Trends in Solid Adsorbent Materials Development for CO₂ Capture

Abstract

A recent report from the United Nations has warned about the excessive CO₂ emissions and the necessity of making efforts to keep the increase in global temperature below 2 °C. Current CO₂ capture technologies are inadequate for reaching that goal, and effective mitigation strategies must be pursued. In this work, we summarize trends in materials development for CO₂ adsorption with focus on recent studies. We put adsorbent materials into four main groups: (I) carbon-based materials, (II) silica/alumina/zeolites, (III) porous crystalline solids, and (IV) metal oxides. Trends in computational investigations along with experimental findings are covered to find promising candidates in light of practical challenges imposed by process economics.