An easy strategy to obtain an effective carbon dioxide adsorbent based on rich amines functionalized nano-silica was proposed. Polyacrylic acid (PAA), acted as a multi-functional bridge, was firstly immobilized onto the surface of silica nanoparticles. Each carboxylic acid group was subsequently reacted with an amine group of alkylamines, and plenty of remained amines groups could be coated onto silica nanoparticles. As a result, the rich amines loaded nano-silica was fabricated and applied as CO2 adsorbent. The structures and morphologies of amines modified nano-silica were characterized by FTIR, TGA, TEM, and CHNS elemental analysis. Moreover, the effect of molecular weight of PAA and that of alkylamine on CO2 absorption capacity was discussed. As expected, SiO2-PAA(3000)-PEI(10000) adsorbent possessed remarkably high CO2 uptake of approximately 3.8 mmol/g-adsorbent at 100 KPa CO2, 40°C. Moreover, it was found that the adsorbent exhibited a high CO2 adsorption rate, a good selectivity for CO2-N2 separation, and could be easily regenerated.
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