Impact of Surface Functional Groups and Their Introduction Methods on the Mechanisms of CO2 Adsorption on Porous Carbonaceous Adsorbents

The utilisation of solid adsorbents for the selective removal CO2 from major emission points is an attractive method post-combustion carbon capture due to inherent potential retrofit and cost-effectiveness. Although focus in scientific community often centred on extremely novel, high-performance costly material development, exploitation carbonaceous another avenue research proving be promising. This even more pronounced when considering abundance various waste streams. production adsorbents, however, requires significant post-treatments enhance both textural physico-chemical properties adsorbent, as such, incorporation surface functionalities unavoidable can lead improvements associated adsorption. review aims critically assess routes modification implications these may have functional groups. Subsequently, adsorption mechanisms surface-modified porous carbons are discussed depth with consideration influence introduced functionalities. concludes a detailed section current modelling approaches such application artificial intelligence, Monte Carlo, Density Functional Theory simulations this realm research.