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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 586-592 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Surface Science |
| Volume | 363 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CO adsorption
- CTAB
- Ca(OH)
- Nano-materials