Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation

Zhu, Lingxiang; Huang, Liang; Venna, Surendar R.; Blevins, Adrienne K.; Ding, Yifu; Hopkinson, David P.; Swihart, Mark T.; Lin, Haiqing

doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c03492

Title: Scalable Polymeric Few-Nanometer Organosilica Membranes with Hydrothermal Stability for Selective Hydrogen Separation

Journal Article · Tue Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c03492· OSTI ID:1842487

Zhu, Lingxiang ^[1];

^[2]; Venna, Surendar R. ^[3]; Blevins, Adrienne K. ^[4];

^[4]; Hopkinson, David P. ^[3];

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Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States); National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States

Nanoporous silica membranes exhibit excellent H₂/CO₂ separation properties for sustainable H₂ production and CO₂ capture but are prepared via complicated thermal processes above 400 °C, which prevent their scalable production at a low cost. Here, we demonstrate the rapid fabrication (within 2 min) of ultrathin silica-like membranes (~3 nm) via an oxygen plasma treatment of polydimethylsiloxane-based thin-film composite membranes at 20 °C. The resulting organosilica membranes unexpectedly exhibit H2 permeance of 280-930 GPU (1 GPU = 3.347 x 10^-10 mol m^-2 s^-1 Pa^-1) and H2/CO2 selectivity of 93-32 at 200 °C, far surpassing state-of-the-art membranes and Robeson’s upper bound for H₂/CO₂ separation. When challenged with a 3 d simulated syngas test containing water vapor at 200 °C and a 340 d stability test, the membrane shows durable separation performance and excellent hydrothermal stability. The robust H₂/CO₂ separation properties coupled with excellent scalability demonstrate the great potential of these organosilica membranes for economic H₂ production with minimal carbon emissions.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89243318CFE000003; FE0026463; 1554236

OSTI ID:: 1842487

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 15, Issue 7; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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