Cover Feature: Molecular‐Level Overhaul of γ‐Aminopropyl Aminosilicone/Triethylene Glycol Post‐Combustion CO 2 ‐Capture Solvents (ChemSusChem 13/2020)

Valorisation of spent coffee grounds as CO 2 adsorbents for postcombustion capture applications

In this work spent coffee grounds from single-use capsules were used as the starting material for producing low-cost activated carbons. The activation conditions were selected and optimised to produce microporous carbons with high CO2 adsorption capacity and selectivity, thus with potential to be used as adsorbents in postcombustion CO2 capture applications. Two activation methods are compared:...

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Cover Feature Physiological Computing

Brain−computer interfaces (BCIs) hold great promise for improving information delivery and preserving user attention, but this promise has not yet translated to practical use. A prototype BCI that optimizes email notifications in noisy, complex environments, CARSON combines multiple measures from the brain to predict both cognitive workload and message relevancy to determine the optimum time to...

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Dynamics of Postcombustion CO2 Capture Plants: Modeling, Validation, and Case Study

The capture of CO2 from power plant flue gases provides an opportunity to mitigate emissions that are harmful to the global climate. While the process of CO2 capture using an aqueous amine solution is well-known from experience in other technical sectors (e.g., acid gas removal in the gas processing industry), its operation combined with a power plant still needs investigation because in this c...