Gas Transport Properties of Polybenzimidazole and Poly(Phenylene Oxide) Mixed Matrix Membranes Incorporated with PDA-Functionalised Titanate Nanotubes

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• 作者：V. Giel ; M. Perchacz ; J. Kredatusová ; Z. Pientka
• 关键词：Polybenzimidazole ; Poly(phenylene oxide) ; Titanate nanotubes ; Polydopamine ; Mixed matrix membrane ; Gas separation ; Permeability ; Selectivity ; Sorption isotherms
• 刊名：Nanoscale Research Letters
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：12
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2530KB
• 刊物主题：Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanochemistry; Molecular Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1556-276X
• 卷排序：12

文摘

Functionalised titanate nanotubes (TiNTs) were incorporated to poly(5,5-bisbenzimidazole-2,2-diyl-1,3-phenylene) (PBI) or poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) for improving the interfacial compatibility between the polymer matrix and inorganic material and for altering the gas separation performance of the neat polymer membranes. Functionalisation consisted in oxidative polymerisation of dopamine-hydrochloride on the surface of non-functionalised TiNTs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed that a thin polydopamine (PDA) layer was created on the surface of TiNTs. 1.5, 3, 6, and 9 wt.% of PDA-functionalised TiNTs (PDA-TiNTs) were dispersed to each type of polymer matrix to create so-called mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). Infrared spectroscopy confirmed that –OH and –NH groups exist on the surface of PDA-TiNTs and that the nanotubes interact via H-bonding with PBI but not with PPO. The distribution of PDA-TiNTs in the MMMs was to some extent uniform as scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies showed. Beyond, PDA-TiNTs exhibit positive effect on gas transport properties, resulting in increased selectivities of MMMs. The addition of nanotubes caused a decrease in permeabilities but an increase in selectivities. It is shown that 9 wt.% of PDA-TiNTs in PBI gave a rise to CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ selectivities of 112 and 63 %, respectively. In case of PPO-PDA-TiNT MMMs, CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ selectivity increased about 25 and 17 %, respectively. Sorption measurement showed that the presence of PDA-TiNTs in PBI caused an increase in CO₂ sorption, whereas the influence on other gases is less noticeable.