Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation
Abstract
Nanoporous silica membranes exhibit excellent H2/CO2 separation properties for sustainable H2 production and CO2 capture but are prepared via complicated thermal processes above 400 °C, which prevent their scalable production at a low cost. Here, we demonstrate the rapid fabrication (within 2 min) of ultrathin silica-like membranes (~3 nm) via an oxygen plasma treatment of polydimethylsiloxane-based thin-film composite membranes at 20 °C. The resulting organosilica membranes unexpectedly exhibit H2 permeance of 280-930 GPU (1 GPU = 3.347 x 10-10 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) and H2/CO2 selectivity of 93-32 at 200 °C, far surpassing state-of-the-art membranes and Robeson’s upper bound for H2/CO2 separation. When challenged with a 3 d simulated syngas test containing water vapor at 200 °C and a 340 d stability test, the membrane shows durable separation performance and excellent hydrothermal stability. The robust H2/CO2 separation properties coupled with excellent scalability demonstrate the great potential of these organosilica membranes for economic H2 production with minimal carbon emissions.
- Authors:
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- Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States); National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States)
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1842487
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89243318CFE000003; FE0026463; 1554236
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Nano
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0851
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; silica membranes; CO2 capture; hydrogen purification; oxygen plasma; polydimethylsiloxane; H2/CO2 separation
Citation Formats
Zhu, Lingxiang, Huang, Liang, Venna, Surendar R., Blevins, Adrienne K., Ding, Yifu, Hopkinson, David P., Swihart, Mark T., and Lin, Haiqing. Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c03492.
Zhu, Lingxiang, Huang, Liang, Venna, Surendar R., Blevins, Adrienne K., Ding, Yifu, Hopkinson, David P., Swihart, Mark T., & Lin, Haiqing. Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c03492
Zhu, Lingxiang, Huang, Liang, Venna, Surendar R., Blevins, Adrienne K., Ding, Yifu, Hopkinson, David P., Swihart, Mark T., and Lin, Haiqing. 2021.
"Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c03492. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1842487.
@article{osti_1842487,
title = {Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation},
author = {Zhu, Lingxiang and Huang, Liang and Venna, Surendar R. and Blevins, Adrienne K. and Ding, Yifu and Hopkinson, David P. and Swihart, Mark T. and Lin, Haiqing},
abstractNote = {Nanoporous silica membranes exhibit excellent H2/CO2 separation properties for sustainable H2 production and CO2 capture but are prepared via complicated thermal processes above 400 °C, which prevent their scalable production at a low cost. Here, we demonstrate the rapid fabrication (within 2 min) of ultrathin silica-like membranes (~3 nm) via an oxygen plasma treatment of polydimethylsiloxane-based thin-film composite membranes at 20 °C. The resulting organosilica membranes unexpectedly exhibit H2 permeance of 280-930 GPU (1 GPU = 3.347 x 10-10 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) and H2/CO2 selectivity of 93-32 at 200 °C, far surpassing state-of-the-art membranes and Robeson’s upper bound for H2/CO2 separation. When challenged with a 3 d simulated syngas test containing water vapor at 200 °C and a 340 d stability test, the membrane shows durable separation performance and excellent hydrothermal stability. The robust H2/CO2 separation properties coupled with excellent scalability demonstrate the great potential of these organosilica membranes for economic H2 production with minimal carbon emissions.},
doi = {10.1021/acsnano.1c03492},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1842487},
journal = {ACS Nano},
issn = {1936-0851},
number = 7,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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