Adsorbents for carbon capture

The demonstration of innovative technology associated with carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been growing tremendously over the last few decades in research, implementation, and policy-making perspectives. Various research organizations, agencies, government bodies, and private industries are trying to accomplish a breakeven between the current demand of the energy ecosystem, energy distribution, and its supply with the reduction in carbon emission to earn the carbon credits. CCS technologies have potential to meet various requirements to mitigate the issues related to climate change and potential hazards to the planet earth. Several upcoming research and developments in the CCS technologies would contribute to the broader acceptance of the technology, further ensuring the source identification, implementation, and performance monitoring of the CCS units. This chapter reviews the CCS methodologies currently being used and developed in the process industries. Furthermore, particular emphasis has been given to the new, highly porous materials such as clays, metal-oxide frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), biomass-based materials, and zeolites which exhibits robust efficiency. Further, the future perspectives for the CCS have been described to accommodate the newer technologies embedded with the currently existing techniques.