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Nano Research 2023, 16(8): 11450-11454 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5874-9
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Enhance gas-separation efficiency of mixed matrix membranes by lamellarly arranged metal-organic polyhedron

Show Author's Information Yida Yang1,  Bowen Pang1,  Wang Zeng2( ),  Bingxu Ma1,  Panchao Yin1,3,  Shenglin Yao1,  Xiufang Wen4,  Wei Zhang1,3( )
South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
National Centre for Inorganic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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metal-organic polyhedrons (MOPs), mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), phase separation of mixed-matrix membranes, arrangement of MOPs
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Yang Y, Pang B, Zeng W, et al. Enhance gas-separation efficiency of mixed matrix membranes by lamellarly arranged metal-organic polyhedron. Nano Research, 2023, 16(8): 11450-11454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5874-9
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Eliminating the nonselective permeation path inside the mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) is critical for fabrication of gas separation membranes. We demonstrate that by utilizing the phase separation of block copolymers, we are able to introduce metal-organic polyhedrons (MOPs) with precise pore sizes into a polymer matrix and form an ordered layered structure. We also prove that, by arranging MOP cages into a continuous nanosheet-like layer structure, we are able to generate repeated MOP-effective pathways and deplete the MOP-free permeation pathways, thus enhancing the gas-separation efficiency of MMMs.


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Enhance gas-separation efficiency of mixed matrix membranes by lamellarly arranged metal-organic polyhedron

Show Author's information Yida Yang1, Bowen Pang1, Wang Zeng2( ), Bingxu Ma1, Panchao Yin1,3, Shenglin Yao1, Xiufang Wen4, Wei Zhang1,3( )
South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
National Centre for Inorganic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Eliminating the nonselective permeation path inside the mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) is critical for fabrication of gas separation membranes. We demonstrate that by utilizing the phase separation of block copolymers, we are able to introduce metal-organic polyhedrons (MOPs) with precise pore sizes into a polymer matrix and form an ordered layered structure. We also prove that, by arranging MOP cages into a continuous nanosheet-like layer structure, we are able to generate repeated MOP-effective pathways and deplete the MOP-free permeation pathways, thus enhancing the gas-separation efficiency of MMMs.

Keywords: metal-organic polyhedrons (MOPs), mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), phase separation of mixed-matrix membranes, arrangement of MOPs

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Received: 13 May 2023
Revised: 24 May 2023
Accepted: 26 May 2023
Published: 26 July 2023
Issue date: August 2023

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This work was supported by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (No. 2018B030306039), the Recruitment Program of Guangdong (No. 2016ZT06C322) and the 111 Project (No. B18023).

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