Abstract:
Biomass has a wide range of sources and is porous, and it is a raw material for the preparation of adsorbents with high application value. The adsorption effect of metal oxide-modified biochar on CO
2 and acetone can be significantly improved, but the together/competitive relationship and adsorption mechanism of metal oxide-modified biomass-based adsorbent for simultaneous adsorption of multiple components are not clear. Based on this, the co-adsorption relationship between CO
2 and C
3H
6O on the surface of metal oxide-doped nitrogen-rich biochar was carried out, which is of great significance for the multi-component synergistic adsorption and removal of biomass-based adsorbents. In this study, the adsorption mechanism of CO
2 and C
3H
6O (CO
2&C
3H
6O) on the surface of different metal oxide-coupled pyrrole biochar (CN5@MO
x, MO
x=ZnO, CaO, Na
2O) was explored by comparing the adsorption capacity, adsorption energy, state density and charge differential density analysis. Firstly, the adsorption capacity and adsorption energy of CO
2/C
3H
6O single component were calculated from the CN5@MO
x surface, and the calculation results show that at 333 K and 100 kPa, the adsorption capacity of CO
2/C
3H
6O on the surface of the CN5@Na
2O is 3.65 and 15.34 mmol/g, and the adsorption energy is −145.86 and −132.47 kJ/mol, respectively, which are higher than that of CO
2/C
3H
6O on the surface of CN5@CaO and CN5@ZnO. It was concluded that Na
2O-doped pyrrole-nitrogen biochar had the best adsorption effect on CO
2/C
3H
6O one-component adsorption. The common/competitive adsorption of CO
2&C
3H
6O on the CN5@MO
x surface was further studied. The calculation results show that there are critical temperatures for the adsorption of CO
2&C
3H
6O on the surface of CN5@Na
2O, CN5@CaO and CN5@ZnO (333, 353 and 393 K, respectively), and the adsorption capacity of CO
2&C
3H
6O coexistence system on the CN5@MO
x surface is higher than that of CO
2/C
3H
6O single component after the critical temperature. The adsorption energy of CO
2&C
3H
6O on the surface of CN5@Na
2O, CN5@CaO and CN5@ZnO was at least 141.59, 112.77 and 31.75 kJ/mol higher than that of CO
2 or C
3H
6O single-component adsorption, respectively, and the adsorption of CO
2 and C
3H
6O on the CN5@MO
x surface showed a synergistic promotion effect, and the CN5@Na
2O had the best co-adsorption effect on CO
2&C
3H
6O. Finally, the electron density difference and density of state were used to analyze the mechanism of synergistic adsorption of CO
2&C
3H
6O on the CN5@MO
x surface, and it was concluded that the adsorption force of CO
2 was generated by the indirect interaction between C
3H
6O and CO
2, and the electron cloud of Na and C
3H
6O in Na
2O overlapped, and charge transfer occurred, which enhanced the interaction force between the two. The binding energy of the main formant of C
3H
6O and CN5 in the
p orbital on the CN5@Na
2O surface is 3.43 eV lower than that of CN5@ZnO, making the most stable adsorption of C
3H
6O on the CN5@Na
2O surface.