Effects of hydroxyl-functionalization and sub-Tg thermal annealing on high pressure pure- and mixed-gas CO2/CH4 separation by polyimide membranes based on 6FDA and triptycene-containing dianhydrides

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 571-581

  Swaidan, Raja ^a   Ghanem, Bader ^a   Litwiller, Eric ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide separation; Hydroxyl functionality; Microporosity; Polyimides; Triptycene

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; FREE VOLUME; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GASES; MICROPOROSITY; NATURAL POLYMERS; PERMEATION; POLYIMIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION; CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE STUDIES; HYDROXYL FUNCTIONALITY; ISOSTERIC HEAT OF ADSORPTION; POLYIMIDE MEMBRANES; TRIPTYCENES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACID ANHYDRIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; METHANE; POLYIMIDE; TRIPTYCENE DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROPHILICITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOOD; GAS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEAT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYPERBARISM; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE; SOLID STATE; SOLUBILITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84913582113     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.10.046     Document Type: Article

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