Application of Multidimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced CO2 Adsorption

Muhammad Tahir; Aziz Ahmad; Sami Ullah; Muhammad Israr; Zahid Ali Ghazi; Mohammad Sohail; Fazal Mabood; Adnan Shahzad; Muhammad Saeed; Saad Melhi; Najeeb Ur Rehman; Salma Jabeen; Ihsan Ullah

doi:10.1002/tcr.202500274

Application of Multidimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced CO₂ Adsorption

Muhammad Tahir
, Aziz Ahmad^*
, Sami Ullah
, Muhammad Israr
, Zahid Ali Ghazi^*
, Mohammad Sohail
, Fazal Mabood
, Adnan Shahzad
, Muhammad Saeed
, Saad Melhi
, Najeeb Ur Rehman
, Salma Jabeen
, Ihsan Ullah

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Anthropogenic activitieshave elevated the concentration of atmospheric CO₂ substantially. This increase has eventually participated to change in climate and global warming. The 1.1% increased of global CO₂ emissions observed in 2023 by reaching a total of 37.4 Gt. Many adsorbents materials were used in previous research but covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have shown significant potential. They are formed by chemically linking organic building blocks into a periodic framework, resulting in an ordered porous crystalline structure with high gas adsorption and retention capacity. COFs possess unique architecture, excellent crystallinity, high surface area, and high porosity which are the ideal condition for a good adsorbents. This review deeplyexplored the application of multidimensional (1-D, 2-D, and 3-D) COFs frameworks for CO₂ adsorption. The CO₂ adsorption capacity of each dimensional class of COFs has been investigated in detail. This review also provides recent research and future direction in this particular field.

Original language	English
Journal	Chemical Record
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500274
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2026 The Chemical Society of Japan and Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Keywords

BET surface area
CO adsorption
adsorption capacity
global warming
multidimensional COFs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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