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Smržová D, Slušná MŠ, Peter J, Beneš H, Tolasz J, Georgievski OP, Maříková M, Ecorchard P. The effects of formation and functionalization of graphene-based membranes on their gas and water vapor permeation properties. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21417. [PMID: 37942160 PMCID: PMC10628697 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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The gas and water vapor permeabilities of graphene-based membranes can be affected by the presence of different functional groups directly bound to the graphene network. In this work, one type of carboxylated graphene oxide (GO-COOH) and two types of graphene oxide synthesized i) under strong oxidative conditions directly from graphite (GO-1) and ii) under mild oxidative conditions from exfoliated graphene (GO-2) were used as precursors of self-standing membranes prepared with thicknesses in the range of 12-55 μm via slow-vacuum filtration preparation method. It was observed that the permeabilities for all tested gases decreased in order GO-2 > GO-1 > GO-COOH and depended on both the arrangement of graphene sheets and their functionalization. The GO-1 membrane with a high content of oxygen-containing groups showed the best performance for water vapor permeability. The GO-2 membrane with a thickness of 43 μm exhibited a disordered GO sheet morphology and, therefore, unique gas-separation performance towards H2/CO2 gas pair, showing high hydrogen permeability while keeping extremely high H2/CO2 ideal selectivity that exceeds the Robeson 2008 upper bound of polymer membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Darina Smržová
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Husinec- Řež, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Husinec- Řež, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovského nám. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovského nám. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Husinec- Řež, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovského nám. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Husinec- Řež, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Husinec- Řež, Czech Republic
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Himma NF, Wardani AK, Prasetya N, Aryanti PT, Wenten IG. Recent progress and challenges in membrane-based O2/N2 separation. REV CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/revce-2017-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Compared with current conventional technologies, oxygen/nitrogen (O2/N2) separation using membrane offers numerous advantages, especially in terms of energy consumption, footprint, and capital cost. However, low product purity still becomes the major challenge for commercialization of membrane-based technologies. Therefore, numerous studies on membrane development have been conducted to improve both membrane properties and separation performance. Various materials have been developed to obtain membranes with high O2 permeability and high O2/N2 selectivity, including polymer, inorganic, and polymer-inorganic composite materials. The results showed that most of the polymer membranes are suitable for production of low to moderate purity O2 and for production of high-purity N2. Meanwhile, perovskite membrane can be used to produce a high-purity oxygen. Furthermore, the developments of O2/N2 separation using membrane broaden the applications of oxygen enrichment for oxy-combustion, gasification, desulfurization, and intensification of air oxidation reactions, while nitrogen enrichment is also important for manufacturing pressure-sensitive adhesive and storing and handling free-radical polymerization monomers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nurul F. Himma
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Universitas Brawijaya , Jl. Mayjen Haryono 167 , Malang 65145 , Indonesia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Institut Teknologi Bandung , Jl. Ganesha 10 , Bandung 40132 , Indonesia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Institut Teknologi Bandung , Jl. Ganesha 10 , Bandung 40132 , Indonesia
- Barrer Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering , Imperial College London , Exhibition Road , London SW7 2AZ , UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Jenderal Achmad Yani University, Jl. Terusan Jendral Sudirman , Po Box 148 , Cimahi, West Java , Indonesia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Institut Teknologi Bandung , Jl. Ganesha 10 , Bandung 40132 , Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology , Institut Teknologi Bandung , Jl. Ganesha 10 , Bandung 40132 , Indonesia
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Vanegas ME, Quijada R, Nunes SP, Yave W. Syndiotactic polypropylene copolymer membranes and their performance for oxygen separation. J Memb Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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