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Song W, Wen Y, Wang Z, Xu H, Liao Q, Tang Y, Yu DG, Kim I. Versatile Hyper-Cross-Linked Polymers Derived from Waste Polystyrene: Synthesis, Properties, and Intentional Recycling. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024. [PMID: 38913990 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Waste polystyrene contributes considerably to environmental pollution due to its persistent nature, prompting a widespread consensus on the urgent need for viable recycling solutions. Owing to the aromatic groups structure of polystyrene, hyper-cross-linked polymers can be synthesized through the Friedel-Crafts cross-linking reaction using Lewis acids as catalysts. In addition, hyper-cross-linked polystyrene and its carbonaceous counterparts can be used in several important applications, which helps in their efficient recycling. This review systematically explores methods for preparing multifunctional hyper-cross-linked polymers from waste polystyrene and their applications in sustainable recycling. We have comprehensively outlined various synthetic approaches for these polymers and investigated their physical and chemical properties. These multifunctional polymers not only exhibit structural flexibility but also demonstrate diversity in performance, making them suitable for various applications. Through a systematic examination of synthetic methods, we showcase the cutting-edge positions of these materials in the field of hyper-cross-linked polymers. Additionally, we provide in-depth insights into the potential applications of these hyper-cross-linked polymers in intentional recycling, highlighting their important contributions to environmental protection and sustainable development. This research provides valuable references to the fields of sustainable materials science and waste management, encouraging further exploration of innovative approaches for the utilization of discarded polystyrene.
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- Wenliang Song
- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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Qiu B, Yu M, Luque‐Alled JM, Ding S, Foster AB, Budd PM, Fan X, Gorgojo P. High Gas Permeability in Aged Superglassy Membranes with Nanosized UiO-66-NH 2 /cPIM-1 Network Fillers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316356. [PMID: 37983661 PMCID: PMC10952568 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Superglassy membranes synthesised by polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) suffer from physical aging and show poor gas permeance over time, especially thin membranes, due to the fast rearrangement of nonequilibrium polymer chains. Herein, we constructed a novel PIM-1 thin film nanocomposite membrane (TFN) using nanosized UiO-66-NH2 (≈10 nm)/carboxylated PIM-1 (cPIM-1) as the composite filler. Unlike conventional fillers, which interact with the polymer only via the surface, the UiO-66-NH2 /cPIM-1 forms a stable three-dimensional (3D) network intertwining with the polymer chains, being very effective to impede chain relaxation, and thus physical aging. Nanosizing of UiO-66-NH2 was achieved by regulating the nucleation kinetics using carbon quantum dots (CQD) during the synthesis. This led to increased surface area, and hence more functional groups to bond with cPIM-1 (via hydrogen bonding between -NH2 and -COOH groups), which also improved interfacial compatibility between the 3D network and polymer chains avoiding defect formation. As a result, the novel TFN showed significantly improved performance in gas separation along with reduced aging (i.e. ≈6 % loss in CO2 permeability over 63 days); the aged membranes had a CO2 permeance of 2504 GPU and ideal selectivity values of 37.2 and 23.8 for CO2 /N2 and CO2 /CH4 , respectively.
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- Boya Qiu
- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of MelbourneMelbourneVIC. 3010Australia
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA) CSICUniversidad de ZaragozaMariano Esquillor50018ZaragozaSpain
- Departmento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnologías del Medio AmbienteUniversidad de ZaragozaPedro Cerbuna 1250009ZaragozaSpain
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
- Nottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation InstituteUniversity of Nottingham Ningbo China211 Xingguang RoadNingbo315100China
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA) CSICUniversidad de ZaragozaMariano Esquillor50018ZaragozaSpain
- Departmento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnologías del Medio AmbienteUniversidad de ZaragozaPedro Cerbuna 1250009ZaragozaSpain
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Tian Z, Li D, Zheng W, Chang Q, Sang Y, Lai F, Wang J, Zhang Y, Liu T, Antonietti M. Heteroatom-doped noble carbon-tailored mixed matrix membranes with ultrapermeability for efficient CO 2 separation. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:3660-3667. [PMID: 37350178 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00463e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Membranes with ultrapermeability for CO2 are desired for future large-scale carbon capture projects, because of their excellent separative productivity and economic efficiency. Herein, we demonstrate that a membrane with ultrapermeability for CO2 can be constructed by combining N/O para-doped noble carbons, C2NxO1-x, with high-permeability polymer PIM-1. The optimal PIM-1/C2NxO1-x membranes exhibit superior CO2 permeability (22110 Barrer) with a CO2/N2 selectivity of 15.5, and an unprecedented CO2 permeability of 37272 Barrer can be obtained after a PEG activation treatment, far surpassing the 2008 upper bound. Both broad experiments and molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the numerous ordered polar channels of C2NxO1-x and their excellent compatibility with PIM-1 are responsible for the superior CO2 separation performance of the membrane. Although this is the first study on C2N-type gas separation membranes, the outstanding results indicate that noble carbon building blocks may pave a new avenue to advance high-performance CO2 separation membranes.
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- Zhihong Tian
- Engineering Research Center for Nanomaterials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
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- Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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Bakhtin DS, Sokolov SE, Borisov IL, Volkov VV, Volkov AV, Samoilov VO. Mitigation of Physical Aging of Polymeric Membrane Materials for Gas Separation: A Review. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:membranes13050519. [PMID: 37233580 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13050519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The first commercial hollow fiber and flat sheet gas separation membranes were produced in the late 1970s from the glassy polymers polysulfone and poly(vinyltrimethyl silane), respectively, and the first industrial application was hydrogen recovery from ammonia purge gas in the ammonia synthesis loop. Membranes based on glassy polymers (polysulfone, cellulose acetate, polyimides, substituted polycarbonate, and poly(phenylene oxide)) are currently used in various industrial processes, such as hydrogen purification, nitrogen production, and natural gas treatment. However, the glassy polymers are in a non-equilibrium state; therefore, these polymers undergo a process of physical aging, which is accompanied by the spontaneous reduction of free volume and gas permeability over time. The high free volume glassy polymers, such as poly(1-trimethylgermyl-1-propyne), polymers of intrinsic microporosity PIMs, and fluoropolymers Teflon® AF and Hyflon® AD, undergo significant physical aging. Herein, we outline the latest progress in the field of increasing durability and mitigating the physical aging of glassy polymer membrane materials and thin-film composite membranes for gas separation. Special attention is paid to such approaches as the addition of porous nanoparticles (via mixed matrix membranes), polymer crosslinking, and a combination of crosslinking and addition of nanoparticles.
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- Danila S Bakhtin
- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Biological and Environmental Science, and Engineering Division (BESE), Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Yu M, Foster AB, Scholes CA, Kentish SE, Budd PM. Methanol Vapor Retards Aging of PIM-1 Thin Film Composite Membranes in Storage. ACS Macro Lett 2023; 12:113-117. [PMID: 36608265 PMCID: PMC9850912 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Physical aging of glassy polymers leads to a decrease in permeability over time when they are used in membranes. This hinders the industrial application of high free volume polymers, such as the archetypal polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1, for membrane gas separation. In thin film composite (TFC) membranes, aging is much more rapid than in thicker self-standing membranes, as rearrangement within the thin active layer is relatively fast. Liquid alcohol treatment, which swells the membrane, is often used in the laboratory to rejuvenate aged self-standing membranes, but this is not easily applied on an industrial scale and is not suitable to refresh TFC membranes because of the risk of membrane delamination. In this work, it is demonstrated that a simple method of storage in an atmosphere of methanol vapor effectively retards physical aging of PIM-1 TFC membranes. The same method can also be utilized to refresh aged PIM-1 TFC membranes, and one-week methanol vapor storage is sufficient to recover most of the original CO2 permeance.
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- Ming Yu
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia,Department
of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia,
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, U.K.,
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Bakhtin DS, Malakhov AO, Volkov AV, Kulikov LA, Petrova IV, Borisov IL, Bazhenov SD. Mitigating of Thin-Film Composite PTMSP Membrane Aging by Introduction of Porous Rigid and Soft Branched Polymeric Additives. MEMBRANES 2022; 13:membranes13010021. [PMID: 36676828 PMCID: PMC9861756 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13010021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This work was focused on the mitigation of physical aging in thin-film composite (TFC) membranes (selective layer ~1 μm) based on polymer intrinsic microporosity (PTMSP) by the introduction of both soft, branched polyethyleneimine (PEI), and rigid, porous aromatic framework PAF-11, polymer additives. Self-standing mixed-matrix membranes of thicknesses in the range of 20-30 μm were also prepared with the same polymer and fillers. Based on 450 days of monitoring, it was observed that the neat PTMSP composite membrane underwent a severe decline of its gas transport properties, and the resultant CO2 permeance was 14% (5.2 m3 (STP)/(m2·h·bar)) from the initial value measured for the freshly cast sample (75 m3 (STP)/(m2·h·bar)). The introduction of branched polyethyleneimine followed by its cross-linking allowed to us to improve the TFC performance maintaining CO2 permeance at the level of 30% comparing with day zero. However, the best results were achieved by the combination of porous, rigid and soft, branched polymeric additives that enabled us to preserve the transport characteristics of TFC membrane as 43% (47 m3 (STP)/(m2·h·bar) after 450 days) from its initial values (110 m3 (STP)/(m2·h·bar)). Experimental data were fitted using the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts function, and the limiting (equilibrium) values of the CO2 and N2 permeances of the TFC membranes were estimated. The limit value of CO2 permeance for neat PTMSP TFC membrane was found to be 5.2 m3 (STP)/(m2·h·bar), while the value of 34 m3(STP)/(m2·h·bar) or 12,600 GPU was achieved for TFC membrane containing 4 wt% cross-linked PEI, and 30 wt% PAF-11. Based on the N2 adsorption isotherms data, it was calculated that the reduction of the free volume was 1.5-3 times higher in neat PTMSP compared to the modified one. Bearing in mind the pronounced mitigation of physical aging by the introduction of both types of fillers, the developed high-performance membranes have great potential as support for the coating of an ultrathin, selective layer for gas separation.
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- Danila S. Bakhtin
- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Biological and Environmental Science, and Engineering Division (BESE), Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Golubev GS, Sokolov SE, Rokhmanka TN, Bakhtin DS, Borisov IL, Volkov AV. Membranes Based on PTMSP and Hypercrosslinked Polystyrene for Gas Separation and Thermopervaporative Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aqueous Media. MEMBRANES AND MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s2517751622060038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The experimental/theoretical study over the effect of using the POP-NH2 nanostructures into the membrane selective layer on the CO2 permeability and selectivity. Chem Eng Res Des 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.08.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mohsenpour S, Guo Z, Almansour F, Holmes SM, Budd PM, Gorgojo P. Porous silica nanosheets in PIM-1 membranes for CO2 separation. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Incorporating KAUST-7 into PIM-1 towards mixed matrix membranes with long-term stable CO2/CH4 separation performance. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Benedetti F, Wu YCM, Lin S, He Y, Flear E, Storme KR, Liu C, Zhao Y, Swager TM, Smith ZP. Side-Chain Length and Dispersity in ROMP Polymers with Pore-Generating Side Chains for Gas Separations. JACS AU 2022; 2:1610-1615. [PMID: 35911464 PMCID: PMC9326822 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Bottlebrush polymers with flexible backbones and rigid side chains have shown ultrahigh CO2 permeability and plasticization resistance for membrane-based gas separations. To date, this class of polymers has only been studied with polydisperse side chains. Herein, we report gas transport properties of a methoxy (OMe) functionalized polymer synthesized via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) with uniform side-chain lengths ranging from n = 2 to 5 repeat units to elucidate the role of both side-chain length and dispersity on gas transport properties and plasticization resistance. As side-chain length increased, both Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area and gas permeability increased with minimal losses in gas selectivity. Increased plasticization resistance was also observed with increasing side-chain length, which can be attributed to increased interchain rigidity from longer side chains. Controlling the side-chain length provides an effective strategy to rationally control and optimize the performance of ROMP polymers for CO2-based gas separations.
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- Francesco
M. Benedetti
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Key
Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Key
Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Shaligram SV, Regen SL. Increased CO 2/N 2 selectivity of PTMSP by surface crosslinking. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:3557-3560. [PMID: 35199112 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00065b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The surface crosslinking of poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] (PTMSP) membranes by dithiothreitol under thiol-ene click reaction conditions has yielded membranes having CO2/N2 selectivities in excess of 30 with CO2 permeances in excess of 300 GPU (gas permeation units). The simplicity of this surface crosslinking strategy together with these permeation results suggests that PTMSP that is modified in such ways could lead to useful materials for the separation of CO2/N2 from flue gas and for certain other gaseous mixtures.
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- Sayali V Shaligram
- Department of Chemistry Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA.
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Wang Y, Ghanem BS, Han Y, Pinnau I. State-of-the-art polymers of intrinsic microporosity for high-performance gas separation membranes. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2021.100755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Liu M, Nothling MD, Zhang S, Fu Q, Qiao GG. Thin film composite membranes for postcombustion carbon capture: Polymers and beyond. Prog Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mixed matrix membranes for post-combustion carbon capture: From materials design to membrane engineering. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Zhou H, Akram A, Semiao AJ, Malpass-Evans R, Lau CH, McKeown NB, Zhang W. Enhancement of performance and stability of thin-film nanocomposite membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration using hypercrosslinked polymer additives. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Weng Y, Ji W, Ye C, Dong H, Gao Z, Li J, Luo C, Ma X. Simultaneously enhanced CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity at sub-ambient temperature from two novel functionalized intrinsic microporous polymers. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bandehali S, Ebadi Amooghin A, Sanaeepur H, Ahmadi R, Fuoco A, Jansen JC, Shirazian S. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity and thermally rearranged polymer membranes for highly efficient gas separation. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kim M, Lee SM, Jeon JW, Movaghgharnezhad S, Jeong H, Moghaddam F, Mitchell D, Kang P, Kim BG. Photothermochemical Nanoassembly of 3D Porous Graphene and Palladium Nanoparticles for High-Performance Hydrogen Detection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:49128-49136. [PMID: 34597029 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hybrid materials comprising graphene and palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) are desirable for high-performance hydrogen detection because of the high specific surface area, electron mobility, and flexibility of graphene and the high electrochemical responsivity and reversibility of PdNPs. However, obtaining hybrid materials is energy-intensive and time-consuming. Here, a facile and rapid laser photothermochemical single-step processing method to synchronously produce a nanoassembly of three-dimensional porous graphene and PdNPs from polymer films is reported. Polymers with intrinsic microporosity show high solubility in volatile solvents and miscibility with inorganic materials, allowing the fabrication of homogeneous polymer films containing Pd ligands. The films are photothermally processed using a laser to generate a nanohybrid via photoinduced thermal and chemical processes. The nanohybrid exhibits four-times-enhanced electrical conductivity compared to plain porous graphene, high crystallinity, and coherent covalent metal bonds with a homogeneous size and distribution of PdNPs in hierarchical micro/meso/macroporous graphene structures, allowing high-performance hydrogen sensing (1 ppm) with outstanding mechanical reliability, flexibility, and durability upon bending and twisting. The nanoassembly is integrated with a wireless sensing platform, and hydrogen leakage (1 ppm) is detected using a smart phone. This laser-based nanomanufacturing of the nanoassembly can potentially be applied to wearable detector production platforms in the military and industry.
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- Minsu Kim
- Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseoung-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
- Quantum Science and Engineering Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
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- Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseoung-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
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- Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseoung-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
- Quantum Science and Engineering Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
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- Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseoung-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Convergence Materials and Process, University of Science and Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseoung-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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Ameen AW, Ji J, Tamaddondar M, Moshenpour S, Foster AB, Fan X, Budd PM, Mattia D, Gorgojo P. 2D boron nitride nanosheets in PIM-1 membranes for CO2/CH4 separation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Borgohain R, Pattnaik U, Prasad B, Mandal B. A review on chitosan-based membranes for sustainable CO 2 separation applications: Mechanism, issues, and the way forward. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 267:118178. [PMID: 34119146 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Effective carbon dioxide (CO2) separation by nominal energy utilization is the factual attempt in the present era of energy scarcity and environmental calamity. In this perspective, the membrane- based gas separation technology is a budding endeavour owing to its cost -effectiveness, ease of operational maintenance and compact modular design. Among various membrane materials, bio-based polymers are of interest as they are abundant and can be obtained from renewable resources, and can also reduce our dependency on exhaustible fossil fuel-based sources. In this review, the structure-property relationship of chitosan and some of its film-forming derivatives has been critically studied for the first time in view of the fundamental properties required for gas separation applications. Various factors affecting the gas permeation performance of chitosan-based membranes have been highlighted along with prospects and propositions for the design of a few novel bio-based membranes based on the exhaustive analyses.
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- Rajashree Borgohain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, 620015, India
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1350, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, India.
