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Article

Impacts of Green Synthesis Process on Asymmetric Hybrid PDMS Membrane for Efficient CO2/N2 Separation

by
Guo-Liang Zhuang
1,
Chao-Fong Wu
1,
Ming-Yen Wey
1,* and
Hui-Hsin Tseng
2,3,*
1
Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
2
School of Occupational Safety and Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
3
Department of Occupational Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Membranes 2021, 11(1), 59; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11010059
Submission received: 12 December 2020 / Revised: 10 January 2021 / Accepted: 13 January 2021 / Published: 15 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Membranes for Separation and Purification Applications)
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Abstract

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The effects of green processes in hybrid polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes on CO2 separation have received little attention to date. The effective CO2 separation of the membranes is believed to be controlled by the reaction and curing process. In this study, hybrid PDMS membranes were fabricated on ceramic substrates using the water-in-emulsion method and evaluated for their gas transport properties. The effects of the tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) concentration and curing temperature on the morphology and CO2 separation performance were investigated. The viscosity measurement showed that, at specific reaction times, it is benefit beneficial to fabricate the symmetric hybrid PDMS membranes with a uniform and dense selective layer on the substrate. Moreover, the a high TEOS concentration can decrease the reaction time and obtain create the a fully crosslinked structure, allowing more efficient CO2/N2 separation. The separation performance was furtherly improved with in the membrane prepared at a high curing temperature of 120 °C. The developed membrane shows excellent CO2/N2 separation with a CO2 permeance of 27.7 ± 1.3 GPU and a CO2/N2 selectivity of 10.3 ± 0.3. Moreover, the membrane shows a stable gas separation performance of up to 5 bar of pressure.

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1. Introduction

The membrane-based gas separation processes have been proposed to capture CO2 due to its many advantages, e.g., energy efficiency, inexpensive, and simplicity, compared to conventional technologies [1]. Tremendous progress has been made in the CO2 separation of membranes through the material selection and fabrication processes. The performance of a membrane depends on the material having CO2 affinity and on controlling the molecular structure of the membrane.
Among membrane materials, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) rubber is extremely attractive for its exceptional physical/chemical properties. This organosilicon rubber consists of Si–O backbones as its main chain and organic side chains, showing a flexible polymer backbone under a low glass transition temperature (−123 °C) [2]; hence, it possesses high CO2 permeability through its high solution-diffusion ability [3]. However, PDMS membranes possess a low CO2/N2 selectivity of approximately 6.3–9.5 [4,5,6,7] due to their poor size-sieving ability.
To improve the separation performance of membranes, it has been suggested that different organic or inorganic materials, such as fluorescent material (TPE) [8], metal nanoparticles [9], graphene oxide (GO) [10], carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [11], metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) [12], TiO2 [13,14] and silica [15,16] are incorporated. Compared with other materials, silica is a common and low-cost functional filler for organic–inorganic hybrid membranes. Ataeivarjovi et al. [17] verified that the overall mass transfer resistance can be reduced by 49% after the incorporation of silica, resulting in effective gas transport properties. Rosli et al. [18] reported that composite membranes containing hybrid PDMS–silica nanoparticles showed an enhancement in their CO2/N2 selectivity of 8.39 when compared to the original membrane. Moreover, the incorporation of silica can improve the thermal and mechanical properties of membranes [19,20].
Recently, the green alternative synthetic pathways of organic–inorganic hybrid membrane manufacturing have become a focus for various studies. Hybrid PDMS membranes can be fabricated through a green sol–gel process in water emulsion. This concept was developed by Li [21] and has been demonstrated in previous studies [22,23]. Water-based emulsions contain only trace surfactants, such as 4-Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) [24,25] and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) [26]. Amphiphilic molecules can help to enhance the synthetic reaction of PDMS in an aqueous solvent by increasing the interaction between the oil(polymer)/water phase. The alternative synthetic pathway is a safe, low-pollution and economically competitive pathway [27,28]. Generally, tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) is used as the precursor and crosslinker for forming a siloxane network between PDMS chains in membranes via a crosslinking reaction under the hydrolysis–condensation mechanism [29,30,31]. The green synthesis of hybrid PDMS membranes is shown in Scheme 1. The siloxane network is formed by the hydrolysis–condensation of TEOS in water. Meanwhile, a PDMS/siloxane hybrid is produced by the crosslinking reaction of the siloxane network and the hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (Hy-PDMS). The crosslinking conditions of PDMS membranes is a key contributing factor for gaining excellent structure stability and separation performance, such as the loading of the crosslinker [32] and curing process (time and temperature) [33].
Thus far, there are limited works that have been conducted to study the effect of green synthesis process on the properties of CO2 separation. Therefore, the present work focused on the development of hybrid PDMS membranes via green synthesis for CO2 separation applications. The effects of the synthesis conditions on the morphology properties and separation performance were investigated. The performance of the as-prepared membrane was then compared to that in the previous literature. As far as the authors know, this is the first report on the fabrication of asymmetric hybrid PDMS membranes using the green synthesis process for CO2 separation.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Materials

Hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (Hy-PDMS), tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS; purity > 98%), and 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich Chemical (USA). Hy-PDMS had a viscosity of 90–120 cPa (average Mw = ~4200). Dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTDL) was of analytical reagent grade and purchased from Alfa Aesar. n-hexane was supplied by Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. Ltd (USA). Commercial alumina discs (23 mm in diameter and 1.4 mm in thickness) were kindly supplied by Ghana Fine Ceramics (Taiwan) and used as a support substrate.

2.2. Fabrication of the Hybrid PDMS Membranes by Water Emulsion

The hybrid PDMS membranes were prepared using the water emulsion method as a green process [21]. A series of three hybrid sols were prepared using, as the starting materials, 4 g of Hy-PDMS and TEOS with 9.4, 12.6 and 15.7 wt.% (P9, P12, and P15), respectively. PDMS-OH/TEOS was mixed in solvent (H2O with 3 wt.% DBSA) with stirring of 600 rpm at 30 °C to obtain homogeneous solutions. After that, the catalyst (1.4 wt.% DBTDL) was added, and the hydrolysis–condensation reaction between Hy-PDMS and TEOS proceeded. The coating solutions obtained the appropriate viscosity during the specific reaction time, which were coated on alumina discs twice in a spin coater and each time for 30 s. Finally, the prepared membranes were placed into an oven immediately to cure at a specified temperature (75 or 120 °C) for 12 h. The test surface area of the prepared membranes was 13.7 cm2.

2.3. Characterizations

The viscosities (η) of the coating solutions were measured by a controlled-strain viscometer (HBDV-ll+P, Brookfield engineering laboratories, Middleboro, MA, USA) at 25 °C. The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of the membranes were characterized using a Jasco 4100 spectrophotometer equipped with an attenuated total reflectance accessory. Thermogravimetric (TGA) curves were determined by a thermal analyzer (TGA/DSC, Perkin Elmer, STA 6000) ranging from 50 to 600 °C with a heating rate of 10 °C/min in a nitrogen atmosphere. The surface morphologies of the hybrid PDMS membranes were obtained using atomic force microscopy (AFM; BRUKER Dimension Icon). The surface roughness of membranes was acquired using AFM images (scan field: 5 × 5 μm), recorded in tapping mode. The thickness of the membranes was measured from the cross-section morphologies obtained using scanning electron microscopy (SEM; JEOL JSM-6700F microscope) at an accelerating voltage of 3.0 kV.

2.4. Membrane Performance Evaluation

The pure gas permeance of the prepared the hybrid PDMS membranes for H2, CO2, O2, N2, and CH4 were measured at a constant temperature (298 K) using a variable pressure/constant volume gas-permeation apparatus. The feed-side pressure of the gases ranged from 1 to 5 atm. Performance tests were conducted on at least three different samples to obtain an average. In Equation (1), the gas permeance (PGPU) of the membranes was estimated by the pressure increase on the downstream side of the cell using a pressure transducer and digital equipment connected to a computer (1 GPU = 7.5 × 10−12 m3 (STP)/m2 ·s·Pa).
P G P U = 273 × 10 10 760 V A T p × 76 14.7 d p d t
where V is the volume of the downstream chamber (cm3), A is the effective area of the membranes (cm2), and dp is the transmembrane pressure (cmHg).
The ideal selectivity (αi, j) between two different gases in a membrane can be calculated using the ratio of the permeabilities of the two gases (i and j) according to Equation (2):
α i , j = P i P j

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Effect of TEOS on the Crosslinking Properties of PDMS in Water Emulsion

