Synthesis of nano-sized spherical Mg₃Al-CO₃ layered double hydroxide as a high-temperature CO₂ adsorbent

TY - JOUR

T1 - Synthesis of nano-sized spherical Mg3Al-CO3 layered double hydroxide as a high-temperature CO2 adsorbent

AU - Wang, Qiang

AU - Gao, Yanshan

AU - Luo, Jizhong

AU - Zhong, Ziyi

AU - Borgna, Armando

AU - Guo, Zhanhu

AU - O'Hare, Dermot

PY - 2013/3/14

Y1 - 2013/3/14

N2 - Due to its layered structure, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) generally prefer to form either "sand rose" or platelet-like morphologies. To the best of our knowledge, nano-sized spherical LDHs have not been previously reported. In this work, we present the first successful synthesis of nano-sized spherical Mg3Al-CO3 LDH using a facile isoelectric point (IEP) method. SEM and TEM analyses confirmed that the size of the nanospheres is very uniform, with an average value of ca. 20 nm. Furthermore, a mesoporous LDH sample composed of the above synthesized uniform nano-spheres can be prepared, and this material showed a H1 type hysteresis loop in the N2 BET analysis. Such mesoporous LDH possesses large mesopores (18 nm) and a high surface area (103 m2 g-1), which we believe make it a promising adsorbent, catalyst, or support material. We demonstrated that its CO2 capture capacity is 0.83 mmol g-1 at 200 °C and 1 atm and it can be further increased up to 1.21 mmol g-1 by doping with 20 wt% K2CO3.

AB - Due to its layered structure, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) generally prefer to form either "sand rose" or platelet-like morphologies. To the best of our knowledge, nano-sized spherical LDHs have not been previously reported. In this work, we present the first successful synthesis of nano-sized spherical Mg3Al-CO3 LDH using a facile isoelectric point (IEP) method. SEM and TEM analyses confirmed that the size of the nanospheres is very uniform, with an average value of ca. 20 nm. Furthermore, a mesoporous LDH sample composed of the above synthesized uniform nano-spheres can be prepared, and this material showed a H1 type hysteresis loop in the N2 BET analysis. Such mesoporous LDH possesses large mesopores (18 nm) and a high surface area (103 m2 g-1), which we believe make it a promising adsorbent, catalyst, or support material. We demonstrated that its CO2 capture capacity is 0.83 mmol g-1 at 200 °C and 1 atm and it can be further increased up to 1.21 mmol g-1 by doping with 20 wt% K2CO3.

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U2 - 10.1039/c2ra22607c

DO - 10.1039/c2ra22607c

M3 - 文章

AN - SCOPUS:84873651378

SN - 2046-2069

VL - 3

SP - 3414

EP - 3420

JO - RSC Advances

JF - RSC Advances

IS - 10

ER -