Remarkable enhancement of gas selectivity on organosilica hybrid membranes using urea-modulated metal-organic framework nanoparticles

doi:10.1007/s11705-024-2383-7

2024, Vol. 18

Issue (2) : 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-024-2383-7

Remarkable enhancement of gas selectivity on organosilica hybrid membranes using urea-modulated metal-organic framework nanoparticles

Yayun Zhao^1,², Dechuan Zhao^1,³(

), Chunlong Kong¹, Yichao Lin¹, Xuezhen Wang¹(

), Liang Chen^1,²(

)

¹. Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
². University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
³. Collaboration Innovation Center for Tissue Repair Material Engineering Technology, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China

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Abstract

Metal-organic framework/organosilica hybrid membranes on tubular ceramic substrates have shown great potential for the implementation of membrane technology in practical gas separation projects due to their higher permeance compared to commercial polymers. However, the selectivities of the reported membranes are moderate. Here, we have incorporated urea-modulated metal-organic frameworks into organosilica membranes to greatly enhance its separation performance. The urea-modulated metal-organic frameworks exhibit less-defined edges of crystallographic facets and high defect density. They can be well-dispersed in the organosilica layer, which substantially suppresses the interfacial defects between metal-organic frameworks and organosilica, which is beneficial for improving the selectivity of membranes for gas separation. The results have shown that the enhanced ideal selectivity of H₂/CH₄ was 165 and that of CO₂/CH₄ was 43, with H₂ permeance of about 1.25 × 10⁻⁶ mol·m⁻²·s⁻¹·Pa⁻¹ and CO₂ permeance of 3.27 × 10⁻⁷ mol·m⁻²·s⁻¹·Pa⁻¹ at 0.2 MPa and 25 °C. In conclusion, the high level of hybrid membranes can be used to separate H₂ (or CO₂) from the binary gas mixture H₂/CH₄ (or CO₂/CH₄), which is important for gas separation in practical applications. Moreover, the simple and feasible modulation of metal-organic framework is a promising strategy to tune different metal-organic frameworks for membranes according to the actual demands.

Keywords ZIF-8 nanocrystals urea organosilica hybrid membrane enhanced separation performance

Corresponding Author(s): Dechuan Zhao,Xuezhen Wang,Liang Chen

Just Accepted Date: 22 November 2023 Issue Date: 16 January 2024

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Yayun Zhao,Dechuan Zhao,Chunlong Kong, et al. Remarkable enhancement of gas selectivity on organosilica hybrid membranes using urea-modulated metal-organic framework nanoparticles[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2024, 18(2): 18.

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Fig.1 Schematic illustration of the ZIF-8/organosilica membrane on the Al₂O₃ tubular substrate for gas separation.

Tab.1 List of MOF/organosilica hybrid membranes prepared in this work

Fig.2 SEM images of (a) ZIF-8-ref, (b) ZIF-8-U10, (c) ZIF-8-U20, (d) ZIF-8-U30, (e) ZIF-8-U40, and (f) ZIF-8-U60.

Fig.3 Top-view SEM images of (a) the bare tube, (b) the tube modified by SiO₂, and (c–g) the organosilica hybrid membranes with different amounts of ZIF-8-U20; cross-sectional SEM images of (h) the bare substrate, (i) substrate modified by SiO₂, and (j–n) the organosilica hybrid membranes with different amounts of ZIF-8-U20.

Fig.4 Ideal selectivities of H₂/CO₂, H₂/N₂, H₂/CH₄, CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ through the as-prepared ZIF-8/organosilica hybrid membranes: M0.5/1, M1/1, M2/1, M3/1, and M4/1. The inset displays the single gas permeances for the corresponding gases. Permeation is measured at T = 25 °C with ?p = 0.2 MPa.

Fig.5 Separation factors of H₂/CH₄, CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/N₂ gas mixtures through the ZIF-8-U20/organosilica membrane (M1/1). Permeation is measured at T = 25 and 150 °C with ?p = 0.2 MPa.

Fig.6 Comparisons of (a) H₂/CH₄ selectivity and (b) CO₂/CH₄ selectivity of ZIF-8/organosilica with recently reported membranes based on the upper bounds. Detailed data in this plot are listed in Tables S2 and S3, respectively.

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