Large-scale polymeric carbon nanotube membranes with sub–1.27-nm pores

McGinnis, Robert L.; Reimund, Kevin; Ren, Jian; Xia, Lingling; Chowdhury, Maqsud R.; Sun, Xuanhao; Abril, Maritza; Moon, Joshua D.; Merrick, Melanie M.; Park, Jaesung; Stevens, Kevin A.; McCutcheon, Jeffrey R.; Freeman, Benny D.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700938

Title: Large-scale polymeric carbon nanotube membranes with sub–1.27-nm pores

Journal Article · Fri Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700938· OSTI ID:1499950

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Mattershift, New York, NY (United States)
Mattershift, New York, NY (United States); Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

We report the first characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter CNTs traversing a large-area nonporous polysulfone film. The membranes show rejection of NaCl and MgSO₄ at higher ionic strengths than have previously been reported in CNT membranes, and specific size selectivity for analytes with diameters below 1.24 nm. The CNTs used in the membranes were arc discharge nanotubes with inner diameters of 0.67 to 1.27 nm. Water flow through the membranes was 1000 times higher than predicted by Hagen-Poiseuille flow, in agreement with previous CNT membrane studies. Ideal gas selectivity was found to deviate significantly from that predicted by both viscous and Knudsen flow, suggesting that surface diffusion effects may begin to dominate gas selectivity at this size scale.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-02ER15362; DGE-1610403

OSTI ID:: 1499950

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 3; ISSN 2375-2548

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