Carbon Dioxide Capture, Storage, and Thermochemical Energy Conversion
This community develops materials and processes to remove carbon dioxide from industrial exhaust and the atmosphere, store it, or convert it into fuels, while also managing the thermal energy required for these chemical cycles.
The work centers on adsorption and absorption using activated carbons, porous carbons, and ionic liquids, alongside calcium looping and fluidized bed reactors for high-temperature capture. Significant attention is given to thermochemical energy storage and hydrogen production, often integrating biomass gasification with carbon management. Recent efforts focus on enhancing CO2 selectivity in microporous structures and optimizing amine-based solvent regeneration to reduce energy penalties.
The largest share of the community's output is found in carbon research, accounting for 1.3% of all carbon studies, with 11,738 papers in this group. Calcium research follows with 2,816 papers, representing 0.9% of that element's tracked literature.
The community comprises 19,523 papers, publishing primarily in Fuel, Carbon, and Chemical Engineering Journal.
Recent papers focus on biomass-derived porous carbons for low-energy capture, ionic liquids for separation, and machine learning models for predicting adsorption on magnesium oxide sorbents.