The CO(2)-capture performance of microporous coordination polymers of the M/DOBDC series (where M = Zn, Ni, Co, and Mg; DOBDC = 2,5-dioxidobenzene-1,4-dicarboxylate) was evaluated under flow-through conditions with dry surrogate flue gas (5/1 N(2)/CO(2)). The CO(2) capacities were found to track with static CO(2) sorption capacities at room temperature, with Mg/DOBDC demonstrating an exceptional capacity for CO(2) (23.6 wt %). The effect of humidity on the performance of Mg/DOBDC was investigated by collecting N(2)/CO(2)/H(2)O breakthrough curves at relative humidities (RHs) in the feed of 9, 36, and 70%. After exposure at 70% RH and subsequent thermal regeneration, only about 16% of the initial CO(2) capacity of Mg/DOBDC was recovered. However, in the case of Ni/DOBDC and Co/DOBDC, approximately 60 and 85%, respectively, of the initial capacities were recovered after the same treatment. These data indicate that although Mg/DOBDC has the highest capacity for CO(2), under the conditions used in this study, Co/DOBDC may be a more desirable material for deployment in CO(2) capture systems because of the added costs associated with flue gas dehumidification.
Multi-gram synthesis and densification is presented for a porous polymer network (PPN-4) examined as a possible vehicular methane storage material. Compaction at 17,000 psi doubled the bulk density of the material and unexpectedly increased microporosity within the material. As a result, the densified material exhibits higher excess gravimetric methane uptake and improved total volumetric methane uptake relative to the powder.
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