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SMALL
卷 17, 期 47, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104698
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carbon molecular sieve; gas separation; membranes; nanocomposite; ultramicroporosity
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) [OSR-2019-CPF-4101.3]
- Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) [2020-10, 202000000003373]
- Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy [20011497, 202100000000769]
A versatile approach to fabricate hybrid CMS membranes with unique textural properties and tunable ultramicroporosity is proposed in this study. The HCMS membranes exhibit superior gas separation performances compared to conventional polymers and CMS membranes, especially for closely sized gas pairs. This development demonstrates practical feasibility for use in industrial mixed-gas operation conditions.
Fine control of ultramicroporosity (<7 angstrom) in carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes is highly desirable for challenging gas separation processes. Here, a versatile approach is proposed to fabricate hybrid CMS (HCMS) membranes with unique textural properties as well as tunable ultramicroporosity. The HCMS membranes are formed by pyrolysis of a polymer nanocomposite precursor containing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a carbonizable nanoporous filler. The MOF-derived carbonaceous phase displays good compatibility with the polymer-derived carbon matrix due to the homogeneity of the two carbon phases, substantially enhancing the mechanical robustness of the resultant HCMS membranes. Detailed structural analyses reveal that the in situ pyrolysis of embedded MOFs induces more densified and interconnected carbon structures in HCMS membranes compared to those in conventional CMS membranes, leading to bimodal and narrow pore size distributions in the ultramicroporous region. Eventually, the HCMS membranes exhibit far superior gas separation performances with a strong size-sieving ability than the conventional polymers and CMS membranes, especially for closely sized gas pairs (Delta d < 0.5 angstrom) including CO2/CH4 and C3H6/C3H8 separations. More importantly, the developed HCMS material is successfully prepared into a thin-film composite (TFC) membrane (approximate to 1 mu m), demonstrating its practical feasibility for use in industrial mixed-gas operation conditions.
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