Hydroxyl-functionalized 6FDA-DAP and 6FDA-DAR polyimides showed very high pure-gas CO2/CH4 permselectivity of ~90.
Enhanced pure-gas CO2/CH4 permselectivity was primarily due to high diffusivity selectivity.
Mixed-gas selectivity at 10 atm partial CO2 pressure was reduced to 75.
Plasticization was minimized by introduction of hydroxyl groups.