Preparation of dendrimer polyol/mesoporous silica nanocomposite for reversible CO₂ adsorption: Effect of pore size and polyol content

This paper focuses on the synthesis of polyol/MCM-48 nanocomposite materials with different percentages of polyalcohol dendrimer H20. The obtained materials were used for CO₂ adsorption. CO₂-TPD analysis showed that the samples containing 1 and 3 wt% of H20 dendrimer have low CO₂ adsorption capacity due to the occupation of active sites, The sample prepared with 0.5 wt% of H20 dendrimer exhibited higher adsorption capacity and thermal stability. The affinity toward CO₂ was found to be mainly due to the presence of organic moiety within the MCM-48 pores.