Accelerated screening of carbon dioxide capture by liquid sorbents

The ideation of carbon capture, concentration, and utilization technologies is establishing a need for carbon dioxide sorbents with specific binding, release, and chemical specifications. While computational workflows can help navigate the broad search space of molecular sorbents, automated experimental screening platforms are relatively underdeveloped. We present a carbon capture screening instrument to characterize the carbon dioxide binding and sorption capacity of liquid sorbent media. We discuss the extension of this capability to characterize the loaded liquid sorbent as well as the headspace to facilitate study of the carbon dioxide adduct, for example its electrochemical activation. The fabrication and computer automation instructions are provided so that the experimental technique can be implemented in a broad range of materials acceleration platforms involving gas sorption. The sustainability potential of carbon capture, concentration, and utilization technologies motivates accelerated discovery of carbon dioxide sorbents, for which we present a high throughput screening instrument.