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Title: Isomer‐Tailored Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes with High Gas Separation Performance

Abstract

Abstract Partial substitution of the asymmetric 3,3′,4,4′‐biphenyl dianhydride monomer (aBPDA) into the backbone of a 6FDA‐BPDA‐DAM (6FDA=4,4′‐hexafluoroisopropylidene, DAM=diaminomesitylene) diphthalic anhydride‐based copolyimide based on symmetrical BPDA (sBPDA) was used to study membrane structure‐processing‐property relationships for gas separation. Properties of the polymer membrane as well as derived carbon molecular sieves (CMS) membranes were compared with copolyimides without the asymmetric monomer structure. CMS membranes derived from the copolyimides are very attractive for CO 2 /CH 4 separation. aBPDA provides the copolyimide with additional packing‐inhibited structures compared with the symmetric ones and yields a corresponding CMS membrane with very high CO 2 permeability and good CO 2 /CH 4 selectivity. This work, therefore, outlines a new strategy for tuning CMS membrane structure to meet separation performance needs.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 778 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0100 USA
  2. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 778 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0100 USA, Present address: Honeywell UOP 25 E. Algonquin Rd. Des Plaines, IL 60016 USA
  3. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 778 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0100 USA, Present Address: Air Liquide Innovation Campus Delaware 200 GBC Drive Newark, DE 19702 USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1786472
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-04ER15510
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ChemSusChem
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ChemSusChem Journal Volume: 13 Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Qiu, Wulin, Li, Fuyue Stephanie, Fu, Shilu, and Koros, William J. Isomer‐Tailored Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes with High Gas Separation Performance. Germany: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/cssc.202001567.
Qiu, Wulin, Li, Fuyue Stephanie, Fu, Shilu, & Koros, William J. Isomer‐Tailored Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes with High Gas Separation Performance. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001567
Qiu, Wulin, Li, Fuyue Stephanie, Fu, Shilu, and Koros, William J. Mon . "Isomer‐Tailored Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes with High Gas Separation Performance". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001567.
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author = {Qiu, Wulin and Li, Fuyue Stephanie and Fu, Shilu and Koros, William J.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Partial substitution of the asymmetric 3,3′,4,4′‐biphenyl dianhydride monomer (aBPDA) into the backbone of a 6FDA‐BPDA‐DAM (6FDA=4,4′‐hexafluoroisopropylidene, DAM=diaminomesitylene) diphthalic anhydride‐based copolyimide based on symmetrical BPDA (sBPDA) was used to study membrane structure‐processing‐property relationships for gas separation. Properties of the polymer membrane as well as derived carbon molecular sieves (CMS) membranes were compared with copolyimides without the asymmetric monomer structure. CMS membranes derived from the copolyimides are very attractive for CO 2 /CH 4 separation. aBPDA provides the copolyimide with additional packing‐inhibited structures compared with the symmetric ones and yields a corresponding CMS membrane with very high CO 2 permeability and good CO 2 /CH 4 selectivity. This work, therefore, outlines a new strategy for tuning CMS membrane structure to meet separation performance needs.},
doi = {10.1002/cssc.202001567},
journal = {ChemSusChem},
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place = {Germany},
year = {Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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