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Soto C, Comesaña-Gandara B, Marcos Á, Cuadrado P, Palacio L, Lozano ÁE, Álvarez C, Prádanos P, Hernandez A. Thermally Rearranged Mixed Matrix Membranes from Copoly(o-hydroxyamide)s and Copoly(o-hydroxyamide-amide)s with a Porous Polymer Network as a Filler-A Comparison of Their Gas Separation Performances. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:998. [PMID: 36295757 PMCID: PMC9609112 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12100998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Copoly(o-hydroxyamide)s (HPA) and copoly(o-hydroxyamide-amide)s (PAA) have been synthesized to be used as continuous phases in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). These polymeric matrices were blended with different loads (15 and 30 wt.%) of a relatively highly microporous porous polymer network (PPN). SEM images of the manufactured MMMs exhibited good compatibility between the two phases for all the membranes studied, and their mechanical properties have been shown to be good enough even after thermal treatment. The WAX results show that the addition of PPN as a filler up to 30% does not substantially change the intersegmental distance and the polymer packing. It seems that, for all the membranes studied, the free volume that determines gas transport is in the high end of the possible range. This means that gas flow occurs mainly between the microvoids in the polymer matrix around the filler. In general, both HPA- and PAA-based MMMs exhibited a notable improvement in gas permeability, due to the presence of PPN, for all gases tested, with an almost constant selectivity. In summary, although the thermal stability of the PAA is limited by the thermal stability of the polyamide side chain, their mechanical properties were better. The permeability was higher for the PAA membranes before their thermal rearrangement, and these values increased after the addition of moderate amounts of PPN.
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- Cenit Soto
- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute for Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Institute for Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- IU CINQUIMA, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 5, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute for Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Biogas and biohydrogen, due to their renewable nature and zero carbon footprint, are considered two of the gaseous biofuels that will replace conventional fossil fuels. Biogas from anaerobic digestion must be purified and converted into high-quality biomethane prior to use as a vehicle fuel or injection into natural gas networks. Likewise, the enrichment of biohydrogen from dark fermentation requires the removal of CO2, which is the main pollutant of this new gaseous biofuel. Currently, the removal of CO2 from both biogas and biohydrogen is carried out by means of physical/chemical technologies, which exhibit high operating costs and corrosion problems. Biological technologies for CO2 removal from biogas, such as photosynthetic enrichment and hydrogenotrophic enrichment, are still in an experimental development phase. In this context, membrane separation has emerged as the only physical/chemical technology with the potential to improve the performance of CO2 separation from both biogas and biohydrogen, and to reduce investment and operating costs, as a result of the recent advances in the field of nanotechnology and materials science. This review will focus on the fundamentals, potential and limitations of CO2 and H2 membrane separation technologies. The latest advances on membrane materials for biogas and biohydrogen purification will be systematically reviewed.
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Free Volume and Permeability of Mixed Matrix Membranes Made from a Terbutil-M-terphenyl Polyamide and a Porous Polymer Network. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14153176. [PMID: 35956689 PMCID: PMC9371232 DOI: 10.3390/polym14153176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A set of thermally rearranged mixed matrix membranes (TR-MMMs) was manufactured and tested for gas separation. These membranes were obtained through the thermal treatment of a precursor MMM with a microporous polymer network and an o-hydroxypolyamide,(HPA) created through a reaction of 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-hexafluoropropane (APAF) and 5′-terbutil-m-terfenilo-3,3″-dicarboxylic acid dichloride (tBTmCl). This HPA was blended with different percentages of a porous polymer network (PPN) filler, which produced gas separation MMMs with enhanced gas permeability but with decreased selectivity. The thermal treatment of these MMMs gave membranes with excellent gas separation properties that did not show the selectivity decreasing trend. It was observed that the use of the PPN load brought about a small decrease in the initial mass losses, which were lower for increasing PPN loads. Regarding the glass transition temperature, it was observed that the use of the filler translated to a slightly lower Tg value. When these MMMs and TR-MMMs were compared with the analogous materials created from the isomeric 5′-terbutil-m-terfenilo-4,4″-dicarboxylic acid dichloride (tBTpCl), the permeability was lower for that of tBTmCl, compared with the one from tBTpCl, although selectivity was quite similar. This fact could be attributed to a lower rigidity as roughly confirmed by the segmental length of the polymer chain as studied by WAXS. A model for FFV calculation was proposed and its predictions compared with those evaluated from density measurements assuming a matrix-filler interaction or ideal independence. It turns out that permeability as a function of FFV for TR-MMMs follows an interaction trend, while those not thermally treated follow the non-interaction trend until relatively high PPN loads were reached.
