Capturing carbon dioxide from air with charged-sorbents.

Emissions reduction and greenhouse gas removal from the atmosphere are both necessary to achieve net-zero emissions and limit climate change. There is thus a need for improved sorbents for the capture of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a process known as direct air capture. In particular, low-cost materials that can be regenerated at low temperatures would overcome the limitations of current technologies.

Discovery and In Situ Crystallization Studies of Cerium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks with V-Shaped Linker Molecules.

We report the discovery and characterization of two porous Ce(III)-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with the V-shaped linker molecules 4,4'-sulfonyldibenzoate (SDB) and 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(benzoate) (hfipbb). The compounds of framework composition [Ce(HO)(SDB)] () and [Ce(hfipbb)] () were obtained by using a synthetic approach in acetonitrile that we recently established. Structure determination of was accomplished from 3D electron diffraction (3D ED) data, while could be refined against powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data using the crystal structure of an isostructural La-MOF as the starting model.

Cooperative CO adsorption mechanism in a perfluorinated Ce-based metal organic framework.

Adsorbents able to uptake large amounts of gases within a narrow range of pressure, , phase-change adsorbents, are emerging as highly interesting systems to achieve excellent gas separation performances with little energy input for regeneration. A recently discovered phase-change metal-organic framework (MOF) adsorbent is F4_MIL-140A(Ce), based on Ce and tetrafluoroterephthalate. This MOF displays a non-hysteretic step-shaped CO adsorption isotherm, reaching saturation in conditions of temperature and pressure compatible with real life application in post-combustion carbon capture, biogas upgrading and acetylene purification.

Quinoid-Thiophene-Based Covalent Organic Polymers for High Iodine Uptake: When Rational Chemical Design Counterbalances the Low Surface Area and Pore Volume.

A novel 2D covalent organic polymer (COP), based on conjugated quinoid-oligothiophene (QOT) and tris(aminophenyl) benzene (TAPB) moieties, is designed and synthesized (TAPB-QOT COP). Some DFT calculations are made to clarify the equilibrium between different QOT isomers and how they could affect the COP formation. Once synthetized, the polymer has been thoroughly characterized by spectroscopic (, Raman, UV-vis), SSNMR and surface (, SEM, BET) techniques, showing a modest surface area (113 m g) and micropore volume (0.

CeO Frustrated Lewis Pairs Improving CO and CHOH Conversion to Monomethylcarbonate.

Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), discovered in the last few decades for homogeneous catalysts and in the last few years also for heterogeneous catalysts, are stimulating the scientific community's interest for their potential in small-molecule activation. Nevertheless, how an FLP activates stable molecules such as CO is still undefined. Through a careful spectroscopic study, we here report the formation of FLPs over a highly defective CeO sample prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis.