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Hillman F, Wang K, Liang CZ, Seng DHL, Zhang S. Breaking The Permeance-Selectivity Tradeoff for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture: A Bio-Inspired Strategy to Form Ultrathin Hollow Fiber Membranes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2305463. [PMID: 37672561 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Thin film composite (TFC) hollow fiber membranes with ultrathin selective layer are desirable to maximize the gas permeance for practical applications. Herein, a bio-inspired strategy is proposed to fabricate sub-100-nm membranes via a tree-mimicking polymer network with amphipathic components featuring multifunctionalities. The hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) brushes act as the roots that can strongly cling to the gutter layer, the PDMS crosslinkers function as the xylems to enable fast gas transport, and the hydrophilic ethylene-oxide moieties (brushes and mobile molecules) resemble tree leaves that selectively attract CO2 molecules. As a result, a ≈27 nm-thick selective layer can be attached to the hollow fiber-supported PDMS gutter layer through a simple dip-coating method without any modification. Furthermore, a CO2 permeance of ≈2700 GPU and a CO2 /N2 selectivity of ≈21 that is beyond the permeance-selectivity upper bound for hollow fiber membranes is achieved. This bio-inspired concept can potentially open the possibility of scalable hollow fiber membranes production for commercial applications in post-combustion carbon capture and beyond.
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- Febrian Hillman
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
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- Institute of Material Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 138634, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
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Wang L, Li Y, Pu L, Yang M, Lu H, Gu X, Wang X. Copolyimide membranes fabricated by nonsolvent-induced phase separation for helium extraction from natural gas. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Lau HS, Lau SK, Soh LS, Hong SU, Gok XY, Yi S, Yong WF. State-of-the-Art Organic- and Inorganic-Based Hollow Fiber Membranes in Liquid and Gas Applications: Looking Back and Beyond. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:539. [PMID: 35629866 PMCID: PMC9144028 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12050539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aggravation of environmental problems such as water scarcity and air pollution has called upon the need for a sustainable solution globally. Membrane technology, owing to its simplicity, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness, has emerged as one of the favorable technologies for water and air purification. Among all of the membrane configurations, hollow fiber membranes hold promise due to their outstanding packing density and ease of module assembly. Herein, this review systematically outlines the fundamentals of hollow fiber membranes, which comprise the structural analyses and phase inversion mechanism. Furthermore, illustrations of the latest advances in the fabrication of organic, inorganic, and composite hollow fiber membranes are presented. Key findings on the utilization of hollow fiber membranes in microfiltration (MF), nanofiltration (NF), reverse osmosis (RO), forward osmosis (FO), pervaporation, gas and vapor separation, membrane distillation, and membrane contactor are also reported. Moreover, the applications in nuclear waste treatment and biomedical fields such as hemodialysis and drug delivery are emphasized. Subsequently, the emerging R&D areas, precisely on green fabrication and modification techniques as well as sustainable materials for hollow fiber membranes, are highlighted. Last but not least, this review offers invigorating perspectives on the future directions for the design of next-generation hollow fiber membranes for various applications. As such, the comprehensive and critical insights gained in this review are anticipated to provide a new research doorway to stimulate the future development and optimization of hollow fiber membranes.
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- Hui Shen Lau
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia; (H.S.L.); (S.K.L.); (L.S.S.); (S.U.H.); (X.Y.G.)
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia; (H.S.L.); (S.K.L.); (L.S.S.); (S.U.H.); (X.Y.G.)
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia; (H.S.L.); (S.K.L.); (L.S.S.); (S.U.H.); (X.Y.G.)
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia; (H.S.L.); (S.K.L.); (L.S.S.); (S.U.H.); (X.Y.G.)
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia; (H.S.L.); (S.K.L.); (L.S.S.); (S.U.H.); (X.Y.G.)
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- U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA;
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia; (H.S.L.); (S.K.L.); (L.S.S.); (S.U.H.); (X.Y.G.)
