Preparation of Sponge Like Graphene Oxide Materials for CO2 Capture and /or Catalysis
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 4515
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Interests: synthesis of polymers; characterization of polymeric and composite materials; Properties and applications of polymeric/composite materials; block copolymers; composites; polymerization techniques; anionic polymerization; chemical modifications; coatings; hydrophobicity; responsive materials; graphene; CO2 adsorption; reduced graphene monoliths; polymer brushes; nanoparticles; amphiphilic materials; smart materials; photocatalysis; atomic force microscopy; scanning electron microscopy; morphological characterization; molecular characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
The World is changing drastically due to anthropogenic activities in different levels of our lives. Climate change is an existing problem whose consequences are growing both in numbers and in size day by day. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission is drastically rising and, being the most abundant greenhouse gas, it is one of the primary causes for the global warming. These changes are obvious every day and have a serious negative impact on all inhabitants of earth. Since the industrial revolution, there has been a constant increase in CO2 in the atmosphere due to the continuing dependence of fossil fuels, now reaching 400 ppm. In recent years, humanity has been devoted to developing alternative energy solutions; unfortunately, the majority of the world’s energy is still supplied from fossil fuel (at least 85%). CO2 capture and sequestration play an important role in reducing atmospheric CO2 concentration. Therefore, the development of effective technologies to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentration is very important.
To date, various solid adsorbents have been considered. For efficient CO2 capture, an easy way to produce solid sorbents as monoliths is important. Among all monolithic structures, carbon-based ones are potentially of interest and developing rapidly. The demonstrated chemical, thermal, and mechanical stability, relatively high capacity, and steadiness in cycle operations further improve scale-up feasibility. An important player in these sponge-like monolithic structures for CO2 capture is graphene. Graphene monoliths can capture and/or catalyze CO2 into useful substances.
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences, “Preparation of Sponge-Like Graphene Oxide Materials for CO2 Capture and /or Catalysis”, is intended for a wide and interdisciplinary audience and covers recent advances in:
- Synthesis of graphene sponge like monoliths;
- Theoretically modeling for CO2 adsorption with graphene;
- Catalysis of CO2 from graphene-based materials;
- Real time applications for CO2 capture;
- Monolithic composites with particles or polymers.
Dr. Nikolaos Politakos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Reduced graphene oxide
- CO2 Adsorption
- Sponge-like materials
- Catalysis
- Monoliths
- Porous materials
- Graphene
- 3D materials
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