Amine-Containing Membranes with Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2/H2 Separation

Yang, Yutong; Han, Yang; Pang, Ruizhi; Ho, W. S. Winston

doi:10.3390/membranes10110333

Amine-Containing Membranes with Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2/H2 Separation

Journal Article · Mon Nov 09 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Membranes

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10110333· OSTI ID:2396026

; ; Pang, Ruizhi; Ho, W. S. Winston

Amine-containing mixed-matrix membranes incorporated with amino-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (AF-MWNTs) were synthesized for CO2/H2 separation based on the facilitated transport mechanism. AF-MWNTs were chosen primarily as the mechanical reinforcing filler to enhance the membrane stability. At 107 °C and 0.2-MPa feed pressure, the membrane incorporated with 10 wt.% AF-MWNTs showed a CO2 permeability of 3196 Barrers and a CO2/H2 selectivity of 205. At the higher feed pressure of 1.5 MPa, owing to the carrier saturation phenomenon, the same membrane exhibited reduced transport performance with a CO2 permeability of 776 Barrers and a CO2/H2 selectivity of 31. These separation performances at both the low and high feed pressures were well above the theoretical upper bound. Furthermore, the incorporation of 10 wt.% AF-MWNTs led to a significant improvement on membrane stability. The transport performance and selective layer thickness of this membrane maintained for 100 h, which suggested that the incorporation of AF-MWNTs improved the resistance to membrane compaction upon a high feed pressure. Therefore, this work is considered as one of the crucial steps to enable the application of facilitated transport membranes to high-pressure gas processing such as syngas purification.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0031635

OSTI ID:: 2396026

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1762493

Journal Information:: Membranes, Journal Name: Membranes Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 10; ISSN 2077-0375; ISSN MBSEB6

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Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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