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Sodium carbonate
(Na
2
CO
3
) has been widely studied as a promising candidate for CO
2
capture from humid flue gas because of its low cost, high abundance, reusability, and moderate operating temperatures. However, the slow kinetics of CO
2
capture on unmodified Na
2
CO
3
make it an unacceptable choice for practical applications. If the reaction kinetics could be dramatically improved, then Na
2
CO
3
could be a viable material for large-scale carbon capture applications. The first step to systematic improvement of kinetics is to understand the rate-limiting steps in the uncatalyzed system. We have therefore investigated the structural, mechanistic, and energetic properties of CO
2
capture on the (001) and (-402) surfaces of Na
2
CO
3
using density functional theory to identify the origin of the slow kinetics observed in experiments. We have identified reaction pathways for co-adsorbed CO
2
and H
2
O that lead to bicarbonate formation on the (001) and (-402) surfaces having activation energies of 0.40 and 0.34 eV, respectively. We modeled surface carbonation reactions under conditions of high surface loading of water by performing ab initio molecular dynamics simulations at typical operating temperatures. Multiple reactions were observed on picosecond time scales. Our results indicate that the Na
2
CO
3
carbonation reaction is not controlled by the kinetics of the reaction at the surface but is likely by diffusion limitations. We propose two possible scenarios that could result in diffusion control of the reaction rate.
ACS
Appl Mater Interfaces 2019 Mar 06
PMID:Toward Understanding the Kinetics of CO
2
Capture on Sodium Carbonate. 3072 81
