Incorporation of benzimidazole linked polymers into Matrimid to yield mixed matrix membranes with enhanced CO2/N2 selectivity

Tessema, Tsemre Dingel M.; Venna, Surendar R.; Dahe, Ganpat; Hopkinson, David P.; El-Kaderi, Hani M.; Sekizkardes, Ali K.

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.054

Title: Incorporation of benzimidazole linked polymers into Matrimid to yield mixed matrix membranes with enhanced CO₂/N₂ selectivity

Journal Article · Tue Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.054· OSTI ID:1482370

Tessema, Tsemre Dingel M. ^[1]; Venna, Surendar R. ^[2]; Dahe, Ganpat ^[3]; Hopkinson, David P. ^[3]; El-Kaderi, Hani M. ^[1]; Sekizkardes, Ali K. ^[2]

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States). Department of Chemistry
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States); AECOM, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)

In this study, two different highly cross-linked benzimidazole linked polymers (BILPs) displaying high surface area were successfully incorporated into Matrimid polymer to form a series of new mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). The surface functionality of the BILPs, BILP-4 and BILP-101, were exploited to assure the interaction with the Matrimid matrix and produce robust MMMs, which displayed significantly improved CO₂ gas permeability. The ideal selectivities for CO₂/N₂ were calculated with enhancements as high as 34% at 15 wt% BILP loading. While BILP-4 and BILP-101 have similar structures and functionality, the two materials have notably different surface areas and CO₂ adsorption capacity. Despite the differences in their gas adsorption properties, MMMs composed of Matrimid/BILP-4 and Matrimid/BILP-101 had very similar gas transport properties. Lastly, these results suggest that the functional groups of the filler particle and the resulting interaction with the polymer matrix may have had more influence on the gas separation properties of the mixed matrix membrane than the adsorption properties of the fillers.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0004000; SC0002576

OSTI ID:: 1482370

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 554, Issue C; ISSN 0376-7388

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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