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Carbon Storage: Metal‐Organic Frameworks Reactivate Deceased Diatoms to be Efficient CO 2 Absorbents (Adv. Mater. 8/2014)
Author(s) -
Liu Dingxin,
Gu Jiajun,
Liu Qinglei,
Tan Yongwen,
Li Zhuo,
Zhang Wang,
Su Yishi,
Li Wuxia,
Cui Ajuan,
Gu Changzhi,
Zhang Di
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201470048
Subject(s) - materials science , metal organic framework , carbon fibers , metal , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , composite number , adsorption , chemistry , engineering
Diatomite, known as an absorbent for liquids for over a century, is now found to be an effective absorbent for CO 2 gas via combination with different metal‐organic frameworks, as described by D. Zhang, J.‐J. Gu, and co‐workers on page 1229. This finding has the potential to reactivate millions of tons of diatomite to active CO 2 absorbents. It also suggests that the silica cell walls of diatoms may participate in the biological CO 2 concentration process that impacts global‐warming trends.