Fabrication of organic-inorganic hybrid silica membranes for gas separation by alkane-bridged silsesquioxanes as precursors

Shuangshuang Song, Huating Song, Chenying Wang, Hong Qi

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Abstract

Organic-inorganic hybrid silica sols based on bis(triethoxysilyl)methane (BTESM), 1,2-bis(triethoxysilyl)-ethane (BTESE) and 1,8-bis(triethoxysilyl)octane (BTESO) were prepared via a polymeric sol-gel process. The effects of precursor concentration and hydrolysis ratio on the properties (i.e. state, average particle size and particle size distribution) of three kinds of polymeric sols were also investigated. The properties of the organic-inorganic hybrid SiO2 powders were characterized by thermo-gravimetric/differential scanning calorimeter analysis (TG/DSC) and CO2 adsorption. The gas separation performance of BTESM, BTESE and BTESO membranes was evaluated via single gas permeation experiments. At 200℃ and 0.3 MPa, the BTESM membrane has a H2 permeance of 5.6×10-7 mol/(m2·s·Pa), and the permselectivities for H2/CO2, H2/N2 and H2/CH4 are 6.1, 26.7 and 50.9, respectively. Moreover, the N2, CH4 and SF6 permeances of the organic-inorganic hybrid SiO2 membranes increase as the number of carbon atoms in the alkane bridge of silsesquioxanes increases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1760-1767
Number of pages8
JournalKuei Suan Jen Hsueh Pao/Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society
Volume44
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2016

Keywords

  • Alkane-bridged silsesquioxanes
  • Gas separation
  • Microporous membrane
  • Sol-gel

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