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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 22, Issue 28, Pages 9533-9536Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601530
Keywords
membranes; metal-organic frameworks; polymers; thermal stability; thermogravimetry
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- Spanish MINECO [MAT2013-40556-R]
- Aragon Government (DGA) [T05]
- European Social Fund
- DGA
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Polymeric membranes are important tools for intensifying separation processes in chemical industries, concerning strategic tasks such as CO2 sequestration, H-2 production, and water supply and disposal. Mixed-matrix and supported membranes have been widely developed; recently many of them have been based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). However, most of the impacts MOFs have within the polymer matrix have yet to be determined. The effects related to thermal behavior arising from the combination of MOF ZIF-8 and polysulfone have now been quantified. The catalyzed oxidation of the polymer is strongly affected by the MOF crystal size and distribution inside the membrane. A 16 wt% 140 nm-sized ZIF-8 loading causes a 40% decrease in the observed activation energy of the polysulfone oxidation that takes place at a temperature (545 degrees C) 80 degrees C lower than in the raw polymer (625 degrees C).
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