Abstract:
A method of capturing CO 2 and converting the captured CO 2 into useful byproducts includes providing a material including a material matrix holding an ionic liquid, exposing the material to a source of thermal energy to capture CO 2 within the material, removing the material from exposure to the source of thermal energy, and washing the material with a solution to convert the captured CO 2 and wash the converted, captured CO 2 from the material as filtrate. Materials and systems for capturing CO 2 and converting the captured CO 2 into useful byproducts are also provided.
Abstract:
A method for full spectrum solar thermal energy harvesting and collection includes storing a first heat in a phase change material in the presence of solar radiation based on absorbing full spectrum solar radiation, harvesting a second heat from the phase change material in the presence of solar radiation, storing molecular energy in a molecular storage material in the presence of solar radiation based on absorbing full spectrum solar radiation, transferring the second heat from the phase change material to the molecular storage material in the absence of solar radiation, and harvesting the molecular energy released by the molecular storage material.
Abstract:
Novel tridentate-, bidentate-, and monodentate-based aromatic adsorbates including self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), especially, mixed multi-component SAMs, where the adsorbates comprise an aromatic ring including one head group or a plurality of dentate head groups and one tunable tail group or a plurality of tail groups and methods for making the same, and methods for using same, their use in the preparation of homogeneously mixed multi-component self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The adsorbants and SAMs derived therefrom are ideally suited for biosensing, biosensing diagnostics, biological interfacial mimics, surface protections for nanoparticles, inert coatings for artificial implants, and corrosion-resistant coatings for microelectronics components.