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Synergistic CO2-Sieving from Polymer with Intrinsic Microporosity Masking Nanoporous Single-Layer Graphene

He, Guangwei  
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Huang, Shiqi  
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Villalobos, Luis Francisco  
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August 6, 2020
Advanced Functional Materials

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.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/adfm.202003979
Web of Science ID

WOS:000555844300001

Author(s)
He, Guangwei  
Huang, Shiqi  
Villalobos, Luis Francisco  
Vahdat, Mohammad Tohidi
Guiver, Michael D.
Zhao, Jing
Lee, Wan-Chi  
Mensi, Mounir  
Agrawal, Kumar Varoon  
Date Issued

2020-08-06

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

Published in
Advanced Functional Materials
Article Number

2003979

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry, Physical

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Physics

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carbon capture

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gas separation membrane

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intrinsic microporosity

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nanoporous graphene

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transport mechanism

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polyimide membranes

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raman-spectroscopy

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gas separation

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permeation

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defects

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performance

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transport

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fabrication

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mechanisms

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