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Tanis I, Brown D, Neyertz S, Vaidya M, Ballaguet JP, Duval S, Bahamdan A. Single-gas and mixed-gas permeation of N 2/CH 4 in thermally-rearranged TR-PBO membranes and their 6FDA-bisAPAF polyimide precursor studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:18667-18683. [PMID: 35894847 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05511a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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High-performance polymers with polybenzoxazole (PBO) structures, formed via thermal rearrangement (TR) of aromatic polyimide precursors, have been developed for gas separation applications. The present work compares the transport of N2 and CH4 in a 6FDA-bisAPAF polyimide precursor and in its TR-PBO derivative using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The modelling closely mimicked the experimental approach by transforming a 6FDA-bisAPAF atomistic model into its corresponding TR-PBO structure via a specific algorithm. The densities and void spaces of both precursor and TR polymers were found to compare well to experimental data. An iterative technique was used to obtain the single-gas sorption isotherms of N2 and CH4 at 338.5 K in both polymers over a range of feed pressures up to and exceeding 65 bar. CH4 was systematically found to be more soluble than N2. Solubilities in both matrices were quite similar with those in TR-PBO being slightly higher due to its larger fraction of significant volume. Volume dilation analyses confirmed a higher resistance to plasticization for TR-PBO. Extended single-gas N2 and CH4 simulations and 2 : 1 binary CH4/N2 mixed-gas simulations were then conducted in both matrices at 338.5 K and at a pressure of ∼65 bar corresponding to natural gas processing conditions. Mixed-gas sorption was modelled using a modification of the aforementioned iterative method, which fixed the pressure and iterated to convergence the number of molecules of each type of penetrant. The gas diffusion coefficients were estimated using the Trajectory-Extending Kinetic Monte Carlo (TEKMC) procedure. As found experimentally, significantly higher diffusivities and permeabilities were observed in the TR polymer, which led to a slightly lower ideal N2/CH4 permselectivity for TR-PBO (∼2.6) when compared to its 6FDA-bisAPAF precursor (∼3.8). However, both models showed a reduced N2/CH4 separation efficiency under 2 : 1 binary CH4/N2 mixed-gas conditions bordering on the loss of selectivity. For 6FDA-bisAPAF, both permeabilities decreased in the mixed-gas case, but more for N2 than for CH4. For TR-PBO, the permeability of the faster N2 decreased while the permeability of the slower CH4 increased under mixed-gas conditions. This confirms that single-gas simulations are not sufficient for the prediction of the actual mixed-gas permselectivity behaviour in such polymers.
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- Ioannis Tanis
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management Univ. Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management Univ. Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management Univ. Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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- Saudi Aramco, Research & Development Center, Po. Box 62, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Aramco, Research & Development Center, Po. Box 62, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Aramco, Research & Development Center, Po. Box 62, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Aramco, Research & Development Center, Po. Box 62, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
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Soto C, Torres-Cuevas ES, Palacio L, Prádanos P, Freeman BD, Lozano ÁE, Hernández A, Comesaña-Gándara B. Gas Permeability, Fractional Free Volume and Molecular Kinetic Diameters: The Effect of Thermal Rearrangement on ortho-hydroxy Polyamide Membranes Loaded with a Porous Polymer Network. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:200. [PMID: 35207122 PMCID: PMC8879291 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12020200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) consisting of an ortho-hydroxy polyamide (HPA) matrix, and variable loads of a porous polymer network (PPN) were thermally treated to induce the transformation of HPA to polybenzoxazole (β-TR-PBO). Two different HPAs were synthesized to be used as a matrix, 6FCl-APAF and tBTpCl-APAF, while the PPN used as a filler was prepared by reacting triptycene and trifluoroacetophenone. The permeability of He, H2, N2, O2, CH4 and CO2 gases through these MMMs are analyzed as a function of the fraction of free volume (FFV) of the membrane and the kinetic diameter of the gas, allowing for the evaluation of the free volume. Thermal rearrangement entails an increase in the FFV. Both before and after thermal rearrangement, the free volume increases with the PPN content very similarly for both polymeric matrices. It is shown that there is a portion of free volume that is inaccessible to permeation (occluded volume), probably due to it being trapped within the filler. In fact, permeability and selectivity change below what could be expected according to densities, when the fraction of occluded volume increases. A higher filler load increases the percentage of inaccessible or trapped free volume, probably due to the increasing agglomeration of the filler. On the other hand, the phenomenon is slightly affected by thermal rearrangement. The fraction of trapped free volume seems to be lower for membranes in which the tBTpCl-APAF is used as a matrix than for those with a 6FCl-APAF matrix, possibly because tBTpCl-APAF could approach the PPN better. The application of an effective medium theory for permeability allowed us to extrapolate for a 100% filler, giving the same value for both thermally rearranged and non-rearranged MMMs. The pure filler could also be extrapolated by assuming the same tendency as in the Robeson's plots for MMMs with low filler content.