3.1.1. Viscosity of the Coating Solution

Figure 1a shows the viscosity measurements of the PDMS solutions in water emulsion containing 9.4, 12.6 and 15.7 wt.% of TEOS were performed at 27 °C. It was found that the enhancement of viscosity with the time of crosslinking (as the reaction time) increased as the TEOS concentration increased. As shown in Figure 1b, the viscosity of the solution experienced a significant viscosity change in a specific reaction time, and the PDMS solutions were in the order of 15.7 wt.% (33 min) < 12.6 wt.% (43 min) < 9.4 wt.% (47 min). A significant change in the degree of crosslinking occurred. The obtained results are consistent with the literature [34] showing that the TEOS concentration affects the crosslinking rate of PDMS.

3.1.2. The Crosslinking Properties of the hybrid PDMS membranes

The crosslinking properties of the hybrid PDMS membranes were confirmed by FTIR spectra (Figure 2). In order to avoid a thickness effect on the results, the membranes were prepared by coating the PDMS solutions containing different TEOS loading ratios on the Al2O3 substrate at a specific reaction time according the viscosity results. The hybrid PDMS membranes displayed a characteristic C–H peak at ~2950 cm−1 (asymmetric CH3 stretching) and 1260–1259 cm−1 (CH3 deformation) in Si–CH3 [35,36]. A peak at ~960 cm−1 was observed for Hy-PDMS, attributable to Si–OH [37,38]. Notably, the FTIR band assigned to the asymmetric CH3 stretching (2950–2960 cm−1) enhanced in intensity alongside the increase in the TEOS concentration in the coating solution. However, the intensity of Si–OH (~960 cm−1) showed the opposite trend as the TEOS concentration increased. The results could be correlated with the crosslinking properties at the different PDMS/TEOS ratios [39]. The absence of a peak at ~960 cm−1 in P15 is confirmation of the completion of condensation reactions between the Hy-PDMS surface (silanol groups –OH) and TEOS. However, the high condensation rate could result in the existence of CH3 in the hybrid PDMS membranes due to the existence of incomplete hydrolysis of TEOS. By contrast, a low TEOS concentration in the solution is not enough to react completely with the all –OH group of Hy-PDMS, resulting in the existence of OH groups in the membranes (P9 and P12).

3.2. Effect of the Reaction Time on the Characterization of the Hybrid PDMS Membranes

3.2.1. Morphological Characterization

Varying the viscosity of the PDMS solutions during different reaction times can impart significant effects on the morphology of the membranes [40]. The cross-section and surface morphologies of the prepared membranes at different reaction times (25, 35, 45 and 55 min) were performed by SEM and AFM, as shown in Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 5. Increasing the reaction time from 25 to 45 min in the P9 membrane did not reveal a significant PDMS layer on the Al2O3 substrate (Figure 3(a1–a3)), but did show a change in the surface roughness (Ra) of 52~92 nm (Figure 3(b1–b3)). Even the long reaction time at 55 min in the P9 membrane resulted in a thin PDMS layer (~1 μm) on the substrate surface (Figure 3(a4)), as well as a decrease in surface roughness to 11.2 nm (Figure 3(b4)). However, P12 and P15 obtained asymmetric hybrid PDMS membranes when the reaction time was higher than 35 and 25 min, respectively (Figure 4 and Figure 5). P12 at 45 min had a PDMS layer thickness of 7.46 μm and a low surface roughness of 1.09 nm (Figure 4(a3,b3)). P15 at 35 min and P15 at 45 min had PDMS layer thicknesses/surface roughnesses of 7.47 μm/0.79 nm and 25.28 μm/5.28 nm, respectively (Figure 4(a2,a3,b2,b3)). The results could be correlated with the viscosity properties of the coating solution [41]. Before a significant crosslinking occurs in a PDMS solution, the low viscosity of the solution will most likely penetrate the substrate surface during the coating process. On the contrary, a high viscosity of the solution will form a dense PDMS layer on the substrate surface when a significant crosslinking occurs in the PDMS solution [42].

