Development of Novel MOF Aerogel Composites to CAPture CO2 - MOFAC2CAP

Project summary

What if we were able to utilize environmentally friendly multifunctional nanostructured porous materials with prominent unique characteristics to tackle the challenging reduction in CO2 emissions induced by industrial operations? MOFAC2CAP philosophy is routed on academic, technological and industrial diversity by collaboration of universities and industrial partner (oil and gas) from two countries. It aims at the development of highly efficient and innovative hierarchically porous composites to foster carbon capture technologies matching with end user’s needs. More than 90% CO2 capture rate, large CO2 uptake capacity and high CO2 selectivity of developed materials in a multicomponent gas at TRL4 serve as effective indicators for the reliable solution. This promising novelty on the composite material development, contributing to mitigate the negative effects on the climate change, will be further broadened in other carbon-intensive sectors as cement, steel and fertilizer.