Competitive Adsorption of CO2 over N2 in Asphaltene Slit Nanopores

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Competitive Adsorption of CO2 over N2 in Asphaltene Slit Nanopores Studied by Molecular Simulation Haoyang Sun, Hui Zhao, Na Qi, Kai Zhang, Qiaozhi Wang, and Ying Li Energy Fuels, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02656 • Publication Date (Web): 31 Oct 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 1, 2017

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Competitive Adsorption of CO2 over N2 in Asphaltene Slit

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Nanopores Studied by Molecular Simulation

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Haoyang Sun, Hui Zhao, Na Qi, Kai Zhang, Qiaozhi Wang and Ying Li*

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Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of State Education

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Ministry, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, P. R. China

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Corresponding author:

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Ying Li

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Tel: (86) 0531-88362078

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Email: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

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CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) is recognized as one of the most promising

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alternatives to weaken the greenhouse effect, and the nanoporous materials are

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regarded as the promising candidates, therefore to develop new cost-effective sorbent

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to achieve CCS is crucial. In this study, asphaltene-based slit-nanopores were used to

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simulate capturing of CO2 from flue gas. The grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC)

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and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation methods were employed to examine the

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microscopic behaviors of CO2 and N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores. The isosteric heat

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of CO2 and N2 molecules adsorbed in asphaltene slit-nanopores, and the adsorption

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energy of single molecule of CO2 and N2 adsorbed on the surface of asphaltene

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fragments, and the self-diffusion of CO2 and N2 molecules adsorbed in asphaltene

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slit-nanopores were examined. Strong competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 is found

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in a broad range of temperature and pressure, and it was found that the temperature

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plays an important role on the competitive adsorption. This work demonstrates how

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the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 happened in asphaltene slit-nanopores,

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which not only enrich the theoretical knowledge about gases behaviors in asphaltene,

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but also give out the feasibility that the asphaltenes or asphaltene-based materials

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might be an interesting candidate for capturing CO2 from flue gas.

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KEYWORDS: adsorption; flue gas; asphaltene; CO2 capture; simulation

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1. INTRODUCTION

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Facing the serious global climate change that affected by the emission of carbon

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dioxide (CO2) into atmosphere, the CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) has got great

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attentions.1-6 The rapidly increasing emission of CO2 is mainly generated from the

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combustion of fossil fuels consumed in manufacturing industries and power

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generation plants. Flue gas is one of the main exhaust gases that constituted by CO2

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and N2 in a ratio of 15:85,7-8 hence capturing CO2 from flue gas is one of the key

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processes in CCS.9

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Recently, studies about the CO2 capture from flue gas by using various sorbents

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have been extensively investigated both in experimental and computer simulations, of

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which the theoretical and simulation studies could provide more detailed

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micro-information about the mechanism of CO2 capture.10-12 The solid nanoporous

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materials, such as zeolites, organic frameworks (MOFs), etc., were always regarded as

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the preferable choice with the advantages of high efficiency and easy to get

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reusability.9, 13 However, these solid sorbents with specific crystal structures are still

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not easy to produce, and the cost is not low. Therefore, more and more common solid

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nanoporous materials, including the nanoporous carbons (NPCs), inorganic minerals,

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etc., were tried to achieve the CO2 capture recently, which with the obvious advantage

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of cost-effective.8,

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capture is still a meaningful topic with high potential.

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Developing new cost-effective sorbent to achieve the CO2

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Asphaltenes are the common byproduct of the petroleum and coal industries,

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which can be defined as the fraction of a carbonaceous mixture with the ill-defined 3


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polydisperse of structures and chemical composition.17-18 The “island” architecture

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with single polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) was widely accepted by

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researchers to date,19-20 and the molecular structures of some asphaltene samples with

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the architecture of island had been clearly examined by using the scanning tunnelling

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microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).21-22 The asphaltenes can be

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classified into various types as derived from different sources, including the

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petroleum asphaltenes (PAs), coal-derived asphaltenes (CDAs) and immature source

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rock asphaltenes (ISAs), which have different H:C ratio but similar solubility

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characteristics.20 In addition to the extensive studies about the natural characteristics

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of asphaltenes, such as the density, solubility, structure, composition and the

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aggregate properties of asphaltenes,20,

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applications of asphaltenes are relative rare.

