Viesturs Ozols

Mr. Viesturs Ozols


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 May 2022 in Energies
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Linda Ansone-BertinaLinda Ansone-Bertina
Linda Ansone-Bertina
VOViesturs Ozols
Viesturs Ozols
LALauris Arbidans
Lauris Arbidans
Linda DobkevicaLinda Dobkevica
Linda Dobkevica
KSKristaps Saršūns
Kristaps Saršūns
Maris KlavinsMaris Klavins
Maris Klavins
In this study, new composite materials of montmorillonite, biochar, or aerosil, containing metal–organic frameworks (MOF) were synthesized in situ. Overall, three different MOFs—CuBTC, UTSA-16, and UiO-66-BTEC—were used. Obtained adsorbents were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, nitrogen adsorption porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry. Additionally, the content of metallic and nonmetallic elements was determined to investigate the crystalline structure, surface morphology, thermal stability of the obtained MOF-composites, etc. Cyclic CO2 adsorption analysis was performed using the thermogravimetric approach, modeling adsorption from flue gasses. In our study, the addition of aerosil to CuBTC (CuBTC-A-15) enhanced the sorbed CO2 amount by 90.2% and the addition of biochar (CuBTC-BC-5) increased adsorbed the CO2 amount by 75.5% in comparison to pristine CuBTC obtained in this study. Moreover, the addition of montmorillonite (CuBTC-Mt-15) increased the adsorbed amount of CO2 by 27%. CuBTC-A-15 and CuBTC-BC-5 are considered to be the most perspective adsorbents, capturing 3.7 mmol/g CO2 and showing good stability after 20 adsorption-desorption cycles.