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Recent Advances in Polymeric Systems for CO2 Capture: A Small Catalogue
Summary
This review surveys advances in polymer-based materials for capturing carbon dioxide as part of climate change mitigation. Polymer science advances relevant to CO2 capture are also applicable to developing materials that can remove microplastics from water and air.
The advances in terms of new materials used for CO2 collectors are growing due to the necessity to reduce the greenhouse gases emission and to respond to the environmental regulations. There are multiple systems which have shown remarkable properties for removal of specific pollutants. Nevertheless, the necessity of developing devices more effective, specific and with higher yield is necessary to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The use of polymeric matrices for CO2 capture purpose is growing due to the versatility of these materials together with their low cost, regarding in comparison to other systems. There are multiple advances in terms of CO2 collectors, and specifically for membranes due to the possibility to modulate these polymers and their properties, but also because these can be combined with other materials thus increasing the possibilities of their applications. This chapter shows some of these recent advances attending to the permeability of these materials, as one of the most important materials with unique characteristics studied for CO2 capture.
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