3.2.2. Gas Permeation Properties

Figure 6 presents the gas permeance of the different gas molecules (H2, CO2, N2, O2, and CH4) in the hybrid PDMS membranes as a function of the square root of the molecular weights and critical temperatures, respectively. For the P9 membrane, the permeance follows the order of the square root of the molecular weights: H2 > CH4 > N2 > O2 > CO2, indicative of the strong Knudsen diffusion [43] (Figure 6(a1)). A linear dependence was observed with the linear coefficient of determination (R2) values of 0.91, 0.98, and 0.97 for the reaction times of 25, 35, and 45 min, respectively. When the reaction time increased to 55 min, the P9 membrane did not show a linear dependence, with a decrease in the coefficient to 0.24. The P12 membrane also had the same linear R2 = 0.93 for a reaction time of 25–35 min (Figure 6(a2)), but that showed a decrease in the coefficient to 0.25 when the reaction time increased to 45 min. A similar trend was seen for the P15 membrane, with decreases in coefficient from 0.88 to 0.20 when the reaction time increased from 25 min to 45 min (Figure 6(a3)).
However, the opposite change trend was observed in Figure 6(b1–b3). P12 at 25 min, P15 at 35 min and P15 at 45 min showed a positive linear regression correlation between the permeance and critical temperature, indicative of strong solution diffusion [44], with R2 = 0.86, 0.94 and 0.98, respectively. Generally, the gas transport mechanism is relative to the morphological characterization. Knudsen diffusion and solution diffusion can occur in porous and dense membrane structures, respectively [45,46].
Table 1 shows the differences between the reaction times for the membrane preparation and the specific reaction times of the viscosity analysis, and that compared to the gas permeation properties of the membranes. Knudsen diffusion was the main gas transport mechanism for the hybrid PDMS membranes prepared below a specific reaction time. On the contrary, the solution diffusion mechanism was the main gas transport mechanism for the hybrid PDMS membranes prepared above a specific reaction time. According to the morphology of the prepared hybrid PDMS membranes, the structure changes from a porous symmetric membrane to an asymmetric membrane with a dense selective layer when the increase in the viscosity of the coating solution increases alongside the reaction time. Thus, the gas permeation property changes from Knudsen diffusion to solution diffusion as the pore size deceases. In other words, the asymmetric hybrid PDMS membranes can be prepared by the coating solution above a specific reaction time, which is suitable for application to CO2 separation by the solution diffusion mechanism.
On the other hand, the influence of the TEOS concentration on the CO2/N2 selectivity of the asymmetric hybrid PDMS membranes (P9-55 min, P12-45 min and P15-55 min) was investigated at 25 °C (Figure 7). When the TEOS concentration was increased, CO2/N2 selectivity increased from 6.67 (9.4 wt.%) to 10.04 (15.7 wt.%). This higher CO2/N2 selectivity was due to the crosslinking properties of hybrid PDMS membranes, which are considered in the FTIR results (Section 3.1.2). The P15 membrane, with its high TEOS concentration, shows a fully crosslinked structure when compared to the P9 and P12. Moreover, the crosslinking structure of the PDMS membrane can induce high solution diffusion for CO2/N2 separation [47]. Therefore, higher selectivity was observed for the P15 membranes, owing to their crosslinked structure.

3.3. CO2/N2 Sepaparation of the Hybrid PDMS Membrane

Figure 8 indicates the effect of feed pressure on CO2 and N2 permeance and selectivity at 25 °C by varying the feed pressure from 1 to 5 bar for single gases. It presents a slight drop in permeance with increasing feed pressure, especially in N2 permeance, which decreases with an increase in feed pressure from 3 to 5 bar. Thus, it is obvious that the CO2/N2 selectivity increases as the feed pressure increases.
According to the solution diffusion properties of penetrants, condensable gases (CO2 or hydrocarbon) exhibit an enhancement in solubility as the feed pressure increases in rubbery polymers. The gas concentration in the polymer matrix increases as the pressure increases, which could further result in the plasticization of the polymer matrix over a critical pressure. The plasticized polymer chains in the membrane would show high gas permeance due to the chain flexibility. In contrast, the hydrostatic compression as the dominant factor for inert gas (H2, O2, N2, etc.) could result in free volume in the matrix and, hence, a decrease in permeance as the feed pressure increases. Herein, the gas permeance was mainly decreased by the compression effect due to a decrease in the free volume. Moreover, the reduction in N2 permeance was more than that in CO2 permeance at a high feed pressure, so the CO2/N2 selectivity increased.
However, it is important to note that the ideal selectivity can increases as the pressure increases for a single gas, but the real selectivity could decrease for mixed gases by means of the coupling effect [3]. In other words, the P15 membrane could have a weak stability in the polymer structure, which should be improved by further modification.

