Azine-Linked Covalent Organic Framework (COF)-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes for CO2 /CH4 Separation

Meixia Shan; Beatriz Seoane; Elena Rozhko; Alla Dikhtiarenko; Guillaume Clet; Freek Kapteijn; Jorge Gascon

doi:10.1002/chem.201602999

Azine-Linked Covalent Organic Framework (COF)-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes for CO2 /CH4 Separation

Chemistry. 2016 Oct 4;22(41):14467-70. doi: 10.1002/chem.201602999. Epub 2016 Aug 18.

Authors

Meixia Shan¹, Beatriz Seoane², Elena Rozhko¹, Alla Dikhtiarenko¹, Guillaume Clet³, Freek Kapteijn¹, Jorge Gascon⁴

Affiliations

¹ Catalysis Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg, 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands.
² Faculty of Science, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands. B.SeoanedelaCuesta@uu.nl.
³ Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, 14000, Caen, France.
⁴ Catalysis Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg, 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands. J.Gascon@tudelft.nl.

PMID: 27535016
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602999

Abstract

Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) comprising Matrimid and a microporous azine-linked covalent organic frameworks (ACOF-1) were prepared and tested in the separation of CO2 from an equimolar CO2 /CH4 mixture. The COF-based MMMs show a more than doubling of the CO2 permeability upon 16 wt % ACOF-1 loading together with a slight increase in selectivity compared to the bare polymer. These results show the potential of COFs in the preparation of MMMs.

Keywords: ACOF-1 loading; CO2 selectivity; covalent organic frameworks; gas separation; mixed matrix membranes.