New materials for methane capture from dilute and medium-concentration sources

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kim, Jihan ^a   Maiti, Amitesh ^b   Lin, Li Chiang ^c   Stolaroff, Joshuah K ^b   Smit, Berend ^a,c   Aines, Roger D ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; IONIC LIQUID; METHANE; SOLVENT; ZEOLITE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SORPTION; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DILUTION; ENERGY COST; NANOPORE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84877776814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2697     Document Type: Article

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