The calcium looping
(CaL), which applies carbonation/calcination
cyclic reactions of a CaO sorbent, has received extensive attention
for postcombustion CO
2
capture. However, as the number
of cyclic reactions increased, the capture efficiency of regenerated
CaO decreased rapidly. Sodium doping was proposed for modification
of a CaO sorbent, but there was little research on whether sodium
doping had a good effect on different kinds of sorbents. In this paper,
three different kinds of calcium-based sorbents, i.e., CaCO
3
, dolomite, and SG-CaO, were modified by NaBr to explore the effect
of sodium on CO
2
capture performance. The results showed
that the modification effects of sodium on three kinds of precursors
were different. For CaCO
3
, the modification effect of sodium
doping was the best. After 50 cycles, the sorption capacity of CaO/NaBr
was over 3.5 times that of an unmodified sorbent; for dolomite, sodium
had a moderate effect during initial cycles and then showed obvious
improvement in the stability of the sorbent, the sorption capacity
of the modified dolomite increased by over 30% after 50 cycles; for
the SG-CaO, sodium had a negative effect, the sorption capacity of
the modified sorbent decreased by about 30% after 50 cycles. When
the atmosphere contained SO
2
, the doping of an alkali metal
also showed a certain effect.