Fabrication of a functional microgel-based hybrid nanofluid and its application in CO 2 gas adsorption

Dongdong Yao, Ting Li, Yaping Zheng, Zhilin Zhang

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Abstract

In this study, a novel hybrid nanofluid, composed of a composite core of poly(2-dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate) microgel and silica (PDMAEMA/SiO 2 ) and a shell of polyetheramine (M2070), was fabricated via a combination of inversed emulsion polymerization, biomimetic silicification and grafting onto approach. Firstly, PDMAEMA microgel of ca. 300-nm diameter with good dispersity was prepared in water/cyclohexane system. Subsequently, walnut kernel-structured and solid spherical PDMAEMA/SiO 2 composites were fabricated using swollen and contractive PDMAEMA microgel as catalytic template, respectively. Then 3-(2, 3-epoxypropoxy) propyl trimethoxysilane (KH560) modified M2070 was grafted on PDMAEMA/SiO 2 composites to obtain two kinds of solvent-free PDMAEMA/SiO 2 @M2070 hybrid nanofluids with core@shell structure. Finally, the CO 2 gas adsorption performance of these nanofluids was investigated under different CO 2 pressure (0.5–4.5 MPa) at 25 °C. The results indicated that nanofluid with walnut kernel-structured core showed more excellent CO 2 adsorption capacity than solid spherical one. Moreover, it still displayed good stability over ten adsorption-desorption cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-137
Number of pages7
JournalReactive and Functional Polymers
Volume136
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019

Keywords

  • Biomimetic silicification
  • CO gas adsorption
  • PDMAEMA microgel
  • Solvent-free hybrid nanofluid

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