Issue 38, 2012

Carbon dioxide adsorption by physisorption and chemisorption interactions in piperazine-grafted Ni2(dobdc) (dobdc = 1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate)

Abstract

The metal–organic framework Ni2(dobdc) (CPO-27-Ni, where dobdc = 1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate) has been post-synthetically modified with piperazine (pip) – a known ‘accelerator’ to improve the kinetics of CO2 uptake in alkanolamine solvents for chemical absorption – and the impact of the modification on the CO2 uptake and selectivity over N2 has been probed. While the modified framework, Ni2(dobdc)(pip)0.5 (pip-CPO-27-Ni), exhibits a lower uptake of CO2 compared with the non-grafted material, the selectivity for CO2 over N2 at 25 °C and at pressures pertinent to post-combustion flue gas capture (0.1–0.15 bar) is enhanced. Mechanistically, the interaction between the CO2 molecules and the free amine sites in pip-CPO-27-Ni occurs via physisorption and chemisorption interactions, in which CO2 binds to the framework with an isosteric heat of adsorption (−Qst) of 40.5 kJ mol−1 at very low coverage (P = 0.033 mbar), followed by binding at a higher heat of adsorption (−Qst = 46.2 kJ mol−1 at P = 3.55 mbar). Pure water adsorption isotherms revealed a two-step mechanism for uptake in CPO-27-Ni, consistent with adsorption into the first and second hydration spheres of Ni2+ followed by subsequent uptake via physisorption into the pores. Additional steric hindrance in pip-CPO-27-Ni results in a single step only. The working capacity over multiple cycles was also investigated using a temperature swing adsorption process which revealed reversible CO2 adsorption and desorption of 10 wt% over 10 cycles.

Graphical abstract: Carbon dioxide adsorption by physisorption and chemisorption interactions in piperazine-grafted Ni2(dobdc) (dobdc = 1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate)

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 May 2012
Accepted
05 Aug 2012
First published
06 Aug 2012

Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 11739-11744

Carbon dioxide adsorption by physisorption and chemisorption interactions in piperazine-grafted Ni2(dobdc) (dobdc = 1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate)

A. Das, P. D. Southon, M. Zhao, C. J. Kepert, A. T. Harris and D. M. D'Alessandro, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 11739 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31112G

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