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- Cenit Soto
- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (P.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX 78712, USA; (E.S.T.-C.); (B.D.F.)
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (P.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (P.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX 78712, USA; (E.S.T.-C.); (B.D.F.)
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (P.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute for Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- IU CINQUIMA, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 5, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (P.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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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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Soto C, Torres-Cuevas ES, González-Ortega A, Palacio L, Lozano ÁE, Freeman BD, Prádanos P, Hernández A. Gas Separation by Mixed Matrix Membranes with Porous Organic Polymer Inclusions within o-Hydroxypolyamides Containing m-Terphenyl Moieties. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13060931. [PMID: 33803520 PMCID: PMC8003052 DOI: 10.3390/polym13060931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A hydroxypolyamide (HPA) manufactured from 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxy phenyl)-hexafluoropropane (APAF) diamine and 5′-terbutyl-m-terphenyl-4,4′′-dicarboxylic acid chloride (tBTpCl), and a copolyimide produced by stochiometric copolymerization of APAF and 4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diamine (6FpDA), using the same diacid chloride, were obtained and used as polymeric matrixes in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) loaded with 20% (w/w) of two porous polymer networks (triptycene-isatin, PPN-1, and triptycene-trifluoroacetophenone, PPN-2). These MMMs, and also the thermally rearranged membranes (TR-MMMs) that underwent a thermal treatment process to convert the o-hydroxypolyamide moieties to polybenzoxazole ones, were characterized, and their gas separation properties evaluated for H2, N2, O2, CH4, and CO2. Both TR process and the addition of PPN increased permeability with minor decreases in selectivity for all gases tested. Excellent results were obtained, in terms of the permeability versus selectivity compromise, for H2/CH4 and H2/N2 separations with membranes approaching the 2008 Robeson’s trade-off line. The best gas separation properties were obtained when PPN-2 was used. Finally, gas permeation was characterized in terms of chain intersegmental distance and fraction of free volume of the membrane along with the kinetic diameters of the permeated gases. The intersegmental distance increased after TR and/or the addition of PPN-2. Permeability followed an exponential dependence with free volume and a quadratic function of the kinetic diameter of the gas.
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- Cenit Soto
- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Faculty of Science, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; (E.S.T.-C.); (B.D.F.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Sciences, Faculty of Sceince, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain;
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Faculty of Science, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Faculty of Science, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute for Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- IU CINQUIMA, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 5, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; (E.S.T.-C.); (B.D.F.)
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Faculty of Science, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Correspondence: (P.P.); (A.H.)
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- Surfaces and Porous Materials (SMAP), Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Faculty of Science, University of Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; (C.S.); (L.P.); (Á.E.L.)
- Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP), Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Correspondence: (P.P.); (A.H.)
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Effects of ionic liquid doping on gas transport properties of thermally rearranged poly(hydroxyimide)s. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Soto C, Aguilar Lugo C, Rodríguez S, Palacio L, Lozano Á, Prádanos P, Hernandez A. Enhancement of CO2/CH4 permselectivity via thermal rearrangement of mixed matrix membranes made from an o-hydroxy polyamide with an optimal load of a porous polymer network. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Díez B, Cuadrado P, Marcos-Fernández Á, de la Campa JG, Tena A, Prádanos P, Palacio L, Lee YM, Alvarez C, Lozano ÁE, Hernández A. Thermally rearranged polybenzoxazoles made from poly(ortho-hydroxyamide)s. Characterization and evaluation as gas separation membranes. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Luo S, Zhang Q, Bear TK, Curtis TE, Roeder RK, Doherty CM, Hill AJ, Guo R. Triptycene-containing poly(benzoxazole-co-imide) membranes with enhanced mechanical strength for high-performance gas separation. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aguilar-Lugo C, Álvarez C, Lee YM, de la Campa JG, Lozano ÁE. Thermally Rearranged Polybenzoxazoles Containing Bulky Adamantyl Groups from Ortho-Substituted Precursor Copolyimides. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Carla Aguilar-Lugo
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, ICTP-CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, ICTP-CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, 04763 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, ICTP-CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, ICTP-CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- SMAP, UA-UVA_CSIC, Associated Research Unit to CSIC, Fac. de Ciencias, Univ. de Valladolid, Paseo Belén 7, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
- IU CINQUIMA, Univ. de Valladolid, Paseo Belen 5, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Li C, Meckler SM, Smith ZP, Bachman JE, Maserati L, Long JR, Helms BA. Engineered Transport in Microporous Materials and Membranes for Clean Energy Technologies. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:1704953. [PMID: 29315857 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Many forward-looking clean-energy technologies hinge on the development of scalable and efficient membrane-based separations. Ongoing investment in the basic research of microporous materials is beginning to pay dividends in membrane technology maturation. Specifically, improvements in membrane selectivity, permeability, and durability are being leveraged for more efficient carbon capture, desalination, and energy storage, and the market adoption of membranes in those areas appears to be on the horizon. Herein, an overview of the microporous materials chemistry driving advanced membrane development, the clean-energy separations employing them, and the theoretical underpinnings tying membrane performance to membrane structure across multiple length scales is provided. The interplay of pore architecture and chemistry for a given set of analytes emerges as a critical design consideration dictating mass transport outcomes. Opportunities and outstanding challenges in the field are also discussed, including high-flux 2D molecular-sieving membranes, phase-change adsorbents as performance-enhancing components in composite membranes, and the need for quantitative metrologies for understanding mass transport in heterophasic materials and in micropores with unusual chemical interactions with analytes of interest.
