• 文献标题:   Synergistic CO2-Sieving from Polymer with Intrinsic Microporosity Masking Nanoporous Single-Layer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HE GW, HUANG SQ, VILLALOBOS LF, VAHDAT MT, GUIVER MD, ZHAO J, LEE WC, MENSI M, AGRAWAL KV
  • 作者关键词:   carbon capture, gas separation membrane, intrinsic microporosity, nanoporous graphene, transport mechanism
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202003979 EA AUG 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

High-flux nanoporous single-layer graphene membranes are highly promising for energy-efficient gas separation. Herein, in the context of carbon capture, a remarkable enhancement in the CO(2)selectivity is demonstrated by uniquely masking nanoporous single-layer graphene with polymer with intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1). In the process, a major bottleneck of the state-of-the-art pore-incorporation techniques in graphene has been overcome, where in addition to the molecular sieving nanopores, larger nonselective nanopores are also incorporated, which so far, has restricted the realization of CO2-sieving from graphene membranes. Overall, much higher CO2/N(2)selectivity (33) is achieved from the composite film than that from the standalone nanoporous graphene (NG) (10) and the PIM-1 membranes (15), crossing the selectivity target (20) for postcombustion carbon capture. The selectivity enhancement is explained by an analytical gas transport model for NG, which shows that the transport of the stronger-adsorbing CO(2)is dominated by the adsorbed phase transport pathway whereas the transport of N(2)benefits significantly from the direct gas-phase transport pathway. Further, slow positron annihilation Doppler broadening spectroscopy reveals that the interactions with graphene reduce the free volume of interfacial PIM-1 chains which is expected to contribute to the selectivity. Overall, this approach brings graphene membrane a step closer to industrial deployment.