Metal-organic frameworks for upgrading biogas via CO2 adsorption to biogas green energy

Chem Soc Rev. 2013 Dec 21;42(24):9304-32. doi: 10.1039/c3cs60244c. Epub 2013 Sep 18.

Abstract

In the midst of the global climate change phenomenon, mainly caused by fossil fuel burning to provide energy for our daily life and discharge of CO2 into the atmosphere, biogas is one of the important renewable energy sources that can be upgraded and applied as a fuel source for energy in daily life. The advantages of the production of hybrid materials, metal-organic framework (MOF) adsorbents, expected for the biogas upgrading, rely on the bulk separation of CO2 under near-ambient conditions. This review highlights the challenges for MOF adsorbents, which have the greatest upgrading abilities for biogas via selective passage of methane. The key factors improving the ideal MOF materials for these high CO2 capture and selectivity uses for biogas upgrading to produce bio-methane and reduce fossil-fuel CO2 emission will be discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Biofuels / analysis*
  • Carbon Dioxide / isolation & purification*
  • Equipment Design
  • Methane / analysis
  • Models, Molecular
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Biofuels
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Methane