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http://dx.doi.org/10.14579/MEMBRANE_JOURNAL.2019.29.1.51

Gas Permeability through Mixed Matrix Membrane of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) with Aluminosilicate Hollow Nanoparticles  

Fang, Xiaoyi (Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji University)
Jung, Bumsuk (Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji University)
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Membrane Journal / v.29, no.1, 2019 , pp. 51-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to improve gas separation properties of polymeric membranes which have been widely applied in the industry field, aluminosilicate hollow nanoparticles named as allophanes were synthesized by sol-gel method and formulated in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) matrix to investigate the gas separation properties of PDMS membrane. Transmission electron microscope (TEM), Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Surface area and pore size analyzer (BET) and Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) were carried out to characterize the synthetic allophanes. Then the PDMS mixed matrix membranes were prepared by adding different volume fraction of allophanes. To examine the effect of allophanes addition in PDMS matrix using unmodified allophane and modified ones, the gas permeation experiments were performed using oxygen, nitrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. As the volume fraction of modified allophane increased up to 4.05 Vol% the permeability of four test gases through PDMS mixed matrix membranes increased. Also, the selectivity of $O_2/N_2$ and $CO_2/CH_4$ increased with the contents of the modified allophane. Further improvement of gas separation properties of PDMS mixed matrix membranes containing higher volume percent of allophanes can be expected as long as well dispersion of allophanes in PDMS matrix can be achieved for better PDMS membranes.
Keywords
mixed matrix membrane; hollow nanoparticles; gas permeability; gas selectivity; gas separation;
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