Fast and exothermic reaction of CO2 and Li3N into C-N-containing solid materials

Authors

Yun Hang Hu, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Yan Huo, Michigan Technological University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-27-2011

Department

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract

The conversion of CO2 to valuable compounds, which is considered as an effective approach to solve the global warming, represents a great challenge due to the high stability and low reactivity of CO2. Herein, thermodynamic calculations predicted the feasibility of exothermic reactions between CO2 and Li3N into two important solid materials-carbon nitride and lithium cyanamide. Furthermore, the feasibility was confirmed by experiments, namely, the fast reaction between CO2 and Li3N produced crystal lithium cyanamide and amorphous carbon nitrides. This provides a novel process to control CO2 emissions.

Publisher's Statement

© 2011 American Chemical Society. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp205499e

Publication Title

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Recommended Citation

Hu, Y., & Huo, Y. (2011). Fast and exothermic reaction of CO2 and Li3N into C-N-containing solid materials. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115(42), 11678-11681. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp205499e
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