• 文献标题:   Graphene nanoplatelets based polyimide/Pebax dual-layer mixed matrix hollow fiber membranes for CO2/CH4 and He/N-2 separations
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   THEODORAKOPOULOS GV, KAROUSOS DS, MANSOURIS KG, SAPALIDIS AA, KOUVELOS EP, FAVVAS EP
  • 作者关键词:   pebax, graphene nanoplatelets gnps, duallayer composite membrane, green solvent, gammabutyrolactone gbl, gas separation, co2/ch4 separation hollow fibers hfs
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
  • ISSN:   1750-5836 EI 1878-0148
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103588 EA JAN 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Mixed matrix membranes are key in the preparation of stable, stretchy, durable and efficient membranes for gas separation applications. To this aim, the perfect filler nanomaterials' dispersion is needed. At the same time the replacement of toxic solvents with green ones is also a priority in science, including the membrane technology. Herein, we present the development steps, their structural characteristics and the gas selectivity properties of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) based mixed matrix hollow fiber (HF) membranes. In specific, dual-layer composite polymeric hollow fiber membranes, for CO2/CH4 and He/N-2 gas separations, were prepared by directly dip-coating a single selective layer on prepared porous HF supports without the use of any gutter layer. Asymmetric BTDA-TDI/MDI (P84) co-polyimide-based HFs that acted as porous supports, were fabricated via the dry-wet phase inversion process and the commercial poly(ether-block-amide) Pebax-1657 was chosen as a high CO2-selective separation layer material, dip-coated on the HF supports. The positive influence of the incorporation of GNPs as promising nanofiller in both, the polymeric matrix (support) and the selective layer, in parallel with the partial replacement of toxic NMP by GBL-a "green " solvent-in the support's spinning process, were all evaluated and confirmed. CO2/CH4 and He/N-2 selectivities up to 82 and 20, respectively with CO2 and He permeances of 3 and 2.7 GPU, respectively were measured under real binary gas mixture conditions at 1.3 bar(a) transmembrane pressure at 298 K for dual-layer composite, with GNPs filler, HF (DL-HF) membranes.