Functionalisation of MUF-15 enhances CO2/CH4 selectivity in mixed-matrix membranes

Yiming Zhang; Elnaz Jangodaz; Ben Hang Yin; Shane G Telfer

doi:10.1039/d4cc01608d

Functionalisation of MUF-15 enhances CO₂/CH₄ selectivity in mixed-matrix membranes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Jun 4;60(46):5924-5927. doi: 10.1039/d4cc01608d.

Authors

Yiming Zhang¹, Elnaz Jangodaz¹, Ben Hang Yin^{2

3}, Shane G Telfer¹

Affiliations

¹ MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. s.telfer@massey.ac.nz.
² Paihau-Robinson Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. ben.yin@vuw.ac.nz.
³ The MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

PMID: 38757160
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01608d

Abstract

MUF-15 (MUF = Massey University Framework) is a metal-organic framework with pores that can be tuned by ligand functionalisation. Crystallites of MUF-15 and derivatives were blended with the organic polymer 6FDA-DAM to produce mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs). At a loading of 30 wt%, membranes with MUF-15-F, MUF-15 with an appended fluoro group, exhibited a CO₂ permeability of 1300 Barrer and CO₂/CH₄ selectivity of 37.1. These values surpass membranes with the parent MUF-15 and exceed the Robeson upper bound.