3.4. Enhancing CO2 Permeance Using the Curing Process

The P15 membrane was modified by increasing the curing temperature from 75 to 120 °C. Figure 9 shows the CO2/N2 separation for P15 and the modified P15 membrane with respect to changes in curing time ranging from 2 to 12 h. As shown in Figure 9a, both gases permeabilities of the P15 membrane remained relatively unchanged under the different curing time. However, for the modified P15 membrane, it was observed that both permeabilities increased as the curing time increased to 8 h, and then remained almost constant with curing times of 8–12 h.
The thickness of the PDMS layer on the support is one of the dominant factors affecting gas permeation performance [48,49]. The thickness of the PDMS layers, measured using SEM images for two membranes, are compared in Figure 10. The SEM images show that the thickness of the PDMS layer of the P15 membrane was 25.28 μm (Figure 10a). Compared to the P15 membrane, the modified P15 membrane showed a 53% reduction in thickness to 13.51 μm (Figure 10b). Moreover, it is interesting to note that the modified P15 membrane showed greater interfacial adhesion compared to the P15 membrane. In general, the curing temperature can increase the liquidity of polymer solutions due to a decrease in viscosity [50,51]. In other words, a thin PDMS layer was formed on the ceramic substrate by enhancing the permeability of the coating solution on the surface of the support, which increased the gas permeance.
Figure 9b shows the CO2/N2 selectivity for the two membranes, which stayed at an almost constant value as the curing time increased. Thus, the change in thickness only affected the gas permeance, not the selectivity. The CO2/N2 separation performance of the modified P15 membrane measured at different feed pressures is provided in Figure 11. It was clearly observed that gas permeance is independent of the feed pressure, as the modified P15 membrane exhibited stable CO2/N2 selectivity as the pressure increased. As shown in Figure 12, the thermal properties of the P15 and the modified P15 were further measured by TGA for evaluating the stability of the crosslinked structure. The decomposition temperature (Td) of P15 membranes shift towards a higher temperature after modification. The 10 wt% decomposition temperature (Td10) increased from 386 °C (P15) to 403 °C (modified P15). The results indicate that the modified P15 shows a high stability due to its crosslinked structure when compared to the P15. Therefore, it was concluded that the high stability of the crosslinked structure could provide a stable gas separation performance at different operating pressures.
Table 2 shows a comparison between this work and other studies to evaluate the CO2/N2 separation performance of the hybrid PDMS membranes. For the most part, the developed hybrid PDMS membranes prepared by a green solvent exhibited better CO2/N2 selectivity compared to the membranes prepared by an organic solvent. However, the developed membranes had relatively low gas permeance compared to others. The low molecular weight of the PDMS polymer could form a dense molecular structure in the membranes, resulting in the low gas transport property. Thus, there are several suggestions for obtaining greater performance. First, an alternative fabrication method could be to create high-performance hybrid PDMS membranes with a highly effective permeation area and a thin selective layer, for example, the development of thin-film tubular or hollow fiber composite membranes using a novel coating technique [52,53,54]. Second, using a PDMS polymer with high molecular weight could further enhance the gas permeance by increasing the porosity or pore size [55,56]. Last, the choice of crosslinker can more accurately control the diffusion channel construction of hybrid PDMS membranes, such as organosilica with different molecular sizes [57].

