Name
High-throughput design of complex oxides as isothermal, redox-activated CO2 sorbents for green hydrogen generation
Date & Time
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Description

Sorption-enhanced reforming and gasification (SERG) offers a promising approach to intensify hydrogen production from carbonaceous feedstocks. However, conventional sorbents require substantial temperature increases for the endothermic CO2 release step and are prone to deactivation. This study introduces a new class of redox-activated sorbents capable of stable isothermal operation and tunable heats of reactions, thereby facilitating an efficient reactive separation scheme. Using plane-wave density functional theory (DFT) calculations of structures and free energies, we screened 1225 perovskite-structured sorbent candidates, subsequently subjecting selected candidates to experimental validation. These advanced sorbents showed reversible, isothermal carbonation, permitting isothermal SERG or iSERG. Up to 78% reversible carbonation of the A-site cation was demonstrated. Additionally, an effective descriptor, (ΔGabs + ΔGreg), was identified to expedite the optimization of sorbents, displaying a strong correlation with their CO2 capacity. The versatility of these sorbents was demonstrated in a fluidized bed for woody biomass gasification and a packed bed for biogas conversion, yielding hydrogen-enriched (76 vol.%) syngas from biomass and 95+% pure H2 from biogas. Furthermore, employing concentrated O2 in the regeneration step can facilitate integrated CO2 capture, leading to negative life-cycle CO2 emission.

Location Name
Max Bell 252
Full Address
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
107 Tunnel Mountain Dr
Banff AB T1L 1H5
Canada
Session Type
Oral Presentation
Abstract ID
1116