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⚡ Precursor Engineering & Doping Strategies for Efficient CO₂ Capture 🌱💨

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions remain one of the greatest challenges to sustainability. To address this, researchers are exploring calcium looping (CaL) as a promising, cost-effective carbon capture technology. This blog explores how precursor choice and dopant engineering can enhance both adsorption capacity and cyclic stability of calcium oxide (CaO)-based adsorbents. 🧪⚙️

🔬 Precursor Selection Matters

Four precursors were investigated:

• 🟢 Calcium oxalate (CaC₂O₄, CaO-1) – delivered the highest initial CO₂ capacity (0.63 g/g) thanks to hierarchical porosity. However, it suffered 38% loss after 10 cycles due to sintering.

• ⚪ Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃, CaO-2) – moderate performance.

• 🍬 Calcium d-gluconate monohydrate (C₁₂H₂₂CaO₁₄·H₂O, CaO-3) – alternative organic precursor.

• 🏭 Commercial CaCO₃ (CaO-4) – practical but limited improvements.

👉 The findings highlight how structural properties of precursors directly influence capture performance.

⚗️ Doping for Performance Boosts

To counteract sintering and stability loss, two dopants were introduced:

• Al₂O₃ doping (95/5) 🧩

  • Enhanced adsorption capacity (0.65 g/g) and kinetics (0.23 g/g·min⁻¹).

  • Improvements: +3% in capacity and +43.75% in kinetics vs. CaO-1.

  • But, showed 33.8% degradation after 20 cycles.

• MgO doping (85/15) 🪨

  • Achieved exceptional cyclic stability (93% retention over 10 cycles).

  • Represented a 55% improvement over CaO-1, owing to natural resistance against sintering.

🏗️ What the Characterization Revealed

• Al₂O₃ ➝ Stabilized pore networks, ensuring faster adsorption.

• MgO ➝ Preserved framework integrity, preventing collapse during cycling.

🌟 Key Insight – A Dual Strategy

The study proposes a kinetics–stability decoupling strategy:

• Use Al₂O₃ for speed 🏎️

• Use MgO for durability 🛡️

Together, this dual-dopant approach paves the way for next-gen CaO-based adsorbents that balance rapid CO₂ capture with long-term stability.

🚀 Conclusion

This work demonstrates that precursor engineering and smart dopant selection can revolutionize calcium looping. By balancing capacity, kinetics, and stability, optimized CaO–Al₂O₃ and CaO–MgO systems represent a cost-effective path toward sustainable CO₂ capture. 🌍✨

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