FURI | Spring 2021

Evaluation of Algae-Derived Carbon Adsorbents for Direct CO2 Capture from Ambient Air

One potential solution to the looming threat of radical global warming is carbon capture with algae-derived carbon adsorbents because of their low production cost. Once synthesized, algae-derived carbon adsorbents will be evaluated for their pore textual properties before their CO₂ and N₂ adsorption performances in both batch and dynamic columns are analyzed. The analysis done following experimentation will determine if algae-derived carbon adsorbents can be a broad solution to reducing carbon emissions or if they will remain viable only under certain conditions.