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Synergistic Tuning of Microstructure and Morphology in Carbon Molecular Sieve Hollow Fibers for Propylene/Propane Separation.
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition . Sep2024, p1. 6p. 4 Illustrations. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Asymmetric carbon molecular sieve (CMS) hollow fiber membranes with tunable micro‐ and macro‐structural morphologies for energy efficient propylene‐propane separation are reported here. A sub‐glass transition temperature (sub‐Tg) thermal oxidative crosslinking strategy enables simultaneous optimization of the intrinsic molecular sieving properties while also reducing the thickness of the CMS “skin” derived from the 6FDA : BPDA/DAM polyimide precursors. Such synergistic tuning of CMS microstructure and macroscopic morphology of CMS hollow fibers enables significantly increased propylene permeance (reaching 186.5 GPU) while maintaining an appealing propylene/propane selectivity of 13.3 for 50/50 propylene/propane mixed gas feeds. Our findings reveal a more refined and versatile tool than available with previous O2‐doping pretreatments. The advanced approach here should be broadly useful to other polyimide precursors and diverse gas pairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14337851
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 180580754
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202414683