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Recent Advances of Polymeric Membranes in Tackling Plasticization and Aging for Practical Industrial CO2/CH4 Applications—A Review. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12010071. [PMID: 35054597 PMCID: PMC8778184 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12010071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Membranes are a promising technology for bulk CO2 separation from natural gas mixtures due to their numerous advantages. Despite the numerous fundamental studies on creating better quality membrane efficiency, scaling up the research work for field testing requires huge efforts. The challenge is to ensure the stability of the membrane throughout the operation while maintaining its high performance. This review addresses the key challenges in the application of polymeric technology for CO2 separation, focusing on plasticization and aging. A brief introduction to the properties and limitations of the current commercial polymeric membrane is first deliberated. The effect of each plasticizer component in natural gas towards membrane performance and the relationship between operating conditions and the membrane efficiency are discussed in this review. The recent technological advancements and techniques to overcome the plasticization and aging issues covering polymer modification, high free-volume polymers, polymer blending and facilitated transport membranes (FTMs) have been highlighted. We also give our perspectives on a few main features of research related to polymeric membranes and the way forwards. Upcoming research must emphasize mixed gas with CO2 including minor condensable contaminants as per real natural gas, to determine the competitive sorption effect on CO2 permeability and membrane selectivity. The effects of pore blocking, plasticization and aging should be given particular attention to cater for large-scale applications.
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Huang L, Guo W, Mondal H, Schaefer S, Tran TN, Fan S, Ding Y, Lin H. Effect of Branch Length on the Structural and Separation Properties of Hyperbranched Poly(1,3-dioxolane). Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Liang Huang
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology (MAST) Center, Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology (MAST) Center, Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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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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Liu Z, Qiu W, Quan W, Liu Y, Koros WJ. Fine-tuned thermally cross-linkable 6FDA-based polyimide membranes for aggressive natural gas separation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Seong JG, Lee WH, Lee J, Lee SY, Do YS, Bae JY, Moon SJ, Park CH, Jo HJ, Kim JS, Lee KR, Hung WS, Lai JY, Ren Y, Roos CJ, Lively RP, Lee YM. Microporous polymers with cascaded cavities for controlled transport of small gas molecules. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabi9062. [PMID: 34586854 PMCID: PMC8480927 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi9062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In membrane-based separation, molecular size differences relative to membrane pore sizes govern mass flux and separation efficiency. In applications requiring complex molecular differentiation, such as in natural gas processing, cascaded pore size distributions in membranes allow different permeate molecules to be separated without a reduction in throughput. Here, we report the decoration of microporous polymer membrane surfaces with molecular fluorine. Molecular fluorine penetrates through the microporous interface and reacts with rigid polymeric backbones, resulting in membrane micropores with multimodal pore size distributions. The fluorine acts as angstrom-scale apertures that can be controlled for molecular transport. We achieved a highly effective gas separation performance in several industrially relevant hollow-fibrous modular platform with stable responses over 1 year.
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- Jong Geun Seong
- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
- Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
- Department of Energy Engineering, Future Convergence Technology Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, 33, Dongjin-ro, Jinju 52725, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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Thermally rearranged semi-interpenetrating polymer network (TR-SIPN) membranes for gas and olefin/paraffin separation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ye L, Jie X, Wang L, Xu G, Sun Y, Kang G, Cao Y. Preparation and gas separation performance of thermally rearranged poly(benzoxazole-co-amide) (TR-PBOA) hollow fiber membranes deriving from polyamides. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cheng L, Song Y, Chen H, Liu G, Liu G, Jin W. g-C3N4 nanosheets with tunable affinity and sieving effect endowing polymeric membranes with enhanced CO2 capture property. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Iyer GM, Liu L, Zhang C. Hydrocarbon separations by glassy polymer membranes. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Gaurav M. Iyer
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD USA
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Lee J, Kim EY, Chang BJ, Han M, Lee PS, Moon SY. Mixed-matrix membrane reactors for the destruction of toxic chemicals. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Recent progress in microporous polymers from thermally rearranged polymers and polymers of intrinsic microporosity for membrane gas separation: Pushing performance limits and revisiting trade‐off lines. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Shi Y, Liang B, Lin RB, Zhang C, Chen B. Gas Separation via Hybrid Metal–Organic Framework/Polymer Membranes. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lee J, Kim JS, Moon SY, Park CY, Kim JF, Lee YM. Dimensionally-controlled densification in crosslinked thermally rearranged (XTR) hollow fiber membranes for CO2 capture. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kim JS, Moon SJ, Wang HH, Kim S, Lee YM. Mixed matrix membranes with a thermally rearranged polymer and ZIF-8 for hydrogen separation. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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