The Imine-Based COF TpPa-1 as an Efficient Cooling Adsorbent That Can Be Regenerated by Heat or Light

Adsorption-based cooling systems, which can be driven by waste heat and solar energy, are promising alternatives to conventional, compression-based cooling systems, as they demand less energy and emit less CO. The performance of adsorption-based cooling systems relates directly to the performance of...

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Autores: Pérez-Carvajal, Javier|||0000-0002-6916-1158, Boix, Gerard|||0000-0001-8431-4813, Imaz, Inhar|||0000-0002-0278-1141, Maspoch Comamala, Daniel|||0000-0003-1325-9161
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:220656
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/220656
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/aenm.201901535
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adsorption heat transformation
Cooling
Covalent-organic framework
Porous materials
Visible light
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Sumario:Adsorption-based cooling systems, which can be driven by waste heat and solar energy, are promising alternatives to conventional, compression-based cooling systems, as they demand less energy and emit less CO. The performance of adsorption-based cooling systems relates directly to the performance of the working pairs (sorbent-water). Accordingly, improvement of these systems relies on the continual discovery of new sorbents that enable greater mass exchange while requiring less energy for regeneration. Here, it is proposed that covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) can replace traditional sorbents for adsorption-based cooling. In tests mimicking standard operating conditions for industry, the imine-based COF TpPa-1 exhibits a regeneration temperature below 65 °C and a cooling coefficient of performance of 0.77 - values which are comparable to those reported for the best metal-organic framework sorbents described to date. Moreover, TpPa-1 exhibits a photothermal effect and can be regenerated by visible light, thereby opening the possibility for its use in solar-driven cooling.