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investigation about the extended

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In this study, the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 in mimic asphaltene

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slit-nanopores were investigated. The adsorption density and self-diffusion properties

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of CO2 and N2 molecules in asphaltene slit-nanopores are examined. And the isosteric

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heats of gases in nanopores and adsorption energy of single gas molecule on

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asphaltene fragments surface are also investigated. Strong competitive adsorption of

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CO2 over N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores is found, which hints the feasibility of being

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used to capture CO2 from flue gas. This work provides some novel feasible way by

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using nanoporous asphaltene-based materials to capture CO2 from flue gas.

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2. MODELS AND METHODOLOGY

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2.1 Atomistic Models 4


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Figure 1. (a) Model of the asphaltene slit-nanopore with two asphaltene matrices (the

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surface landscape is in blue), (b) pore size distribution of the asphaltene matrix.

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The model of asphaltene slit-nanopore with the pore width of ~25 Å was

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constituted by two asphaltene matrices (Fig. 1a), and each asphaltene matrix was

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constructed by various fragments of asphaltenes, including the petroleum asphaltenes

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(PAs) fragments, the coal-derived asphaltenes (CDAs) fragments and the immature

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source rock asphaltenes (ISAs) fragments as described in the study of Wang et al..20

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The asphaltene matrix was constructed by using the Amorphous Cell program

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package of Materials Studio (MS),29 with the density of 1.20 g/cm3 and H/C ratio of

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1.28. And the matrix was minimized by the process of annealing dynamics from 300

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to 1000 K with the temperature cycle.30 The optimal configuration of asphaltene

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matrix is shown in Fig. 1b with the dimension of 35 × 35 × 26 Å3, and the matrix

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was amorphous with the pore size distribution mainly around ~2.3 Å due to the

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irregular combination of the asphaltene fragments. And according to the kinetic

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adsorbed inside the intrinsic pores of the matrix. The whole sorbent was described by

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the COMPASS32 force field and which was regard as rigid during the simulations. For

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gases, a three-site model was used to describe the CO233 molecule and a two-site

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model was used to describe the N234 molecule, the atomic charges and bond lengths

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were list in table 1. Table 1. Atomic charges and bond lengths of CO2 and N2.

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Molecule

Atom

Charge (e)

C

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O

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N

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CO2

N2 106

Bond length (Å)

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2.2 Simulation Details

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The COMPASS32 force field was used to describe the entire simulation, and the

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non-bond interactions were constituted by the van der Waals (vdW) and electrostatic

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potentials. As described in our previous work,35 the GCMC method was employed to

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investigate the adsorption properties of CO2 and N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores by

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using the Sorption program package of MS. The acceptance or rejection of a trial

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move was described by the Metropolis algorithm.36 The vdW interaction was

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described by the Lennard-Jones 9-6 potential, and the electrostatic interaction was

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examined by the Coulombic term. And each equilibration and calculation process has

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5 × 106 steps. Meantime, the self-diffusion properties of CO2 and N2 in asphaltene

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slit-nanopores were examined by the MD method by using the Forcite program

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package of MS. The NVT ensemble with the temperature thermostat of Nosé-Hoover

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was employed to examine the MD process. And each MD simulation process had a

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total run time of 5.0 ns with a time step of 1 fs, and the last 1.0 ns was used for

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analysis. For the single molecule of CO2 and N2 adsorbed on the surface of asphaltene

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fragments, the Dmol3 program package was used to calculate the minimum energy

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configuration.37

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Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) were employed to describe the exchange-correlation

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interaction,38 and the density functional semicore pseudopotential (DSPP)39 method

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with the localized double-numerical basis with a polarization (DNP) functional was

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employed, according to our previous work about the micro-behaviors of CO2 and CH4

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molecules in kerogen slit-nanopores.35

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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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3.1 Competitive Adsorption of CO2 over N2 in Asphaltene Slit Nanopores

The

generalized

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1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9

(GGA)

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approximation

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Adsorption Loading (mmol/g)

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fugacity (kPa)

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Figure 2. Adsorption isotherms of CO2 (a) and N2 (b) as binary mixtures in asphaltene

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slit-nanopores at various temperatures.

