Fabrication and Characterization of Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5/Polysulfone Mixed Matrix Membrane

Authors

  • X. Y. Lee Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), Institute of Contaminant Management, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
  • T. L. Chew Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), Institute of Contaminant Management, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2980-901X
  • Q. H. Ng Department of Chemical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kampus UniCITI Alam, Sungai Chuchuh, Padang Besar, 02100 Perlis, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v24n2.173

Abstract

Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs) appear to be very potential materials to enable efficient gas permeation. MMMs consist of inorganic particle filler dispersed in a continuous polymeric matrix homogeneously. Among various type of filler materials, Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have been discovered as the potential fillers to be used in fabrication of MMMs due to their high affinity with the polymer chains and high sorption capacity which is contributed by their high porosity properties. In this study, Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5, which is a type of MOFs was synthesized via solvothermal method at 120 °C for 48 hours and subsequently incorporated into polysulfone (Psf) matrix in order to fabricate MMMs. The loading of Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5 in the MMMs was varied from 5 wt% to 20 wt% in order to study the effect of fillers on the properties as well as CO2 gas permeation performance of the MMMs. The property of the samples were investigated by using characterization method of X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectrometry. The synthesized Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5 was well crystallized and possessed an irregular elongated shape. FESEM and XRD results showed that Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5 was successfully incorporated into Psf polymer matrix. Lastly, gas permeation test was conducted to determine the CO2 gas permeation. In this study, the CO2/CH4 selectivity increased when the filler loading increased from 5 wt% to 10 wt%, and the optimum CO2/CH4 selectivity of 11.75 was obtained with 10 wt% of Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5 incorporated into the MMMs.

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2020-07-16

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Lee, X. Y., Chew, T. L., & Ng, Q. H. (2020). Fabrication and Characterization of Ni(BDC)(TED)0.5/Polysulfone Mixed Matrix Membrane. Journal of Applied Membrane Science & Technology, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v24n2.173

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