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Wong KC, Goh PS, Suzaimi ND, Ng ZC, Ismail AF, Jiang X, Hu X, Taniguchi T. Tailoring the CO 2-selectivity of interfacial polymerized thin film nanocomposite membrane via the barrier effect of functionalized boron nitride. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 603:810-821. [PMID: 34237599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Membrane-based separation is an appealing solution to mitigate CO2 emission sustainably due to its energy efficiency and environmental friendliness. Attributed to its excellent separation endowed by nanomaterial incorporation, nanocomposite membrane is rigorously developed. This study explored the feasibility of boron nitride (BN) embedment and changes to formation mechanism of ultrathin selective layer of thin film nanocomposite (TFN) are investigated. The effects of amine-functionalization on nanosheet-polymer interaction and CO2 separation performance are also identified. Participation of nanosheets during interfacial polymerization reduced the crosslinking of selective layer, hence, improved TFN permeance while the formation of contorted diffusion paths by the nanosheets favors transport of small gases. Amine-functionalization enhanced the nanosheet-polymer interaction and elevated the membrane affinity towards CO2 which led to enhanced CO2 selectivity. The best TFN prepared in this study exhibited 37% and 20% increment in permeability and selectivity, respectively with respect to neat thin film composite (TFC). It is found that the CO2 separation performance of BN incorporated TFN is on par with many non-porous nanosheet-incorporated TFNs reported in literatures. The transport and barrier effects of BN and functionalized BN are discussed in detail to provide further insights into the development of commercially attractive CO2 selective TFN membranes.
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- Kar Chun Wong
- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia.
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Ningxia University, 750021 Ningxia, Yinchuan, China; State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- World Premier International Center of Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Hybrid Microporous Polymeric Materials with Outstanding Permeability and Increased Gas Transport Stability: PTMSP Aging Prevention by Sorption of the Polymerization Catalyst on HCPS. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13121922. [PMID: 34207865 PMCID: PMC8229280 DOI: 10.3390/polym13121922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The influence of hyper-crosslinked polystyrene (HCPS) MacronetTM MN200 on the gas transport properties and aging of the highly permeable glassy polymer poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP) was studied and analyzed in detail. The gas transport characteristics of dense PTMSP membranes containing 0-10.0 wt % HCPS were studied. It was shown that the introduction of a small amount of HCPS into the PTMSP matrix led to a 50-60% increase of the permeability coefficients of the material for light gases (N2, O2, CO2) and slowed down the deterioration of polymer transport properties over time. The lowest reduction in gas permeability coefficients (50-57%) was found for PTMSP containing HCPS 5.0 wt % after annealing at 100 °C for 300 h. It was found that HCPS sorbed residues of tantalum-based polymerization catalyst from PTMSP. In order to investigate the influence of catalysts on transport and physical properties of PTMSP, we purified the latter from the polymerization catalyst by addition of 5 wt % HCPS into polymer/chloroform solution. It was shown that sorption on HCPS allowed for almost complete removal of tantalum compounds from PTMSP. The membrane made of PTMSP purified by HCPS demonstrated more stable transport characteristics compared to the membrane made of the initial polymer. HCPS has a complex effect on the aging process of PTMSP. The introduction of HCPS into the polymer matrix not only slowed down the physical aging of PTMSP, but also reduced chemical aging due to removal of active reagents.
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Pramanik NB, Shaligram S, Regen SL. Defect Repair of Polyelectrolyte Bilayers Using SDS: The Action of Micelles Versus Monomers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:5306-5310. [PMID: 33872023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Defects within single, double, and triple polyelectrolyte bilayers derived from poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and poly(diallyldimethyammonium chloride) (PDDA) have been repaired using aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), as evidenced by a reduction in their permeability and an increase in their permeation selectivity. In contrast to the use of monomer solutions of SDS, which were moderately effective in repairing only double and triple bilayers, micellar solutions proved highly effective for all three assemblies. Evidence for intact micelles or micellar fragments being deposited on the surface of single bilayers of PSS/PDDA has been obtained from a combination of atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ellipsometry, and contact angle measurements. Observed CO2 permeances of ca. 200 GPU and CO2/N2 selectivities of ca. 30 for SDS-repaired, single bilayers of PSS/PDDA suggest that further development of such assemblies could have the practical potential for the separation of CO2 from N2 in the flue gas.
