Pentiptycene-based ladder polymers with configurational free volume for enhanced gas separation performance and physical aging resistance

TJ Corrado, Z Huang, D Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021National Acad Sciences
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) have shown promise in pushing the limits of gas
separation membranes, recently redefining upper bounds for a variety of gas pair
separations. However, many of these membranes still suffer from reductions in permeability
over time, removing the primary advantage of this class of polymer. In this work, a series of
pentiptycene-based PIMs incorporated into copolymers with PIM-1 are examined to identify
fundamental structure–property relationships between the configuration of the pentiptycene …
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) have shown promise in pushing the limits of gas separation membranes, recently redefining upper bounds for a variety of gas pair separations. However, many of these membranes still suffer from reductions in permeability over time, removing the primary advantage of this class of polymer. In this work, a series of pentiptycene-based PIMs incorporated into copolymers with PIM-1 are examined to identify fundamental structure–property relationships between the configuration of the pentiptycene backbone and its accompanying linear or branched substituent group. The incorporation of pentiptycene provides a route to instill a more permanent, configuration-based free volume, resistant to physical aging via traditional collapse of conformation-based free volume. PPIM-ip-C and PPIM-np-S, copolymers with C- and S-shape backbones and branched isopropoxy and linear n-propoxy substituent groups, respectively, each exhibited initial separation performance enhancements relative to PIM-1. Additionally, aging-enhanced gas permeabilities were observed, a stark departure from the typical permeability losses pure PIM-1 experiences with aging. Mixed-gas separation data showed enhanced CO2/CH4 selectivity relative to the pure-gas permeation results, with only ∼20% decreases in selectivity when moving from a CO2 partial pressure of ∼2.4 to ∼7.1 atm (atmospheric pressure) when utilizing a mixed-gas CO2/CH4 feed stream. These results highlight the potential of pentiptycene’s intrinsic, configurational free volume for simultaneously delivering size-sieving above the 2008 upper bound, along with exceptional resistance to physical aging that often plagues high free volume PIMs.
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