Highly CO2-permeable membranes derived from a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer after submersion in water
Abstract
To mitigate the effect of atmospheric CO2 on global climate change, gas separation materials that simultaneously exhibit high CO2 permeability and selectivity in gas mixtures must be developed. In this study, CO2 transport through midblock-sulfonated block polymer membranes prepared from four different solvents is investigated. The results presented here establish that membrane morphology and accompanying gas transport properties are sensitive to casting solvent and relative humidity. We likewise report an intriguing observation: submersion of these thermoplastic elastomeric membranes in liquid water, followed by drying prior to analysis, promotes not only a substantial change in membrane morphology, but also a significant improvement in both CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity. Measured CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity values of 482 Barrer and 57, respectively, surpass the Robeson upper bound, indicating that these nanostructured membranes constitute promising candidates for gas separation technologies aimed at CO2 capture.
- Authors:
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- Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
- Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway); Univ. of Bologna (Italy)
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA (United States)
- Univ. of Bologna (Italy)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; European Commission (EC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1569083
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; 727734
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- NPG Asia Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1884-4049
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group Asia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; molecular self-assembly; polymers
Citation Formats
Dai, Zhongde, Deng, Jing, Aboukeila, Hesham, Yan, Jiaqi, Ansaloni, Luca, Mineart, Kenneth P., Giacinti Baschetti, Marco, Spontak, Richard J., and Deng, Liyuan. Highly CO2-permeable membranes derived from a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer after submersion in water. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41427-019-0155-5.
Dai, Zhongde, Deng, Jing, Aboukeila, Hesham, Yan, Jiaqi, Ansaloni, Luca, Mineart, Kenneth P., Giacinti Baschetti, Marco, Spontak, Richard J., & Deng, Liyuan. Highly CO2-permeable membranes derived from a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer after submersion in water. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41427-019-0155-5
Dai, Zhongde, Deng, Jing, Aboukeila, Hesham, Yan, Jiaqi, Ansaloni, Luca, Mineart, Kenneth P., Giacinti Baschetti, Marco, Spontak, Richard J., and Deng, Liyuan. Tue .
"Highly CO2-permeable membranes derived from a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer after submersion in water". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41427-019-0155-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1569083.
@article{osti_1569083,
title = {Highly CO2-permeable membranes derived from a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer after submersion in water},
author = {Dai, Zhongde and Deng, Jing and Aboukeila, Hesham and Yan, Jiaqi and Ansaloni, Luca and Mineart, Kenneth P. and Giacinti Baschetti, Marco and Spontak, Richard J. and Deng, Liyuan},
abstractNote = {To mitigate the effect of atmospheric CO2 on global climate change, gas separation materials that simultaneously exhibit high CO2 permeability and selectivity in gas mixtures must be developed. In this study, CO2 transport through midblock-sulfonated block polymer membranes prepared from four different solvents is investigated. The results presented here establish that membrane morphology and accompanying gas transport properties are sensitive to casting solvent and relative humidity. We likewise report an intriguing observation: submersion of these thermoplastic elastomeric membranes in liquid water, followed by drying prior to analysis, promotes not only a substantial change in membrane morphology, but also a significant improvement in both CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity. Measured CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity values of 482 Barrer and 57, respectively, surpass the Robeson upper bound, indicating that these nanostructured membranes constitute promising candidates for gas separation technologies aimed at CO2 capture.},
doi = {10.1038/s41427-019-0155-5},
journal = {NPG Asia Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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