Abstract
The aim of this work was to synthesize zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) by an alternative method and then modify the surface properties for enhancing the CO2 adsorption performance. The ZIF-8 was synthesized by a water based synthesis method using 2-methyl imidazole (2-MeIM) as a hydrogen bond donor and quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) as a hydrogen bond acceptor. The optimal synthesis conditions were investigated by varying (i) the order of precursor mixing during the synthesis process (ii) different QAS (tetrabutyl ammonium bromide (TBAB), tetraethyl ammonium bromide (TEAB) and trimethyl phenyl ammonium bromide (TMPAB)) and (iii) the ratio between 2-MeIM and QAS. The results show that the optimal synthesis condition was using TMPAB as the hydrogen bond acceptor with the ratio between 2-MeIM and TMPAB of 8:2 and in the order of first mixing both hydrogen bond donor and acceptor before adding Zn(NO3)2⋅6H2O solution. TMPAB can provide uniform size distribution with the smallest particle sizes of ZIF-8. This can be explained by the higher hydrogen bond strength between hydrogen bond donor (2-MeIM) and hydrogen bond acceptor (TMPAB) when compared with that of the rest of two QAS. The synthesized ZIF-8 was modified by solvent-assisted ligand exchange methods. The organic linker of ZIF-8 (2-MeIM) was exchanged by 2-aminobenzimidazole (2-NH2bZIM) and 2-phenylimidazole (2-PhIM). The CO2 uptake of modified ZIF-8 was enhanced upon exchanging with 2-NH2bZIM. The increase in CO2 uptake was due to an additional interaction between CO2 and exchanged imidazole linker and an increase in surface properties (higher surface area, pore size and pore volume).
Highlights
In recent years, global warming and climate change have become the most important problems facing humanity
It is clearly seen that only the synthesized sample by route 2 can provide the characteristic peaks of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) which is in accordance with zeolitic imidazole frameworks (ZIFs)-8 by the Crystals 2020, 10, method
The results show that ZIF-8 cannot produced without adding quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) by this synthesis procedure, as illustrated in X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns in Figure 1 be produced without adding QAS by this synthesis procedure, as illustrated in XRD patterns in
Summary
Global warming and climate change have become the most important problems facing humanity. These phenomena are caused by large amounts of greenhouse gases emission into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2 ) is one of the greenhouse gases which is mainly generated from burning fossil fuels in industrial processes for the generation of energy and transportation. A decrease in CO2 emissions is needed, which can be achieved by reducing fossil fuel burning and by capturing CO2 from the atmosphere. Adsorption technology [10,11,12]. Solid adsorption technology is of interest due to its many advantages, such as energy-efficiency, low prices and the ease by which it can be modified. Several solid adsorbents which are porous have been studied for CO2 adsorption, such as zeolites [13,14,15] metal
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