title: CaO nanocrystals grown over SiO2 microtubes for efficient CO2 capture: organogel sets the platform.
abstract: Materials that can capture and store CO2 are important. Though CaO is a cheap sorbent, it is inefficient for practical purposes due to sintering and poor diffusion of CO2 through the surface-CaCO3 layer. We have developed a high performance, sintering-resistant CaO-based sorbent by uniformly nanofabricating the CaO nanocrystals on SiO2 microtubes made by organogel templated polymerization.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695016, India. kms@iisertvm.ac.in.
authors.forename: Annamalai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prathap
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695016, India.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shaijumon
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695016, India. kms@iisertvm.ac.in.
authors.forename: Kana M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sureshan
mesh_terms: D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013818:Thermogravimetry
chemical_list: D017610:Calcium Compounds; D005782:Gels; D010087:Oxides; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C016538:lime