Chemistry advances driving industrial carbon capture technologies

Carbon capture (CC) is a key solution for decarbonizing industries with 'hard-to-abate' emissions, such as the cement, steel and chemicals sectors. The chemistry behind CC technologies underpins much of their cost and performance and hence, is an important research topic. As such, this Review focuses on the underlaying chemistry and industrial deployment status of CC technologies that have progressed to the early stages of development and beyond. The discussion provides insights into the CC technologies, which based on absorption, adsorption, membrane separation, cryogenic gas separation and electroswing, poised to have the greatest impact on industrial decarbonization.