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Tailoring physical and chemical microenvironments by polyether-amine in blended membranes for efficient CO2 separation

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Pebax® MH 1657 (Pebax)-based blend membranes with different polyether-amine (PEA) loadings were designed and fabricated for efficient CO2 separation. The CO2 separation performance of Pebax/PEA blend membranes was greatly improved in comparison with that of pure membranes. This was mainly because the introduced PEA tailored the physical and chemical microenvironments in blend membranes. Specifically, PEA was a liquid-like additive, which was beneficial to reduce the mass transfer resistance of gases and increase CO2 permeability. Meanwhile, PEA contained amino groups that acted as mobile carriers to tailor the chemical microenvironment in blend membranes. The mobile carriers preferentially reacted reversibly with CO2 molecules, facilitating CO2 transport in membranes. Compared with CO2/CH4 separation performance of pure Pebax membrane, CO2 permeability and CO2/CH4 separation factor of Pebax/PEA-3 increased by 144.8% and 29.4%, respectively. This study suggests that PEA is a promising membrane material for tailoring the physical and chemical microenvironments in blend membranes for efficient CO2 separation.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China [grant number 21706166]; Program for Young and Middle-aged Scientific and Technological Innovation Leaders in Bingtuan [grant number 2019CB024]; the Program for Young Innovative Talents of Shihezi University [grant numbers CXRC201802, CXRC201704]; and the Major Science and Technology Project of Xinjiang Bingtuan [grant number 2017AA007/01]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 21661027]; and the Research and innovation projects for Postgraduates in Xinjiang Autonomous Region [grant number XJ2021G106]. We wish to thank the Analysis and Testing Center of Shihezi University for the microscopy and microanalysis of our specimens.

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    Xia Lv, Xueqin Li, Lu Huang, Siyuan Ding, Yin Lv & Jinli Zhang

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Lv, X., Li, X., Huang, L. et al. Tailoring physical and chemical microenvironments by polyether-amine in blended membranes for efficient CO2 separation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 475–483 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-021-0991-1

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