Enhancement of the gas separation properties of polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane by incorporation of silica nano particles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 331, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-30

  Sadeghi, Morteza ^a   Semsarzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^a   Moadel, Homayoon ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Membrane; Nanocomposite; Polybenzimidazole; Silica

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSIVITIES; FT-IR ANALYSIS; GAS PERMEATIONS; GAS SEPARATION; HIGUCHI MODELS; NANO-SCALE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NITROGEN GAS; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; SEM; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SILICA CONTENTS; SILICA HYBRIDS; SILICA NANO-PARTICLES; SILICA PARTICLES; SOL-GEL METHODS; STRONG CORRELATIONS; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; THERMAL PHASE; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GELATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NITROGEN; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 61549108000     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.12.073     Document Type: Article

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