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- Nabendu B Pramanik
- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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AbstractPhysical aging is currently a major obstacle for the commercialization of PIM-1 membranes for gas separation applications. A well-known approach to reversing physical aging effects of PIM-1 membranes at laboratory scale is soaking them in lower alcohols, such as methanol and ethanol. However, this procedure does not seem applicable at industrial level, and other strategies must be investigated. In this work, a regeneration method with alcohol vapors (ethanol or methanol) was developed to recover permeability of aged PIM-1 membranes, in comparison with the conventional soaking-in-liquid approach. The gas permeability and separation performance, before and post the regeneration methods, were assessed using a binary mixture of CO2 and CH4 (1:1, v:v). Our results show that an 8-hour methanol vapor treatment was sufficient to recover the original gas permeability, reaching a CO2 permeability > 7000 barrer.
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Novel Systems and Membrane Technologies for Carbon Capture. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.1155/2021/6642906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Due to the global menace caused by carbon emissions from environmental, anthropogenic, and industrial processes, it has become expedient to consider the use of systems, with high trapping potentials for these carbon-based compounds. Several prior studies have considered the use of amines, activated carbon, and other solid adsorbents. Advances in carbon capture research have led to the use of ionic liquids, enzyme-based systems, microbial filters, membranes, and metal-organic frameworks in capturing CO2. Therefore, it is common knowledge that some of these systems have their lapses, which then informs the need to prioritize and optimize their synthetic routes for optimum efficiency. Some authors have also argued about the need to consider the use of hybrid systems, which offer several characteristics that in turn give synergistic effects/properties that are better compared to those of the individual components that make up the composites. For instance, some membranes are hydrophobic in nature, which makes them unsuitable for carbon capture operations; hence, it is necessary to consider modifying properties such as thermal stability, chemical stability, permeability, nature of the raw/starting material, thickness, durability, and surface area which can enhance the performance of these systems. In this review, previous and recent advances in carbon capture systems and sequestration technologies are discussed, while some recommendations and future prospects in innovative technologies are also highlighted.
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Preparation of Amino-Functional UiO-66/PIMs Mixed Matrix Membranes with [bmim][Tf 2N] as Regulator for Enhanced Gas Separation. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11010035. [PMID: 33406610 PMCID: PMC7824137 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11010035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Development of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with excellent permeance and selectivity applied for gas separation has been the focus of world attention. However, preparation of high-quality MMMs still remains a big challenge due to the lack of enough interfacial interaction. Herein, ionic liquid (IL)-modified UiO-66-NH2 filler was first incorporated into microporous organic polymer material (PIM-1) to prepare dense and defect-free mixed matrix membranes via a coating modification and priming technique. IL [bmim][Tf2N] not only improves the hydrophobicity of UiO-66-NH2 and facilitates better dispersion of UiO-66-NH2 nanoparticles into PIM-1 matrix, but also promotes the affinity between MOFs and polymer, sharply reducing interface non-selective defects of MMMs. By using this strategy, we can not only facilely synthesize high-quality MMMs ignoring non-selective interfacial voids, but also structurally regulate MOF nanoparticles in the polymer substrate and greatly improve interface compatibility and stability of MMMs. The method also gives suitable level of generality for fabrication of versatile defect-free MMMs based on different combination of MOFs and PIMs. The prepared UiO-66-NH2@IL/PIM-1 membrane exhibited outstanding gas separation behavior with large CO2 permeation of 8283.4 Barrer and high CO2/N2 selectivity of 22.5.
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Upgrading of raw biogas using membranes based on the ultrapermeable polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-TMN-Trip. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ameen AW, Budd PM, Gorgojo P. Superglassy Polymers to Treat Natural Gas by Hybrid Membrane/Amine Processes: Can Fillers Help? MEMBRANES 2020; 10:E413. [PMID: 33322061 PMCID: PMC7763000 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10120413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Superglassy polymers have emerged as potential membrane materials for several gas separation applications, including acid gas removal from natural gas. Despite the superior performance shown at laboratory scale, their use at industrial scale is hampered by their large drop in gas permeability over time due to physical aging. Several strategies are proposed in the literature to prevent loss of performance, the incorporation of fillers being a successful approach. In this work, we provide a comprehensive economic study on the application of superglassy membranes in a hybrid membrane/amine process for natural gas sweetening. The hybrid process is compared with the more traditional stand-alone amine-absorption technique for a range of membrane gas separation properties (CO2 permeance and CO2/CH4 selectivity), and recommendations for long-term membrane performance are made. These recommendations can drive future research on producing mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) of superglassy polymers with anti-aging properties (i.e., target permeance and selectivity is maintained over time), as thin film nanocomposite membranes (TFNs). For the selected natural gas composition of 28% of acid gas content (8% CO2 and 20% H2S), we have found that a CO2 permeance of 200 GPU and a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 16 is an optimal target.
