2D boron nitride nanosheets in PIM-1 membranes for CO2/CH4 separation

Ahmed W. Ameen; Jing Ji; Marzieh Tamaddondar; Sajjad Moshenpour; Andrew B. Foster; Xiaolei Fan; Peter M. Budd; Davide Mattia; Patricia Gorgojo

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119527

2D boron nitride nanosheets in PIM-1 membranes for CO₂/CH₄ separation

Ahmed W. Ameen, Jing Ji, Marzieh Tamaddondar, Sajjad Moshenpour, Andrew B. Foster, Xiaolei Fan, Peter M. Budd, Davide Mattia, Patricia Gorgojo

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Abstract

Physical aging represents one of the major obstacles towards adoption of polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) membranes for gas separation applications. In this work, mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) of 2D boron nitride nanosheets (BNNS) and PIM-1 were prepared and applied in the separation of a CO₂/CH₄ (1:1, v:v) binary gas mixture. The membranes were tested over a period of more than one year to evaluate their anti-aging properties as compared to neat PIM-1. The results show that introducing BNNS into PIM-1 leads to a significant reduction in the physical aging of PIM-1, as demonstrated by the values of reduction in CO₂ permeability after 414 days (22% for the MMMs as compared to 58% for neat PIM-1). This work paves the way to using PIM-based membranes in industry.

Original language	English
Article number	119527
Journal	Journal of Membrane Science
Volume	636
Early online date	15 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119527
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Ahmed W. Ameen acknowledges the Department of Research & Development, Saudi Aramco for the PhD scholarship.

Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Programme Grant EP/M01486X/1 “From membrane material synthesis to fabrication and function (SynFabFun)”. All research data supporting this publication are directly available within this publication and the supporting information.

Funding Information:
Ahmed W. Ameen acknowledges the Department of Research & Development, Saudi Aramco for the PhD scholarship. The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Programme Grant EP/M01486X/1 ?From membrane material synthesis to fabrication and function (SynFabFun)?. All research data supporting this publication are directly available within this publication and the supporting information. The authors thank Gary Harrison and Dr John E. Warren from the Department of Materials XRD Facility in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Manchester for their assistance to perform the XRD tests. The authors thank Patrick Hill from the Department of Materials Electron Microscopy Centre Facility at the University of Manchester for his assistance with SEM. TGA and elemental analysis tests were performed by Anne Davies and Martin Jennings at the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester. MALDI TOF mass spectra and elemental analysis measurements were performed by Emma Enston at the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester. XPS data collection was performed at the EPSRC National Facility for XPS (?HarwellXPS?), operated by Cardiff University and UCL, under contract No. PR16195.

Funding Information:
XPS data collection was performed at the EPSRC National Facility for XPS (‘HarwellXPS’), operated by Cardiff University and UCL, under contract No. PR16195.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)

Keywords

Boron nitride nanosheets
Gas separation
Mixed matrix membranes
Natural gas
PIM-1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
General Materials Science
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

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