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Vol. 15 (2023)

Engineering HOF-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Efficient CO2 Separation

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01020-w
Yuhan Wang
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Yanxiong Ren
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Yu Cao
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Xu Liang
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Guangwei He
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Hanze Ma
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Hongliang Dong
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China
Xiao Fang
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Fusheng Pan
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China
Zhongyi Jiang
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhongyi Jiang

zhyjiang@tju.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 50

Abstract

Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) have emerged as a new class of crystalline porous materials, and their application in membrane technology needs to be explored. Herein, for the first time, we demonstrated the utilization of HOF-based mixed-matrix membrane for CO2 separation. HOF-21, a unique metallo-hydrogen-bonded organic framework material, was designed and processed into nanofillers via amine modulator, uniformly dispersing with Pebax polymer. Featured with the mix-bonded framework, HOF-21 possessed moderate pore size of 0.35 nm and displayed excellent stability under humid feed gas. The chemical functions of multiple binding sites and continuous hydrogen-bonded network jointly facilitated the mass transport of CO2. The resulting HOF-21 mixed-matrix membrane exhibited a permeability above 750 Barrer, a selectivity of ~ 40 for CO2/CH4 and ~ 60 for CO2/N2, surpassing the 2008 Robeson upper bound. This work enlarges the family of mixed-matrix membranes and lays the foundation for HOF membrane development.


Highlights:


1 For the first time, the hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs)-based mixed-matrix membranes were designed for CO2 separation
2 A size-controllable method for synthesis of HOF-21 nanoparticles was proposed via diethylamine-modulated framework assembly process
3 The HOF-21 mixed-matrix membranes exhibited outstanding separation performance with PCO2 of ~ 800 Barrer, and SCO2/CH4 of ~ 40, SCO2/N2 of ~ 60, surpassing the 2008 Robosen upper bound.

Keywords

Hydrogen-bonded organic framework Tunable size Mixed-matrix membrane Mixed-bond Carbon capture
Wang, Yuhan, Yanxiong Ren, Yu Cao, Xu Liang, Guangwei He, Hanze Ma, Hongliang Dong, Xiao Fang, Fusheng Pan, and Zhongyi Jiang. 2023. “Engineering HOF-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Efficient CO2 Separation”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (February):50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01020-w.
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