Microfluidic Studies of Carbon Dioxide |
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| Authors: | Milad Abolhasani Prof Axel Günther Prof Eugenia Kumacheva |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto M5S 3G8, Ontario (Canada);2. Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario (Canada) |
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| Abstract: | Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration, storage and recycling will greatly benefit from comprehensive studies of physical and chemical gas–liquid processes involving CO2. Over the past five years, microfluidics emerged as a valuable tool in CO2‐related research, due to superior mass and heat transfer, reduced axial dispersion, well‐defined gas–liquid interfacial areas and the ability to vary reagent concentrations in a high‐throughput manner. This Minireview highlights recent progress in microfluidic studies of CO2‐related processes, including dissolution of CO2 in physical solvents, CO2 reactions, the utilization of CO2 in materials science, and the use of supercritical CO2 as a “green” solvent. |
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| Keywords: | carbon dioxide green chemistry materials science microfluidics supercritical carbon dioxide |
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