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Preparation of polyacrylamide-silica organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for carbon dioxide separation via in-situ polymerization

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Polyacrylamide (PAAm)-silica organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for carbon dioxide (CO2) separation were prepared via in-situ polymerization. Formation of silica and PAAm via sol-gel method and in-situ polymerization was confirmed by IR spectroscopy. Single gas permeances through the membranes were measured at 298, 373 and 423 K using CO2, He and N2. The ideal separation factor (the ratio of the permeances) of CO2/N2 through the AAm10 membrane (starting solution composition; tetraethoxysilane: methyltriethoxysilane: distilled water: hydrochloric acid: ethanol: acrylamide: dimethyl 2,2′-azobis(isobutyrate) = 0.4: 0.6: 2: 0.01: 20: 1.0: 0.1 in molar ratio) was 25.4 at 298 K. This value was thirty times higher than the theoretical Knudsen value (CO2/N2 = 0.8). Binary gas permeation at 298 K was also investigated using a gas mixture of 50%CO2–50%N2. The ideal separation factor (the ratio of the permeances) of CO2/N2 through the membrane was 24.9. This value was the same as the ideal separation factor of CO2/N2 calculated from the single gas measurement. Such a high CO2 selectivity in 50%CO2-50%N2 feed gas was also found even at high temperature for this membrane.

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  • Polyacrylamide-silica organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for carbon dioxide (CO2) separation were prepared via in-situ polymerization.

  • The effects of acrylamide (AAm) content on the gas permeances of CO2, He, N2 through the membranes were investigated.

  • AAm10 membrane (starting solution composition; tetraethoxysilane: methyltriethoxysilane: distilled water: hydrochloric acid: ethanol: acrylamide: dimethyl 2,2′-azobis(isobutyrate) = 0.4:0.6:2:0.01:20:1.0:0.1 in molar ratio) exhibits the highest CO2 selectivity, the ideal separation factor (the ratio of the permeances) of CO2/N2 was 25.4 at 298 K.

  • AAm10 membrane exhibited high CO2 selectivity at 298 K for 50%CO2-50%N2 feed gas mixture, where the ideal separation factor (the ratio of the permeances) of CO2/N2 was 24.9.

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Kuraoka, K., Yamamoto, R. Preparation of polyacrylamide-silica organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for carbon dioxide separation via in-situ polymerization. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 104, 470–477 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-05890-1

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