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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI Identifier:
1762493
Grant/Contract Number:  
FE0031635
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Membranes
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Carbon dioxide separation; Mixed-matrix membrane; Amino-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube; Membrane compaction

Citation Formats

Yang, Yutong, Han, Yang, Pang, Ruizhi, and Ho, W. S. Winston. Amine-Containing Membranes with Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2/H2 Separation. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.3390/membranes10110333.
Yang, Yutong, Han, Yang, Pang, Ruizhi, & Ho, W. S. Winston. Amine-Containing Membranes with Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2/H2 Separation. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10110333
Yang, Yutong, Han, Yang, Pang, Ruizhi, and Ho, W. S. Winston. Tue . "Amine-Containing Membranes with Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2/H2 Separation". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10110333. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1762493.
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author = {Yang, Yutong and Han, Yang and Pang, Ruizhi and Ho, W. S. Winston},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.3390/membranes10110333},
journal = {Membranes},
number = 11,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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