Effect of carbonation temperature on CO2 adsorption capacity of CaO derived from micro/nanostructured aragonite CaCO3

Recent years, CaO-based synthetic materials have been attracted attention as potential adsorbents for CO2 capture mainly due to their high CO2 adsorption capacity. In this study, micro/nanostructured aragonite CaCO3 was synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method with using polyacrylamide (PAM). The structural, morphological and thermal properties of the synthesized sample were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and thermogravimetry analysis (TG-DTA). The XRD and FESEM results showed that the obtained sample was aragonite CaCO3 with aggregated nanorods and microspheres composed of nanorods. A TG-DTA apparatus with Thermoplus 2 software was used to investigate the effect of carbonation temperature on the CO2 adsorption capacity of CaO derived from aragonite CaCO3 sample. At 300 °C, the sample reached the CO2 adsorption capacity of 0.098 g-CO2/g-adsorbent, whereas the sample achieved the highest capacity of 0.682 g-CO2/g-adsorbent at 700 °C. The results showed that the carbonation temperature significantly influenced on the CO2 adsorption capacity of the CaO derived from aragonite CaCO3.