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- Ahmed W. Ameen
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;
- Research & Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;
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Ahmad MZ, Castro-Muñoz R, Budd PM. Boosting gas separation performance and suppressing the physical aging of polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) by nanomaterial blending. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:23333-23370. [PMID: 33210671 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07042d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In recent decades, polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs), especially the firstly introduced PIM-1, have been actively explored for various membrane-based separation purposes and widely recognized as the next generation membrane materials of choice for gas separation due to their ultra-permeable characteristics. Unfortunately, the polymers suffer substantially the negative impacts of physical aging, a phenomenon that is primarily noticeable in high free volume polymers. The phenomenon occurs at the molecular level, which leads to changes in the physical properties, and consequently the separation performance and membrane durability. This review discusses the strategies that have been employed to manage the physical aging issue, with a focus on the approach of blending with nanomaterials to give mixed matrix membranes. A detailed discussion is provided on the types of materials used, their inherent properties, the effects on gas separation performance, and their benefits in the suppression of the aging problem.
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- Mohd Zamidi Ahmad
- Organic Materials Innovation Center (OMIC), Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, UK.
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Zhu J, Yuan S, Wang J, Zhang Y, Tian M, Van der Bruggen B. Microporous organic polymer-based membranes for ultrafast molecular separations. Prog Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2020.101308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Tamaddondar M, Foster AB, Carta M, Gorgojo P, McKeown NB, Budd PM. Mitigation of Physical Aging with Mixed Matrix Membranes Based on Cross-Linked PIM-1 Fillers and PIM-1. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:46756-46766. [PMID: 32905699 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A low cross-link density (LCD) network-PIM-1, which offers high compatibility with the polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1, is synthesized by a modified PIM-1 polycondensation that combines both a tetrafluoro- and an octafluoro-monomer. To maximize the advantages of utilizing such cross-linked PIM-1 fillers in PIM-1-based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), a grafting route is used to decorate the LCD-network-PIM-1 (dispersed phase) with PIM-1 chains, to further enhance compatibility with the PIM-1 matrix. Mixed-gas CO2/CH4 (1:1, v/v) separation results over 160 days of membrane aging confirm the success of a relatively short (24 h) grafting reaction in improving the initial CO2 separation performance, as well as hindering the aging of PIM-1/grafted-LCD-network-PIM-1 MMMs. For MMMs based on a 24 h grafting route, all the gas separation data surpass the 2008 Robeson upper bound by a significant margin, and the 160-day aged membranes show only 29% reduction from the initial CO2 permeability, which is substantially less than the equivalent losses of nearly 70% and 48% for PIM-1 and traditionally fabricated MMMs counterparts, respectively. These results demonstrate the potential of network-PIM components for obtaining much more stable gas separation performance over extended periods of time.
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- Marzieh Tamaddondar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Swansea University, Grove Building, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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Ogieglo W, Genduso G, Rubner J, Hofmann-Préveraud de Vaumas J, Wessling M, Pinnau I. CO 2/CH 4 Pure- and Mixed-Gas Dilation and Sorption in Thin (∼500 nm) and Ultrathin (∼50 nm) Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Wojciech Ogieglo
- Functional Polymer Membranes Group, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Functional Polymer Membranes Group, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstr. 51, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Chemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstr. 51, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- DWI—Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Functional Polymer Membranes Group, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Maleh MS, Raisi A. Superior performance of surface-treated NaX@Pebax-1657 membranes for O 2/N 2 separation. RSC Adv 2020; 10:17061-17069. [PMID: 35521458 PMCID: PMC9053394 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra02255a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this study, the performances of mixed matrix composite membranes (MMCMs) containing surface-treated NaX nanocrystals (ST-NaX-NCs) were experimentally and theoretically investigated for O2/N2 separation. For this purpose, the MMCMs were fabricated by the casting solution method and characterized by various analyses. The results reveal that there is a robust interaction between the polymer chains and the ST-NaX-NCs, and that the ST-NaX fillers are uniformly dispersed in the polymer matrix. The incorporation of ST-NaX-NCs alters the PEBAX polymer chain packing arrangement resulting in decreased membrane transport behavior for both O2 and N2 gases. The MMCM containing 16.7% wt ST-NaX-NCs has drastically enhanced air separation properties, with a selectivity that is increased to 204% of that of the neat membrane. Moreover, the Lewis-Nielsen model was modified by considering non-ideal effects in mixed matrix membranes, like the clogging of filler pores and polymer chain hardening around the nanocrystals, to predict the gas permeation behavior through the MMCMs. The comparison of the experimental and model results reveals that the modified model can accurately predict the gas permeability and selectivity through the MMCMs.
