The imperative need to mitigate CO2 emissions has become increasingly critical due to their severe impact on environmental sustainability and public health. Among the emerging carbon capture technologies, deep eutectic solvent (DES)-based technologies have attracted significant attention owing to their facile synthesis and superior CO2 capture capacity. However, their widespread industrial deployment has been hindered by challenges associated with high viscosity and cost. To address these limitations, this study adopts novel a approach that synergistically integrates cosolvent addition and immobilization to develop a slurry with enhanced CO2 capture efficiency. Specifically, an aqueous DES solution was formulated using imidazolium chloride-ethylenediamine ([ImCl][EDA]) in a 1:6 molar ratio with water as the cosolvent, followed by the immobilization of DES onto mesoporous silica to form a composite slurry. CO2 capture experiments revealed a high sorption capacity of 28.34 wt% at 22 °C and 1 bar, along with rapid sorption and desorption rates of 1.39 and 0.30 mol CO2/(kg sorbent·min) within the first 2 min. Furthermore, the slurry exhibited excellent cyclic stability, maintaining a 98 % recovery rate. The significant improvements in CO2 capture capacity, desorption kinetics, and thermal stability underscore the potential of this hybrid system for scalable industrial applications in carbon capture and utilization.
Validerad;2025;Nivå 2;2025-03-31 (u5);
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