Recent progress in thermally rearranged (TR) polymer based membranes for sustainable gas separations

L Guo, W Liu, Y Yang, A Ali, CH Lau… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermally rearranged (TR) polymers are unique high-performance materials with rigid
aromatic rings like benzoxazoles and benzimidazoles, that are produced/transformed by …

Cross-linked polymer membranes for energy-efficient gas separation: innovations and perspectives

M Liu, A Seeger, R Guo - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymeric membranes for gas separations have experienced rapid growth over the past few
decades, and extensive research has been performed to develop high-performance polymer …

Remarkable gas separation performance of a thermally rearranged membrane derived from an alkynyl self-crosslinkable precursor

S Zhang, Z Xu, Y Weng, M Cai, Y Wang, W Zhu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
One critical problem confronted with gas separation industrial is membrane with high
permeability, selectivity, mechanical strong and reliability. Here, we reported a high …

Hierarchically microporous membranes for highly energy-efficient gas separations

S Luo, T Han, C Wang, Y Sun, H Zhang… - Industrial Chemistry & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The implementation of synthetic polymer membranes in gas separations, ranging from
natural gas sweetening, hydrogen separation, helium recovery, carbon capture …

Double-decker-shaped phenyl-substituted silsesquioxane (DDSQ)-based nanocomposite polyimide membranes with tunable gas permeability and good aging …

Y Xiao, X Lei, Y Liu, Y Zhang, X Ma, Q Zhang - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based gas separation technique shows great potential in CO 2 elimination from
natural gas and N 2 enrichment from compressed air. In this study, a double-decker-shaped …

Significantly enhanced gas separation properties of membranes by debromination and thermal rearrangement simultaneously

L Sun, Z Xu, L Huang, H Wang, H Zhang, J Li… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
One important challenge in advanced gas separation membranes is breaking the trade-off
effect between gas permeability and selectivity. Here, we developed a method by combining …

Sub-nm Pore Size of Phenylethynyl End-Capped Imide Oligomer-Derived Carbon for Molecular Sorption and Separation

W Guzman, A Griffin, M Robertson… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon molecular sieves (CMSs) derived from polymer precursors that can be prepared at
scale are attractive for various energy-efficient sorption and separation technologies, such …

Carbazole-Based Polyimide Membranes with Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions for Gas Separation

Y Xiao, X Lei, Z Zhang, S Chen, G Xiong, X Ma… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cross-linked polymers for gas separation have significant advantages in increasing gas
selectivity and separation stability. However, the cross-linking strategies unavoidably form …

Enhancing the Gas Transport Properties of Network Polyimide Membranes by Reducing Cross-Linking Density and Thermal Treatment

Y Zhao, J Luo, M Chen, J Hu, H Ling, X Zong… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, we developed a new diamine monomer termed TA-BOC that features a tert-
butoxycarbonyl (t-Boc) protected group. This t-Boc group could shield one of the reactive …

New Insights in the Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight Aromatic Polyamides-Improved Synthesis of Rod-like PPTA

G Hernández, S Ferrero, H Reinecke… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
By employing a variation of the polyamidation method using in situ silylated diamines and
acid chlorides, it was possible to obtain a rod-type polyamide: poly (p-phenylene …