have a good potential for CO2 capture in the future.

关 键 词：carbon dioxide capture POLYETHYLENIMINE mesoporous carbon amine utilization ratio 

分 类 号：X701[环境科学与工程—环境工程]