Finely tuning the microporosity in phosphoric acid doped triptycene-containing polybenzimidazole membranes for highly permselective helium and hydrogen recovery

Jiao, Yang; Liu, Mengdi; Wu, Qi; Zheng, Peijun; Xu, Wei; Ye, Bangjiao; Zhang, Hongjun; Guo, Ruilan; Luo, Shuangjiang

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121474

Finely tuning the microporosity in phosphoric acid doped triptycene-containing polybenzimidazole membranes for highly permselective helium and hydrogen recovery

Journal Article · Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121474· OSTI ID:2420906

Jiao, Yang ^[1]; ^[2]; Wu, Qi ^[3]; Zheng, Peijun ^[4]; Xu, Wei ^[5]; Ye, Bangjiao ^[5]; ^[5]; ^[2]; ^[4]

Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ganzhou (China); OSTI
University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ganzhou (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)

High-performance polymer membranes with well-defined microporosity and size-sieving ability are especially attractive for helium and hydrogen recovery. Here, in this study, we report novel macromolecular engineering of polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes that integrate hierarchical triptycene units for high permeability and polyprotic acid doping for size sieving via controllable manipulation of microporous architecture. The triptycene moieties disrupt chain packing and introduce additional configurational free volume, leading to significantly boosted He and H₂ permeabilities compared to previously reported PBI membranes. The acid doping resulted in crosslinked PBI membranes via hydrogen bonding and proton transfer with dramatically enhanced gas selectivities. Via adjusting the H₃PO₄-doping level, triptycene-based polybenzimidazole (TPBI) composite membranes (TPBI-(H₃PO₄)_x) exhibit the highest gas selectivities for He enrichment (i.e., α(He/CH₄) = 7052 ± 156) and H₂ purification (i.e., α(H₂/CH₄) = 5128 ± 110) among existing polymeric gas separation membranes. Additionally, under mixed-gas conditions at 150 °C, the TPBI-(H₃PO₄)_0.98 membrane displays a H₂ permeability of 46.7 Barrer and a H₂/CO₂ selectivity of 16, far beyond the Robeson's 2008 upper bound for H₂/CO₂ separation. The facile and diverse tunability and excellent gas separation performance make TPBI-(H₃PO₄)_x membranes highly attractive for helium and hydrogen separation.

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Research Organization:: University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019024

OSTI ID:: 2420906

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Journal Name: Journal of Membrane Science Journal Issue: C Vol. 672; ISSN 0376-7388

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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