As a potential candidate for precombustion CO capture at intermediate temperatures (200-400 °C), MgO-based sorbents usually suffer from low kinetics and poor cyclic stability. Herein, a general and facile approach is proposed for the fabrication of high-performance MgO-based sorbents via incorporation of CaCO into MgO followed by deposition of a mixed alkali metal salt (AMS). The AMS-promoted MgO-CaCO sorbents are capable of adsorbing CO at an ultrafast rate, high capacity, and good stability. The CO uptake of sorbent can reach as high as above 0.5 g g after only 5 min of sorption at 350 °C, accounting for vast majority of the total uptake. In addition, the sorbents are very stable even under severe but more realistic conditions (desorption in CO at 500 °C), where the CO uptake of the best sorbent is stabilized at 0.58 g g in 20 consecutive cycles. The excellent CO capture performance of the sorbent is mainly due to the promoting effect of molten AMS, the rapid formation of CaMg(CO), and the plate-like structure of sorbent. The exceptional ultrafast rate and the good stability of the AMS-promoted MgO-CaCO sorbents promise high potential for practical applications, such as precombustion CO capture from integrated gasification combined cycle plants and sorption-enhanced water gas shift process.
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