Efficient capture and separation of CO₂‐Boosted carbon neutralization enabled by tailorable metal‐organic frameworks: A review

Abstract

The long‐term development of fossil energy has led to the destruction of carbon balance. Carbon capture technology needs to be used to reduce carbon emissions before clean energy completely replaces fossil energy. Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs), a porous crystalline material, show great potential in gas adsorption and has attracted great attention. The predictability of MOFs' structure and function also make it possible to use computational methods to advance and accelerate research. This review gives a brief overview of carbon dioxide capture and separation by MOFs, including adsorption and membrane separation. In the future, membrane separation technology is expected to be a crucial area of research for carbon capture applications due to its favorable characteristics such as high treatment efficiency and low carbon footprint, while mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) have been given more attention by scholars due to their lower cost and better separation performance. In summary, developing high‐performance MOFs or MOF derivatives and researching more efficient separation methods, such as the application of MOF‐based MMMs, should be the focus of future research by scholars in this field.

Achieving efficient urea electrosynthesis through improving the coverage of a crucial intermediate across a broad range of nitrate concentrations

“…3,4 Urea is currently synthesised industrially using the Bosch–Meiser process, which requires high-temperature and high-pressure reaction conditions, consumes large amounts of energy and emits large amounts of the greenhouse gas CO 2 . 5–9 Therefore, it is particularly important to synthesis urea using an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly route. 10,11 There have been many previous reports on the synthesis of urea by co-reduction of CO 2 and N 2 .…”