Synergistic Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion in Porous Materials

Abstract

Global climate change and excessive CO2 emissions have caused widespread public concern in recent years. Tremendous efforts have been made towards CO2 capture and conversion. This has led to the development of numerous porous materials as CO2 capture sorbents. Concurrently, the conversion of CO2 into value-added products by chemical methods has also been well-documented recently. However, realizing the attractive prospect of direct, in situ chemical conversion of captured CO2 into other chemicals remains a challenge.

Keywords: carbon dioxide fixation; heterogeneous catalysis; polymers; porous materials; supported catalysts.