Novel carbon materials for CO2 capture

The design of porous materials with improved properties in the selective capture of CO2 is a challenging task in environmental chemistry. Among the different porous solids, carbon materials are proposed as promising candidates both in terms of adsorption capacity and selectivity towards CO2 against other molecules of similar molecular dimensions. Both the porous structure and the surface chemistry are critical factors defining the adsorption/separation properties. The presence of a well-defined and highly developed porous structure, mainly in the nnicroporous range, together with the presence of surface groups with basic character (nitrogen groups) allow the development of carbon materials with promising properties in the aforementioned application.