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Title: PIM-1 as a Solution-Processable “Molecular Basket” for CO 2 Capture from Dilute Sources

Abstract

Here, rising atmospheric CO2 levels have triggered recent research into the science of amine materials supported on hard, porous materials such as mesoporous silica or alumina. While such materials can give high CO2 uptakes and good sorption kinetics, they are difficult to utilize in practical applications due to difficulty in contacting large volumes of CO2-laden gases with powder materials without significant pressure drops or sorbent attrition. Here, we describe a simple approach based on the impregnation of a permanently microporous polymer, PIM-1, with poly(ethylene imine) (PEI), removing the need for use of the hard oxide. PEI/PIM-1 composites demonstrate comparable performance to more traditionally studied oxide sorbents, with the benefit that PIM-1 is soluble in common solvents, making it eminently more viable for processing into morphologies that can facilitate heat and mass transfer and fabrication into low pressure drop contactors. In addition to adsorption studies performed on a variety of PEI/PIM-1 architectures, spin diffusion NMR studies were performed to suggest that PEI is well-dispersed within the PIM-1, allowing for rapid CO2 adsorption.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and ‡School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Research Org.:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1228285
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1436497
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012577
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
ACS Macro Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Macro Letters Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Pang, Simon H., Jue, Melinda L., Leisen, Johannes, Jones, Christopher W., and Lively, Ryan P. PIM-1 as a Solution-Processable “Molecular Basket” for CO 2 Capture from Dilute Sources. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00775.
Pang, Simon H., Jue, Melinda L., Leisen, Johannes, Jones, Christopher W., & Lively, Ryan P. PIM-1 as a Solution-Processable “Molecular Basket” for CO 2 Capture from Dilute Sources. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00775
Pang, Simon H., Jue, Melinda L., Leisen, Johannes, Jones, Christopher W., and Lively, Ryan P. Mon . "PIM-1 as a Solution-Processable “Molecular Basket” for CO 2 Capture from Dilute Sources". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00775.
@article{osti_1228285,
title = {PIM-1 as a Solution-Processable “Molecular Basket” for CO 2 Capture from Dilute Sources},
author = {Pang, Simon H. and Jue, Melinda L. and Leisen, Johannes and Jones, Christopher W. and Lively, Ryan P.},
abstractNote = {Here, rising atmospheric CO2 levels have triggered recent research into the science of amine materials supported on hard, porous materials such as mesoporous silica or alumina. While such materials can give high CO2 uptakes and good sorption kinetics, they are difficult to utilize in practical applications due to difficulty in contacting large volumes of CO2-laden gases with powder materials without significant pressure drops or sorbent attrition. Here, we describe a simple approach based on the impregnation of a permanently microporous polymer, PIM-1, with poly(ethylene imine) (PEI), removing the need for use of the hard oxide. PEI/PIM-1 composites demonstrate comparable performance to more traditionally studied oxide sorbents, with the benefit that PIM-1 is soluble in common solvents, making it eminently more viable for processing into morphologies that can facilitate heat and mass transfer and fabrication into low pressure drop contactors. In addition to adsorption studies performed on a variety of PEI/PIM-1 architectures, spin diffusion NMR studies were performed to suggest that PEI is well-dispersed within the PIM-1, allowing for rapid CO2 adsorption.},
doi = {10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00775},
journal = {ACS Macro Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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