2024/02/09 by Farnaz Emamverdi, Jieyang Huang, Negar Mosane Razavi +5 · 1 voice
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · #Covalent Organic Framework Applications #Membrane Separation and Gas Transport #Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02419
openalex publication_date 2024/02/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Polymers with intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) are gaining attention as gas separation membranes. Nevertheless, they face limitations due to their pronounced physical aging. In this study, a covalent organic framework containing λ 5 -phosphinine moieties, CPSF-EtO, was incorporated as a nanofiller (concentration range 0–10 wt %) into a PIM-1 matrix forming dense films with a thickness of ca. 100 μm. The aim of the investigation was to investigate possible enhancements of gas transport properties and mitigating effects on physical aging. The incorporation of the nanofiller occurred on an nanoaggregate level with domains up to 100 nm, as observed by T-SEM and confirmed by X-ray scattering. Moreover, the X-ray data show that the structure of the microporous network of the PIM-1 matrix is changed by the nanofiller. As molecular mobility is fundamental for gas transport as well as for physical aging, the study includes dielectric investigations of pure PIM-1 and PIM-1/CPSF-EtO mixed matrix membranes to establish a correlation between the molecular mobility and the gas transport properties. Using the time-lag method, the gas permeability and the permselectivity were determined for N 2, O 2, CH 4, and CO 2 for samples with variation in filler content. A significant increase in the permeability of CH 4 and CO 2 (50% increase compared to pure PIM-1) was observed for a concentration of 5 wt % of the nanofiller. Furthermore, the most pronounced change in the permselectivity was found for the gas pair CO 2 /N 2 at a filler concentration of 7 wt %.