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- Mohammad Salehi Maleh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413 Tehran Iran +98 21 66405847 +98 21 64543125
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413 Tehran Iran +98 21 66405847 +98 21 64543125
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Pramanik NB, Regen SL. Clicking the Surface of Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)propyne] (PTMSP) via a Thiol-Ene Reaction: Unexpected CO 2/N 2 Permeability. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:1768-1772. [PMID: 31990200 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The surface modification of poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)propyne] (PTMSP) film via a thiol-ene click reaction with sodium 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonate has yielded membranes having a CO2 permeance as high as 530 GPU with a CO2/N2 selectivity of 21. This level of performance, together with the simplicity of this surface modification, suggests that such materials could become viable alternatives to some of the most promising membrane materials that are currently being explored for the practical capture of CO2 from flue gas.
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- Nabendu B Pramanik
- Department of Chemistry , Lehigh University , Bethlehem , Pennsylvania 18015 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Lehigh University , Bethlehem , Pennsylvania 18015 , United States
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Foster AB, Tamaddondar M, Luque-Alled JM, Harrison WJ, Li Z, Gorgojo P, Budd PM. Understanding the Topology of the Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity PIM-1: Cyclics, Tadpoles, and Network Structures and Their Impact on Membrane Performance. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Andrew B. Foster
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Sardar S, Mumtaz A, Yasinzai M, Wilfred CD. Synthesis, thermophysical properties and CO2 sorption of imidazolium, thiazolium, iminium and morpholinium-based protic ionic liquids paired with 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonate anion. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Preparation of thermally rearranged poly(benzoxazole-co-imide) membranes containing heteroaromatic moieties for CO2/CH4 separation. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yoshihara H, Yamamura M. Formation mechanism of asymmetric porous polymer films by photoinduced phase separation in the presence of solvent. J Appl Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/app.47867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hirokazu Yoshihara
- Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Tukuba Ibaraki Japan
- Department of Applied ChemistryKyushu Institute of Technology Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryKyushu Institute of Technology Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Japan
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Highly Selective Oxygen/Nitrogen Separation Membrane Engineered Using a Porphyrin-Based Oxygen Carrier. MEMBRANES 2019; 9:membranes9090115. [PMID: 31484439 PMCID: PMC6780238 DOI: 10.3390/membranes9090115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Air separation is very important from the viewpoint of the economic and environmental advantages. In this work, defect-free facilitated transport membranes based on poly(amide-12-b-ethylene oxide) (Pebax-2533) and tetra(p-methoxylphenyl)porphyrin cobalt chloride (T(p-OCH3)PPCoCl) were fabricated in systematically varied compositions for O2/N2 separation. T(p-OCH3)PPCoCl was introduced as carriers that selectively and reversibly interacted with O2 and facilitated O2 transport in the membrane. The T(p-OCH3)PPCoCl had good compatibility with the Pebax-2533 via the hydrogen bond interaction and formed a uniform and thin selective layer on the substrate. The O2 separation performance of the thin film composite (TFC) membranes was improved by adding a small amount of the T(p-OCH3)PPCoCl and decreasing the feed pressure. At the pressure of 0.035 MPa, the O2 permeability and O2/N2 selectivity of the 0.6 wt % T(p-OCH3)PPCoCl/Pebax-2533 was more than 3.5 times that of the Pebax-2533 TFC membrane, which reached the 2008 Robeson upper bound. It provides a candidate membrane material for O2/N2 efficient separation in moderate conditions.
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