4. Conclusions

A process for preparing asymmetric hybrid PDMS membranes using the green sol–gel method in water emulsion was described herein. The effects of several parameters, including the crosslinker (TEOS) concentration and curing temperature, on the CO2/N2 separation performance of membranes were successfully investigated. The hybrid PDMS, containing 15 wt.% TEOS, displayed a shorter specific reaction time (~33 min) for forming fully crosslinked structures on the substrate, as demonstrated by the viscosity analysis and FTIR spectroscopy. Thus, the hybrid PDMS membrane, prepared at reaction time of 45 min (P15-45 min), showed the highest CO2/N2 selectivity at 10.04. Furthermore, it was found that a high curing temperature of 120 °C resulted in a membrane with a high gas permeation performance. This was ascribed to the decrease in the thickness of the hybrid PDMS membrane from 25.28 μm to 13.51 μm, as well as the high stability of the crosslinked structure. This was demonstrated by SEM and TGA measurement. This thin state resulted in an increased CO2 permeance to from 13.6 GPU to 28.3 GP. Moreover, the developed membrane showed good resistance to compression effects due to its stable crosslinked structure, leading to constant CO2/N2 selectivity under different feed pressures. The outcomes of this study show that we have developed a potential green approach to synthesize hybrid PDMS membranes with high CO2 separation performance, which can be readily applied in various industrial, cement and petrochemical industries for separating CO2 from other gases.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, M.-Y.W. and H.-H.T.; methodology, G.-L.Z.; validation, G.-L.Z. and C.-F.W.; investigation, G.-L.Z. and C.-F.W.; data curation, G.-L.Z. and C.-F.W.; writing—original draft preparation, G.-L.Z.; writing—review and editing, M.-Y.W. and H.-H.T.; visualization, G.-L.Z.; supervision, M.-Y.W. and H.-H.T.; project administration, M.-Y.W. and H.-H.T.; funding acquisition, M.-Y.W. and H.-H.T. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was financially supported by a grant aid (MOST-104-2221-E-005-005-MY3) from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST-104-2221-E-005-005-MY3) for financial support.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Nomenclature

PGPUGas permeance (GPU, 7.5 × 10−12 m3 (STP)/m2·s·Pa)
VVolume of the downstream chamber (cm3)
AEffective area of the membranes (cm2)
TTemperature (K)
dpTransmembrane pressure (cmHg)
dtTime (s)
αi, jIdeal selectivity of two gases i and j
RaSurface roughness (nm)

Abbreviations

AFMAtomic Force Microscopy
CACellulose Acetate
DBSA4-Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid
DBTDLDibutyltin Dilaurate
FTIRFourier Transform Infrared
GPUGas Permeation Unit
HMSHighly Microporous Support
Hy-PDMSHydroxyl-terminated Polydimethylsiloxane
M.W.Molecular weight
PDMSPolydimethylsiloxane
PESPolyethersulfone
SDSSodium Dodecyl sulfate
SEMScanning Electron Microscopy
TEOSTetraethylorthosilicate
TGAThermogravimetric
TiO2Titanium Dioxide

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Scheme 1. (a) Hydrolysis–condensation reaction of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS). (b) Crosslinking reaction of a hybrid polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes.
Scheme 1. (a) Hydrolysis–condensation reaction of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS). (b) Crosslinking reaction of a hybrid polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes.
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Figure 1. Time dependences of the (a) viscosity and (b) derivative viscosity of the coating solution in water emulsion during the crosslinking reaction with different TEOS loading ratios (9.4, 12.6, and 15.7 wt.%) at 27 °C.
Figure 1. Time dependences of the (a) viscosity and (b) derivative viscosity of the coating solution in water emulsion during the crosslinking reaction with different TEOS loading ratios (9.4, 12.6, and 15.7 wt.%) at 27 °C.
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Figure 2. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of the hybrid PDMS membranes with different TEOS loading ratios (9.4, 12.6 and 15.7 wt.%).
Figure 2. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of the hybrid PDMS membranes with different TEOS loading ratios (9.4, 12.6 and 15.7 wt.%).
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Figure 3. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (a) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) (b) images of the P9 membrane prepared at different reaction times: (a1,b1) 25 min, (a2,b2) 35 min, (a3,b3) 45 min and (a4,b4) 55 min. Ra, surface roughness.
Figure 3. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (a) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) (b) images of the P9 membrane prepared at different reaction times: (a1,b1) 25 min, (a2,b2) 35 min, (a3,b3) 45 min and (a4,b4) 55 min. Ra, surface roughness.
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Figure 4. SEM (a) and AFM (b) images of the P12 membrane prepared at different reaction times: (a1,b1) 25 min, (a2,b2) 35 min and (a3,b3) 45 min.
Figure 4. SEM (a) and AFM (b) images of the P12 membrane prepared at different reaction times: (a1,b1) 25 min, (a2,b2) 35 min and (a3,b3) 45 min.
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Figure 5. SEM (a) and AFM (b) images of the P15 membrane prepared at different reaction times (a1,b1) 25 min, (a2,b2) 35 min and (a3,b3) 45 min.
Figure 5. SEM (a) and AFM (b) images of the P15 membrane prepared at different reaction times (a1,b1) 25 min, (a2,b2) 35 min and (a3,b3) 45 min.
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Figure 6. Correlation analysis between single gas permeance and (a) the square root of the gas molecular weight and (b) the gas critical temperature for the hybrid PDMS membranes: (a1,b1) P9, (a2,b2) P12, and (a3,b3) P15.
Figure 6. Correlation analysis between single gas permeance and (a) the square root of the gas molecular weight and (b) the gas critical temperature for the hybrid PDMS membranes: (a1,b1) P9, (a2,b2) P12, and (a3,b3) P15.
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Figure 7. The CO2/N2 selectivity for P9-55 min, P12-45 min and P15-55 min at 25 °C.
Figure 7. The CO2/N2 selectivity for P9-55 min, P12-45 min and P15-55 min at 25 °C.
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Figure 8. Effect of feed pressure on the gas permeance and ideal selectivity of CO2/N2 at 25 °C for the P15 membrane.
Figure 8. Effect of feed pressure on the gas permeance and ideal selectivity of CO2/N2 at 25 °C for the P15 membrane.
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Figure 9. (a) The gas permeance and (b) ideal selectivity for CO2/N2 at 25 °C for P15 and the modified P15 membrane as a function of curing time.
Figure 9. (a) The gas permeance and (b) ideal selectivity for CO2/N2 at 25 °C for P15 and the modified P15 membrane as a function of curing time.
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Figure 10. SEM images of the PDMS layer supported on the ceramic substrate: (a) P15 and (b) modified P15 prepared at 75 and 120 °C for 12 h, respectively.
Figure 10. SEM images of the PDMS layer supported on the ceramic substrate: (a) P15 and (b) modified P15 prepared at 75 and 120 °C for 12 h, respectively.
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Figure 11. Effect of feed pressure on the gas permeance and ideal selectivity of CO2/N2 at 25 °C for the modified P15 membrane.
Figure 11. Effect of feed pressure on the gas permeance and ideal selectivity of CO2/N2 at 25 °C for the modified P15 membrane.
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Figure 12. Thermogravimetric (TGA) curves of the P15 and the modified P15.
Figure 12. Thermogravimetric (TGA) curves of the P15 and the modified P15.
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Table 1. Reaction times of the membrane preparation and the correlation of permeance with molecular weight and critical temperature for the hybrid PDMS membranes.
Table 1. Reaction times of the membrane preparation and the correlation of permeance with molecular weight and critical temperature for the hybrid PDMS membranes.
MembraneSpecific Reaction Time by Viscosity (min)Time Difference
(∆t, min) 1		Correlation between Gas Permeance and Gas Properties (R2)
Molecular WeightCritical Temperature
P9-25 min47−220.910.06
P9-35 min−120.980.13
P9-45 min−20.970.23
P9-55 min+80.240.99
P12-25 min43−180.930.52
P12-35 min−80.930.17
P12-45 min+20.250.86
P15-25 min33−80.880.01
P15-35 min+20.250.94
P15-45 min+120.200.98
1 Time difference (∆t) = [the prepared reaction time (coating time)] − (the specific reaction time by viscosity).
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Table 2. CO2 and N2 permeances and CO2/N2 selectivity of the PDMS membranes measured in this work compared to those reported in the literature.
Table 2. CO2 and N2 permeances and CO2/N2 selectivity of the PDMS membranes measured in this work compared to those reported in the literature.
MembraneSubstrate 1SolventPermeance (GPU)CO2/N2
(α)		M.W. of PDMS (Da) 2Ref.
CO2N2
PDMS/~100 μm-toluene47.01 ± 26.3 ± 0.27.5-[7]
PDMS/25 μmHMSn-heptane108.76 ± 211.5 ± 0.39.5-[5]
PDMS/14 μmCAn-heptane117.914.48.25000[6]
PERVAP 4060/~10 μmHMS-475.7 ± 6356.4 ± 208.4-[58]
PDMS/8–9 μmZrO2/Al2O3n-heptane410.947.88.660,000[59]
PDMS/6 μmTiO2/PESn-hexane80~95-5.5~6.3 [4]
P15/13.5 μmAl2O3 discwater27.7 ± 1.32.7 ± 0.210.3 ± 0.34200This work
1 HMS, highly microporous support; CA, cellulose acetate; TiO2/PES was prepared by coating TiO2 onto the polyethersulfone (PES) support. 2 M.W., Molecular weight.
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