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- Changyi Li
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Galizia M, Stevens KA, Paul DR, Freeman BD. Modeling gas permeability and diffusivity in HAB-6FDA polyimide and its thermally rearranged analogs. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kushwaha A, Dose ME, Luo S, Freeman BD, Guo R. Polybenzoxazole (PBO)-based gas separation membranes thermally derived from blends of Ortho-functional polyimide and polyamide precursors. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Galizia M, Stevens KA, Smith ZP, Paul DR, Freeman BD. Nonequilibrium Lattice Fluid Modeling of Gas Solubility in HAB-6FDA Polyimide and Its Thermally Rearranged Analogues. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michele Galizia
- John
J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Center for Energy
and Environmental Resources, 10100
Burnet Rd., Building 133 (CEER), Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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- John
J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Center for Energy
and Environmental Resources, 10100
Burnet Rd., Building 133 (CEER), Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25 Ames
Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- John
J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Center for Energy
and Environmental Resources, 10100
Burnet Rd., Building 133 (CEER), Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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- John
J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Center for Energy
and Environmental Resources, 10100
Burnet Rd., Building 133 (CEER), Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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Tena A, Rangou S, Shishatskiy S, Filiz V, Abetz V. Claisen thermally rearranged (CTR) polymers. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1501859. [PMID: 27482538 PMCID: PMC4966881 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Thermally rearranged (TR) polymers, which are considered the next-generation of membrane materials because of their excellent transport properties and high thermal and chemical stability, are proven to have significant drawbacks because of the high temperature required for the rearrangement and low degree of conversion during this process. We demonstrate that using a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement, the temperature required for the rearrangement of a solid glassy polymer was reduced by 200°C. Conversions of functionalized polyimide to polybenzoxazole of more than 97% were achieved. These highly mechanically stable polymers were almost five times more permeable and had more than two times higher degrees of conversion than the reference polymer treated under the same conditions. Properties of these second-generation TR polymers provide the possibility of preparing efficient polymer membranes in a form of, for example, thin-film composite membranes for various gas and liquid membrane separation applications.
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- Alberto Tena
- Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Do YS, Lee WH, Seong JG, Kim JS, Wang HH, Doherty CM, Hill AJ, Lee YM. Thermally rearranged (TR) bismaleimide-based network polymers for gas separation membranes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:13556-13559. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06609g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Highly permeable thermally rearranged polymer membranes based on bismaleimide derivatives are reported for the first time. The membranes form semi-interpenetrating networks with other polymers endowing them with superior gas transport properties.
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- Yu Seong Do
- Department of Energy Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Seoul 04763
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Seoul 04763
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Seoul 04763
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Seoul 04763
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Seoul 04763
- Republic of Korea
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Manufacturing
- Clayton South
- Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Manufacturing
- Clayton South
- Australia
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- Department of Energy Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Seoul 04763
- Republic of Korea
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Smith ZP, Hernández G, Gleason KL, Anand A, Doherty CM, Konstas K, Alvarez C, Hill AJ, Lozano AE, Paul DR, Freeman BD. Effect of polymer structure on gas transport properties of selected aromatic polyimides, polyamides and TR polymers. J Memb Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kushwaha A, Dose ME, Smith ZP, Luo S, Freeman BD, Guo R. Preparation and properties of polybenzoxazole-based gas separation membranes: A comparative study between thermal rearrangement (TR) of poly(hydroxyimide) and thermal cyclodehydration of poly(hydroxyamide). POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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