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Mixed Matrix Membranes of Boron Icosahedron and Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) for Gas Separation

This work reports on the preparation and gas transport performance of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) based on the polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) and potassium dodecahydrododecaborate (K(2)B(12)H(12)) as inorganic particles (IPs). The effect of IP loading on the gas separation performance...

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Autores principales: Khan, Muntazim Munir, Shishatskiy, Sergey, Filiz, Volkan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29301312
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes8010001
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Sumario:This work reports on the preparation and gas transport performance of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) based on the polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) and potassium dodecahydrododecaborate (K(2)B(12)H(12)) as inorganic particles (IPs). The effect of IP loading on the gas separation performance of these MMMs was investigated by varying the IP content (2.5, 5, 10 and 20 wt %) in a PIM-1 polymer matrix. The derived MMMs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), single gas permeation tests and sorption measurement. The PIM1/K(2)B(12)H(12) MMMs show good dispersion of the IPs (from 2.5 to 10 wt %) in the polymer matrix. The gas permeability of PIM1/K(2)B(12)H(12) MMMs increases as the loading of IPs increases (up to 10 wt %) without sacrificing permselectivity. The sorption isotherm in PIM-1 and PIM1/K(2)B(12)H(12) MMMs demonstrate typical dual-mode sorption behaviors for the gases CO(2) and CH(4).