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Pushing CO2-philic membrane performance to the limit by designing semi-interpenetrating networks (SIPN) for sustainable CO2 separations

  • Xu Jiang
  • , Songwei Li
  • , Lu Shao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Semi-interpenetrating network (SIPN) membranes with unprecedentedly high CO2 permeability were designed and synthesized simply through one-step, UV-induced radical polymerization. The in situ embedment of linear polyethylene glycol as a "CO2 transport promoter" in membranes can dramatically enhance both CO2 solubility and diffusivity to push SIPN membrane performance beyond Robeson's upper bound line (2008). This extremely facile performance-manipulating strategy establishes our CO2-philic SIPN membranes as an exciting platform for sustainable CO2 separations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1339-1344
Number of pages6
JournalEnergy and Environmental Science
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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