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The absolute adsorption isotherms of CO2 and N2 as binary mixtures in

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asphaltene slit-nanopores got by the mixture GCMC method were shown in Fig. 2. It

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increasing pressure, and the temperature has negative influences on the adsorption

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capacity of gases in asphaltene slit-nanopores. While the capacity of CO2 uptake itself

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in asphaltene slit-nanopores is weaker comparing with that in nanoporous carbons,

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which is mainly attributed to the effects of the functionalization of the carbon

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fragments that enhancing the adsorption amount of CO2.8 And as it was shown in Fig.

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2, the CO2 has stronger adsorption capacity with the adsorption amount about 10

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times larger than N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores at the pressure of one atmosphere,

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which indicates that the CO2 molecules have stronger adsorption interactions with the

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asphaltenes comparing with N2. 35

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Figure 3. Selectivity of CO2 over N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores at various

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temperatures; y-CO2 (bulk phase) = 0.5.

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According to the different adsorption intensity between the CO2 and N2

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molecules in asphaltene slit-nanopores that mentioned above, the selectivity

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parameter (S) was employed to describe the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 as

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binary mixture in asphaltene slit-nanopores, with the following equation,34

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S=

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in which x is the fraction of gas component in the adsorbed phase, y is the fraction of

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gas component in the bulk phase. As shown in Fig. 3, it can be found that the

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competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores is broadly

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occurred. And the capacities of the competitive adsorption of CO2/N2 are large at the

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initial low pressures and decrease with the increasing pressure, it is because more

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active sites are exist at the low pressure condition (equal to low adsorption loading)

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and which decreases with the increasing loading, therefore further adsorbed gases

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molecules have to adsorb and locate at the less favored sites, leading to the decrease

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of SCO2/N2 with the enlarged pressures.34 From Fig. 3, it also can be found that the

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temperature has obvious influences on the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2, and

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the SCO2/N2 decreases with the increasing temperatures.

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CO2

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Figure 4. (a) Adsorption density profiles of CO2 and N2 as binary mixtures in

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asphaltene slit-nanopores at various pressures and T = 323 K, (b) the corresponding

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snapshot at 0.5 MPa and 323 K; Z = 0 refers to the center of the pore and y-CO2 (bulk

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phase) = 0.5.

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asphaltene slit-nanopores at different pressures and 323 K is shown in Fig. 4, it can be

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found that the CO2 molecules prefer to adsorb close onto the pore surface, while the

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N2 molecules mainly adsorb at the central part of the pore, and the density of both

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increases with the enlarged pressures. From Fig. 4b which can be seen that clearly, the

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surface sites of asphaltene slit-nanopore are almost occupied by the CO2 molecules,

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the N2 molecules mainly located at the central part of the pore and adsorption amount

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of N2 is low at the condition of 0.5 MPa and 323 K. It further demonstrates that the

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CO2 molecules have stronger adsorption interactions with the asphaltene

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slit-nanopores comparing with N2.

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3.2 Isosteric Heats of CO2 and N2 in Asphaltene Slit Nanopores 10

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CO2 adsorbed in asphaltene slit-nanopores

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N2 adsorbed in asphaltene slit-nanopores

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fugacity (kPa)

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Figure 5. Isosteric heats of CO2 (black line) and N2 (red line) in asphaltene

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slit-nanopores as the variation of adsorption pressure at T = 323 K.

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To further investigate the different adsorption intensity between CO2 and N2

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molecules in slit-nanopores of asphaltene, the isosteric heat (Qst) was employed to

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perform the adsorption capacity of gases in nanopores, which expressed as,29

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= −

〈 〉〈 〉〈 〉 〉〈 〉 〈

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is the number of adsorbate. The Qst of CO2 and N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores at

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323 K are shown in Fig. 5, it is found that the Qst value of CO2 is much larger than N2

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in asphaltene slit-nanopores, which indicates that the CO2 molecules have stronger

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adsorption interactions with the asphaltene slit-nanopore than N2 molecules. Both the

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Qst of CO2 and N2 decrease with the enlarged pressure, it is because the favorable

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adsorption sites decrease with the increasing adsorption loading.29

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3.3 Adsorption Energy of Single Molecule of CO2 and N2 on Asphaltene

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Fragments

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Figure 6. Stable adsorption configurations (side view (up) and top view (down)) of

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CO2 (a−d) and N2 (e−h) molecule adsorbed on the surface of asphaltene fragments.

