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Large-scale synthesis of crystalline g-C3N4 nanosheets and high-temperature H-2 sieving from assembled films

Villalobos, Luis Francisco  
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Vandat, Mohammad Tohidi
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Khchoune, Mostapha
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January 1, 2020
Science Advances

Poly(triazine imide) (PTI), a crystalline g-C3N4, hosting two-dimensional nanoporous structure with an electron density gap of 0.34 nm, is highly promising for high-temperature hydrogen sieving because of its high chemical and thermal robustness. Currently, layered PTI is synthesized in potentially unsafe vacuum ampules in milligram quantities. Here, we demonstrate a scalable and safe ambient pressure synthesis route leading to several grams of layered PTI platelets in a single batch with 70% yield with respect to the precursor. Solvent exfoliation under anhydrous conditions led to single-layer PTI nanosheets evidenced by the observation of triangular g-C3N4 nanopores. Gas permeation studies confirm that PTI nanopores can sieve He and H-2 from larger molecules. Last, high-temperature H-2 sieving from PTI nanosheet-based membranes, prepared by the scalable filter coating technique, is demonstrated with H-2 permeance reaching 1500 gas permeation units, with H-2/CO2, H-2/N-2, and H-2/CH4 selectivities reaching 10, 50, and 60, respectively, at 250 degrees C.

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DOI
10.1126/sciadv.aay9851
Web of Science ID

WOS:000510496000014

Author(s)
Villalobos, Luis Francisco  
Vandat, Mohammad Tohidi
Khchoune, Mostapha
Nadizadeh, Zahra
Mensi, Mounir  
Oveisi, Emad  
Campi, Davide  
Marzari, Nicola  
Agrawal, Kumar Varoon  
Date Issued

2020-01-01

Publisher

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE

Published in
Science Advances
Volume

6

Issue

4

Article Number

eaay9851

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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organic framework nanosheets

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graphitic carbon nitride

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poly(triazine imide)

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zeolite nanosheets

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helium recovery

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membranes

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hydrogen

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selectivity

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separation

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cellulose

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