Han Jia, Fangning Fan, Qiuxia Wang, Zhihao Shen, Yuanbo Wang, Han Sun, Pingan Pei, Chuanqi Li, Kaihe Lv, Pan Huang
Hydrate-based CO2 storage in the ocean is considered a potential method for mitigating the greenhouse effect. Numerous studies demonstrated that NaCl exhibited the dual effects of promotion and inhibition in the nucleation and growth processes of CO2 hydrate, whose mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, the effects of NaCl at various concentrations on the CO2 hydrate growth and crystal are investigated. The independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition, electrostatic potential, and binding energy is conducted to study the interaction between ions and water molecules...
April 16, 2024: Langmuir: the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids