MIL-101(Cr) Microporous Nanocrystals Intercalating Graphene Oxide Membrane for Efficient Hydrogen Purification

Long Cheng, Haonan Yang, Xingyu Chen, Guozhen Liu, Yanan Guo, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

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Abstract

Graphene oxide (GO) is a promising two-dimensional building block for fabricating high-performance gas separation membranes. Whereas the tortuous transport pathway may increase the transport distance and lead to a low gas permeation rate, introducing spacers into GO laminates is an effective strategy to enlarge the interlayer channel for enhanced gas permeance. Herein, we propose to intercalate CO2-philic MIL-101(Cr) metal-organic framework nanocrystals into the GO laminates to construct a 2D/3D hybrid structure for gas separation. The interlayer channels were partially opened up to accelerate gas permeation. Meanwhile, the intrinsic pores of MIL-101 provided additional transport pathways, and the affinity of MIL-101 to CO2 molecules resulted in higher H2/CO2 diffusion selectivity, leading to a simultaneous enhancement in gas permeance and separation selectivity. The MIL-101(Cr)/GO membrane with optimal structures exhibited outstanding and stable mixed-gas separation performance with H2 permeance of 67.5 GPU and H2/CO2 selectivity of 30.3 during the 120-h continuous test, demonstrating its potential in H2 purification application.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3162-3169
Number of pages8
JournalChemistry - An Asian Journal
Volume16
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2021

Keywords

  • H/CO separation
  • MIL-101(Cr)
  • enlarged interlayer channel
  • graphene oxide membrane
  • nanocrystal intercalation

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