APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOMATERIAL IN CO2 CAPTURE ENHANCEMENT

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are believed to be a major contributor to global warming. As a consequence large anthropogenic CO2 sources worldwide will eventually be required to implement CO2 capture andstorage technologies to control CO2 emissions. Many extensive research works have been carrying out to improve the constraints of existing technology. Unfortunately no current technologies for removing CO2 fromsource exist which satisfy the need of safety, efficiency and economically. Nanotechnology can play an important role to provide viable material solutions to the challenges of cost-effective, energy efficient and highvolumeCO2 capture. This minireview highlights some recent promising research activities and their prospects in the area of carbon capture with reference to nanotechnology based solutions. The potential opportunitiesand challenges that face future trends of nanotechnology applications in the CO2 capture and storage are also discussed.

Keywords:

Nanomaterials , Carbon dioxide (CO2) , Capture , Nanosorbents