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(3)

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in which Ea is the energy of the gas species, Es is the energy of the asphaltene

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fragment, and Ea+s is the total energy of the gas molecule adsorbed on the surface of

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asphaltene fragment. As shown in Fig. 6, four types of the asphaltene fragments were

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chosen to investigate the Eads between the CO2 and N2 molecule adsorbed on the

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surface of asphaltene fragments. It is found that the Eads of CO2 is weaker than N2 on

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each asphaltene fragment, which further demonstrate that the CO2 molecule has

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stronger adsorption interaction with the asphaltene fragments than N2. And according

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to the adsorption sites of CO2 and N2 molecule on the surface of asphaltene fragments,

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it can be found that the CO2 molecules almost parallel to the surface of asphaltene

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fragments and choose the bridge site of the C-C bond as the favorable adsorption site,

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which is consistent with our previous work about the CO2 molecule adsorbed on the

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surface of kerogen fragments.35 The N2 molecules also prefer to parallel to the surface

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of asphaltene fragment with no obvious favorable adsorption sites, which mainly

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attributed to the weak interactions between the N2 molecules and the asphaltene

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fragments.

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3.4 Self-diffusion of CO2 and N2 in Asphaltene Slit Nanopores

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CO2 adsorbed onto the asphaltene pore surface

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N2 adsorbed onto the asphaltene pore surface

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Ds (10 cm /s)

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373

T (K)

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Figure 7. Diffusion coefficients of CO2 (black symbol) and N2 (red symbol) in

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asphaltene slit-nanopores as a function of temperature (T) at P = 0.1 MPa.

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The microscopic diffusion properties of CO2 and N2 molecules adsorbed inside

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the asphaltene slit-nanopores were performed by the self-diffusion coefficients (Ds) of

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gases that expressed as,41

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Ds =

1 d n 2 〈 ri (t ) −ri (0) 〉 ∑ lim 6 t →∞ dt i

(4)

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where ri(t) is the position of the center of molecule i at time t, and ri(0) is the initial

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position. Gas molecules adsorbed close onto the pore surface were marked to

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calculate the Ds, as shown in Fig. 7. It can be found that the Ds of CO2 is much

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weaker than N2 in asphaltene slit-nanopores due to the stronger adsorption

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interactions between the CO2 molecules with the asphaltene nanopore. And from Fig.

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7, it also can be found that the temperature has obvious influences on the

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self-diffusion of CO2 and N2 molecules, the Ds increases with the temperature

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increasing. The differences of Ds between CO2 and N2 molecules in asphaltene

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asphaltene slit-nanopores, which further verify that the CO2 molecules have stronger

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adsorption interactions in asphaltene slit-nanopores comparing with N2 moleucles,

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and ensures the occurrence of the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 in

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asphaltene slit-nanopores.

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4. CONCLUSION

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This study demonstrates the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2 in asphaltene

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slit-nanopores by

molecular simulations.

The

microscopic adsorption

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self-diffusion properties of CO2 and N2 as binary mixtures in asphaltene

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slit-nanopores are revealed. The isosteric heat and adsorption energy of CO2 and N2 in

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asphaltene slit-nanopores and on asphaltene fragments are also examined, respectively,

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to verify the competitive adsorption of CO2 over N2. This work is an exploration

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about using asphaltene as a candidate capturing CO2 from flue gas, which provides a

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promising way to achieve CCS by using the asphaltene-based nanoporous materials.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author:

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*Email: [email protected]

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Tel: (86) 0531-88362078

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The funding of National Science Fund of China (No. 21473103 and 61575109) are

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gratefully acknowledged. 14


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