Effect of cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide concentration on structure, morphology and carbon dioxide adsorption capacity of calcium hydroxide based sorbents

Nwe Ni Hlaing, K. Vignesh, Srimala Sreekantan, Swee Yong Pung, Hirofumi Hinode, Winarto Kurniawan, Radzali Othman, Aye Aye Thant, Abdul Rahman Mohamed, Chris Salim

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Abstract

Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH) 2 ) has been proposed as an important material for industrial, architectural, and environmental applications. In this study, calcium acetate was used as a precursor and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) was used as a surfactant to synthesize Ca(OH) 2 based adsorbents for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) capture. The effect of CTAB concentration (0.2-0.8 M) on the structure, morphology and CO 2 adsorption performance of Ca(OH) 2 was studied in detail. The synthesized samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), BET surfaced area and thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) techniques. The phase purity, crystallite size, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area and CO 2 adsorption performance of Ca(OH) 2 precursor adsorbents were significantly increased when the concentration of CTAB was increased. XRD results showed that pure Ca(OH) 2 phase was obtained at the CTAB concentration of 0.8 M. TGA results exhibited that 0.8 M of CTAB-assisted Ca(OH) 2 precursor adsorbent possessed a residual carbonation conversion of ∼56% after 10 cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)586-592
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume363
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CO adsorption
  • CTAB
  • Ca(OH)
  • Nano-materials

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