Porous Materials for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Storage, and Gas Separation
This community develops porous solid materials—primarily metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and activated carbons—to capture carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas and the atmosphere, separate it from other gases, and store it for later use.
The work centers on synthesizing and characterizing high-surface-area porous structures, including zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks, coordination polymers, and biomass-derived activated carbons. Researchers focus on optimizing adsorption capacity, selectivity, and regeneration energy for CO2, while also addressing hydrogen sulfide removal from natural gas and methane adsorption. Applications extend to direct air capture, calcium looping processes, and the development of ionic liquids and cyclic carbonates for solvent-based absorption. The literature frequently addresses the integration of these materials into scalable systems for industrial decarbonization and energy storage.
The largest share of the community's output is found in carbon research, accounting for 7.1% of all carbon-related papers tracked, with 3,333 papers in this group. It also represents 3.0% of xenon research (482 papers) and 2.5% of calcium research (1,061 papers).
The community comprises 19,694 papers, published most frequently in Fuel, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Inorganic Chemistry.
Recent work continues to focus on enhancing the efficiency and low-energy regeneration of porous carbons for CO2 capture, developing scalable metal-organic frameworks for wastewater treatment, and investigating multigas adsorption mechanisms in novel framework structures.