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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4415
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4415
01 Oct 2025
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Experimental determination of the global warming potential of carbonyl fluoride

Dongkyum Kim and Jeongsoon Lee

Abstract. Carbonyl fluoride (COF2) has recently attracted attention as a potential low-global-warming-potential (GWP) replacement for high-GWP fluorinated gases (F-gases) used in semiconductor and display manufacturing, such as HFCs, PFCs, SF6, and NF3, because of its proven efficacy as a chamber-cleaning gas and rapid hydrolysis in moist air. In this study, the infrared absorption cross-section (ACS) of COF2 was measured using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and its radiative efficiency (RE) was calculated using a revised form of the Pinnock curve that incorporates stratospheric temperature adjustment, yielding 0.1413 W·m⁻²·ppb⁻¹. Atmospheric lifetimes of COF2 determined from kinetic decay profiles were 7.56 h, 36.67 min, and 54.86 min for dry synthetic air (O2-only), high-humidity, and low-humidity conditions, respectively, corresponding to GWP100 values of 0.1018, 0.0082, and 0.0117, respectively. Accordingly, in moist tropospheric air, COF2 exhibited GWP100 <1. These results demonstrate that water vapor-driven hydrolysis overwhelmingly governs COF2 removal in the atmosphere, leading to a substantially shorter lifetime and far lower GWP than conventional F-gases. Furthermore, since CO2 is the confirmed terminal degradation product, the ultimate climate impact of COF2 is equivalent to that of CO2 on a molar basis. This study presents one of the most comprehensive experimental analyses of COF2 and offers a robust evaluation of its GWP and its potential as a sustainable alternative for reducing the climate footprint of semiconductor and display manufacturing processes.

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This study presents the global warming potential (GWP) of COF2 by measuring the ACS and atmospheric lifetime of COF2 under selected atmospheric conditions. The results showed that COF2 has a much lower global warming potential than conventional fluorinated gases. Thus, it validates the use of COF2 as a sustainable alternative for reducing the climate footprint of semiconductor and display manufacturing processes.
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