Print Email Facebook Twitter Benzimidazole linked polymers (BILPs) in mixed-matrix membranes Title Benzimidazole linked polymers (BILPs) in mixed-matrix membranes: Influence of filler porosity on the CO2/N2 separation performance Author Shan, M. (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering; TU Delft ChemE/Transport Phenomena) Seoane, Beatriz (Debye Institute) Pustovarenko, Alexey (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Wang, X. (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering) Liu, X. (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering) Yarulina, I. (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Abou-Hamad, Edy (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Kapteijn, F. (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering) Gascon, Jorge (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Date 2018 Abstract The performance of mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) based on Matrimid® and benzimidazole-linked polymers (BILPs) have been investigated for the separation CO2/N2 and the dependency on the filler porosity. BILPs with two different porosities (BILP-101 and RT-BILP-101) were synthesized through controlling the initial polymerization rate and further characterized by several techniques (DRIFTs, 13C CP/MAS NMR, SEM, TEM, N2 and CO2 adsorption). To investigate the influence of porosity, the two types of fillers were incorporated into Matrimid® to prepare MMMs at varied loadings (8, 16 and 24 wt%). SEM confirmed that both BILP-101 and RT-BILP-101 are well dispered, indicating their good compatibility with the polymeric matrix. The partial pore blockage in the membrane was verified by CO2 adsorption isotherms on the prepared membranes. In the separation of CO2 from a 15:85 CO2:N2 mixture at 308 K, the incorporation of both BILPs fillers resulted in an enhancement in gas permeability together with constant selectivity owing to the fast transport pathways introduced by the porous network. It was noteworthy that the initial porosity of the filler had a large impact in separation permeability. The best improvement was achieved by 24 wt% RT-BILP-101 MMMs, for which the CO2 permeability increases up to 2.8-fold (from 9.6 to 27 Barrer) compared to the bare Matrimid®. Subject Benzimidazole-linked polymersCO separationMixed-matrix membranes To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04d2de5b-ab39-44ba-be2b-562fa0a26075 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.08.023 Embargo date 2020-09-07 ISSN 0376-7388 Source Journal of Membrane Science, 566, 213-222 Bibliographical note Accepted Author Manuscript Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 M. Shan, Beatriz Seoane, Alexey Pustovarenko, X. Wang, X. Liu, I. Yarulina, Edy Abou-Hamad, F. Kapteijn, Jorge Gascon Files PDF MEMSCI_16397_edit_report_AU.pdf 1.14 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:04d2de5b-ab39-44ba-be2b-562fa0a26075/datastream/OBJ/view