Hyperaging-induced H2-selective thin-film composite membranes with enhanced submicroporosity toward green hydrogen supply
- Authors
- Lee, Tae Hoon; Balcik, Marcel; Lee, Byung Kwan; Ghanem, Bader S.; Pinnau, Ingo; Park, Ho Bum
- Issue Date
- Apr-2023
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Hydrogen supply; Membranes; Microporous polymers; Physical aging; Thin-film composite
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, v.672, pp.1 - 12
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
- Volume
- 672
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/185071
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121438
- ISSN
- 0376-7388
- Abstract
- Repurposing the existing natural gas infrastructure by blending hydrogen with methane (i.e., Hythane) is one feasible option to develop a low-carbon hydrogen supply chain, although this process requires extraction of the hydrogen from Hythane after distribution. Membrane technology is a potential solution to tackle this application given its many advantages over other separation methods. However, industrial use of developed membrane materials has been challenging due to several practical concerns; for example, insufficient separation abilities and accelerated physical aging of thin membranes in high-free-volume glassy polymers. Herein, we propose an integrated strategy to develop highly H2-selective thin-film composite (TFC) membranes by tuning the aging behavior of polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) thin films. Detailed gas permeation and two-dimensional (2D) grazing incidence wide-angle x-ray scattering (GIWAXS) studies reveal that triptycene-based PIM TFC membranes can exploit beneficial aging effects resulting from aging-induced enhancement in submicroporosity. To directly deploy TFC membranes, a simple post-treatment step was introduced to increase the aging rate, termed “hyperaging.” The hyperaged TFC membranes exhibited high H2/CH4 mixed-gas selectivity (>100), moderate H2 permeance (∼100 GPU), and good long-term stability when tested using a binary mixture with dilute H2 concentration (20 mol%), demonstrating promise for downstream hydrogen extraction toward green hydrogen supply.
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