TY - JOUR
T1 - Stabilization of Pure Vaterite During Carbon Mineralization
T2 - Defining Critical Activities, Additive Concentrations, and Gas Flow Conditions for Carbon Utilization
AU - Williams, Jonah M.
AU - Zhao, Diandian
AU - Moon, Seokyoon
AU - Kawashima, Shiho
AU - Park, Ah Hyung Alissa
AU - Moment, Aaron J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Chemical Society
PY - 2023/11/1
Y1 - 2023/11/1
N2 - The use of carbon mineralization to mitigate anthropogenic carbon emissions is an attractive carbon capture and utilization (CCU) method. This is due to the abundance of global Ca-bearing alkaline wastes and minerals and the associated thermodynamic stability of precipitated calcium carbonates (PCC). In order to improve the motivation for CCU mineralization methods, increasing the value and uses of the formed PCC is crucial. The properties of the PCC, namely, the crystalline phase(s) present, will have serious implications regarding the postrecovery uses and the commodity value. Vaterite, a metastable form of calcium carbonate, is a valuable polymorph of PCC due to its spherical shape, solubility, and porosity; its potential uses include the construction, pharmaceutical, and consumables industries. Herein, we examine the practical conditions necessary to produce pure vaterite from a calcium source (i.e., CaCl2) reacted with carbon in the form of both aqueous carbonates (i.e., K2CO3) and gaseous CO2. Dosage of and the relative bulk concentration of carbon species (e.g., CO2/CO32-) has implications on the stability of vaterite on reaction time scales. Ionic cofactor additives, such as NH4+ and SO42-, were effective in enhancing the stability of vaterite under ambient conditions, revealing the critical additive ratio to synthesize pure vaterite. Finally, testing showed that vaterite’s effect on cement hydration kinetics is similar to that of calcite, which is currently used in industry, indicating that vaterite can also serve as a filler for concrete production to replace Ordinary Portland cement. Overall, this study provides insights into the engineering of crystallization systems which can easily and selectively produce vaterite, an emerging and valuable PCC product in the context of carbon mineralization activities for CCU.
AB - The use of carbon mineralization to mitigate anthropogenic carbon emissions is an attractive carbon capture and utilization (CCU) method. This is due to the abundance of global Ca-bearing alkaline wastes and minerals and the associated thermodynamic stability of precipitated calcium carbonates (PCC). In order to improve the motivation for CCU mineralization methods, increasing the value and uses of the formed PCC is crucial. The properties of the PCC, namely, the crystalline phase(s) present, will have serious implications regarding the postrecovery uses and the commodity value. Vaterite, a metastable form of calcium carbonate, is a valuable polymorph of PCC due to its spherical shape, solubility, and porosity; its potential uses include the construction, pharmaceutical, and consumables industries. Herein, we examine the practical conditions necessary to produce pure vaterite from a calcium source (i.e., CaCl2) reacted with carbon in the form of both aqueous carbonates (i.e., K2CO3) and gaseous CO2. Dosage of and the relative bulk concentration of carbon species (e.g., CO2/CO32-) has implications on the stability of vaterite on reaction time scales. Ionic cofactor additives, such as NH4+ and SO42-, were effective in enhancing the stability of vaterite under ambient conditions, revealing the critical additive ratio to synthesize pure vaterite. Finally, testing showed that vaterite’s effect on cement hydration kinetics is similar to that of calcite, which is currently used in industry, indicating that vaterite can also serve as a filler for concrete production to replace Ordinary Portland cement. Overall, this study provides insights into the engineering of crystallization systems which can easily and selectively produce vaterite, an emerging and valuable PCC product in the context of carbon mineralization activities for CCU.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00835
DO - 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00835
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85177202036
SN - 1528-7483
VL - 23
SP - 8103
EP - 8115
JO - Crystal Growth and Design
JF - Crystal Growth and Design
IS - 11
ER -