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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2017
James M. Tour, Bellaire, TX (US);
Almaz S. Jalilov, Houston, TX (US);
James M. Tour, Bellaire, TX (US);
Almaz S. Jalilov, Houston, TX (US);
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of capturing COfrom an environment by hydrating a porous material with water molecules to the extent thereby to define a preselected region of a plurality of hydrated pores and yet to the extent to allow the preselected region of a plurality of pores of the porous material to uptake gas molecules; positioning the porous material within a COassociated environment; and capturing COby the hydrated porous material. In some embodiments, the pore volume of the hydrated porous material includes between 90% and 20% of the pre-hydrated pore volume to provide unhydrated pore volume within the porous material for enhanced selective uptake of COin the COassociated environment. In some embodiments, the step of capturing includes forming CO-hydrates within the pores of the porous material, where the CO.nHO ratio is n<4.