Journal
SILICON
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages 775-784Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12633-016-9435-7
Keywords
Mixed matrix membrane; PEBAX; ZnO nanoparticle; PEG; Permeability; Selectivity
Funding
- Iran Nano Technology Initiative Council
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This paper presents a new kind of mixed matrix membrane using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as organic filler. In this mix, PEG and ZnO nanoparticles (as inorganic modifier) were added to a PEBAX polymer matrix at different concentration to study their effects on the morphology, permeability and selectivity of the membrane. To characterize the chemical structure of samples FTIR and for morphological characterization, XRD and SEM were employed. The permeability of pure gases CO2 and CH4 in PEBAX, and PEBAX/PEG/ZnO with different ZnO and PEG contents were determined by the constant pressure-variable volume method. Also influences of temperature and pressure on permeation properties of these membranes were studied. The results were indicative of an increase in gas permeability and enhancement which for neat PEBAX membrane, CO2/CH4 permeability of 44.6 and 2.193 Barrer and selectivity of 20.39 were obtained. The permeability of PEBAX/PEG (40 wt.%)/ZnO (4 wt.%) membrane was enhanced to 94.49 Barrer for CO2 and 3.933 for CH4. The selectivity of PEBAX/ZnO(4 wt.%) improved to 31.58 for the CO2/CH4 gas pair.
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