Journal
FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00897
Keywords
mixed matrix membranes (MMMs); gas separation; chemical modification; membrane preparation; polyimides; fillers
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- School of Science and Engineering [0020209I13]
- FEMSA-Biotechnology Center at Tecnologico de Monterrey [0020209I13]
- Operational Program Prague-Competitiveness, National Program of Sustainability [CZ.2.16/3.1.00/24501, NPU I LO1613, MSMT-43760/2015]
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Several concepts of membranes have emerged, aiming at the enhancement of separation performance, as well as some other physicochemical properties, of the existing membrane materials. One of these concepts is the well-known mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), which combine the features of inorganic (e.g., zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, graphene, and carbon-based materials) and polymeric (e.g., polyimides, polymers of intrinsic microporosity, polysulfone, and cellulose acetate) materials. To date, it is likely that such a concept has been widely explored and developed toward low-permeability polyimides for gas separation, such as oxydianiline (ODA), tetracarboxylic dianhydride-diaminophenylindane (BTDA-DAPI), m-phenylenediamine (m-PDA), and hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA). When dealing with the gas separation performance of polyimide-based MMMs, these membranes tend to display some deficiency according to the poor polyimide-filler compatibility, which has promoted the tuning of chemical properties of those filling materials. This approach has indeed enhanced the polymer-filler interfaces, providing synergic MMMs with superior gas separation performance. Herein, the goal of this review paper is to give a critical overview of the current insights in fabricating MMMs based on chemically modified filling nanomaterials and low-permeability polyimides for selective gas separation. Special interest has been paid to the chemical modification protocols of the fillers (including good filler dispersion) and thus the relevant experimental results provoked by such approaches. Moreover, some principles, as well as the main drawbacks, occurring during the MMM preparation are also given.
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