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Manipulating Polyimide Nanostructures via Cross linking for Membrane Gas Separation

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OSTI ID:1398381
Cross-linking has been widely utilized to modify polyimide nanostructures for membrane gas separations, such as increasing size sieving ability and diffusivity selectivity for H2/CO2 and CO2/CH4 separation, and improving resistance to plasticization derived from CO2 and heavy hydrocarbons for CO2/CH4 and C3H6/C3H8 separations. However, there is a lack of fundamental understanding of the relationship between cross linked structure and membrane gas separation properties. This chapter critically reviews the effect of cross linking on polymer physical properties (such as glass transition temperature, Tg), and current strategies adopted to cross link polyimides for membrane gas separation. The information is synthesized to elucidate the effect of cross linking on Tg and cross linking density in polyimides, which is then used to interpret the changes of gas permeability and selectivity. The benefits of cross linking in improving gas separation properties are also illustrated in Robeson’s upper bound plots for H2/CO2, CO2/CH4 and C3H6/C3H8 separation.
Research Organization:
The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of the University at Buffalo
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
DOE Contract Number:
FE0026463
OSTI ID:
1398381
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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