“…A suitable CO 2 adsorbent should have a high specific surface area, a high porosity with proper pore sizes, a favorable surface chemistry, and a high chemical/ mechanical stability. Many CO 2 adsorbents based on different materials, such as zeolites (Banerjee et al 2009;Cavenati et al 2004;Kongnoo et al 2017;Ojuva et al 2013), silica gels (Arellano et al 2016), activated carbon (Fujiki and Yogo 2016;Roberts et al 2017;Singh et al 2017), and metal-organic frameworks (An and Rosi 2010;Millward and Yaghi 2005;Salehi and Anbia 2017), have been investigated in recent decades. However, adsorbents based on these materials have some drawbacks, such as their high cost, complex preparation methods, toxicities, and the use of corrosive materials during their preparation.…”