Analysis of the transport properties of thermally rearranged (TR) polymers and polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) relative to upper bound performance

Robeson, Lloyd M.; Dose, Michelle E.; Freeman, Benny D.; Paul, Donald R.

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.085

Title: Analysis of the transport properties of thermally rearranged (TR) polymers and polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) relative to upper bound performance

Journal Article · Fri Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.085· OSTI ID:1534101

Robeson, Lloyd M. ^[1]; Dose, Michelle E. ^[2]; Freeman, Benny D. ^[2]; Paul, Donald R. ^[2]

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (United States)
University of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

A critical analysis comparing the diffusion selectivity, solubility selectivity, diffusivity, and solubility coefficients of thermally rearranged (TR) polymers and polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM), two types of polymers which consistently perform at or beyond the polymer upper bound for certain gas pairs (O₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄), is reported in this paper. Although most polymers in these two classes exhibit transport properties in the range of typical glassy polymers, several variants offer exceptional performance. The diffusivity selectivity for O₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ for TR polymers and PIM lies outside the range of the glassy polymer database. The solubility coefficients for O₂ are at the upper end of the range of both TR and PIM polymers, as is also the case for CO₂ solubility coefficients for PIM polymers. The O₂/N₂and CO₂/CH₄ solubility selectivities for both PIM and TR polymers are in the range of typical glassy polymers. Thus, unique separation values for these polymers are a manifestation of maximizing diffusivity selectivity combined with very high gas solubility. Additionally, the previously determined diffusion gas kinetic diameters, d_g, were found to correlate best with diffusion coefficients of PIM and TR polymers and serve to better analyze transport properties of upper bound materials.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-02ER15362; DGE-1610403

OSTI ID:: 1534101

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1411461

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 525, Issue C; ISSN 0376-7388

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