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Selective gas permeation of porous organic/inorganic hybrid membranes via sol-gel route and its thermal stability are described. Separation performance of the hybrid membrane was improved compared with porous membranes governed by the Knudsen flow, and gas permeability was still much higher than that through nonporous membranes. Additionally, it was shown that these membranes were applicable at higher temperatures than organic membranes.
SEM observation demonstrated that the thin membrane was crack-free. Nitrogen physisorption isotherms showed the pore size was in the range of nanometers. Gas permeability through this membrane including phenyl group was in the range of 10−8 [cc(STP) cm/(cm2 s cmHg)] at 25°C. The ratios of O2/N2 and CO2/N2 were 1.5 and 6.0, respectively, showing the permeation was not governed by the Knudsen flow. The permeability decreased as the temperature increased. Furthermore, the specific affinity between gas molecules and surface was observed not only in the permeation data of the hybrid membranes but in the physisorption data. These results suggested that the gas permeation through the hybrid membrane was governed by the surface flow mechanism.
Thermal analysis indicated that these functional groups were still stable at higher temperatures. The phenyl group especially remained undamaged even at 400°C.
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Okui, T., Saito, Y., Okubo, T. et al. Gas permeation of porous organic/inorganic hybrid membranes. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 5, 127–134 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00487728
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00487728