Science and Environment

Capturing Carbon Dioxide in Molecular Sponges

There is much discussion today about Carbon Capture and Storage. Conventional carbon capture relies on chemically bonding CO2 to a reactive molecule in the liquid state, a process called amine scrubbing. An alternate approach is one to use a solid like a sponge to trap CO2. After a decade, we have developed a solid that has actually been moved up the technology ladder, with different academic and industrial partners, to actually be capturing CO2 from a cement plant in Vancouver. This talk will discuss some of the basic science and also the hurdles to translate from milligrams to industrial demonstration.

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