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Blend membranes have attracted great attention because they can combine the advantages of different polymers. To investigate the effect of amphiphilic polymer on the separation performance of blend membranes, a series of blend membranes were designed and fabricated by blending an amphiphilic polymer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) into poly(ether-block-amide) (Pebax) polymer for CO2 separation. For the as-prepared Pebax/PEDOT:PSS blend membranes, the interconnected CO2-philic networks were constructed by hydrophilic anionic chains of PSS− for accelerating CO2 transport. Meanwhile, non-CO2-philic networks were constructed by the hydrophobic cationic chains of PEDOT+, which distributed around the PSS− chains to provide low friction diffusion for CO2. Therefore, the amphiphilic polymer of PEDOT:PSS was an excellent material for improving CO2 separation performance of blend membranes. The results showed that the Pebax/PEDOT:PSS blend membranes were endowed with excellent CO2 separation performance. Pebax/PEDOT:PSS blend membrane demonstrated the optimal separation performance with a CO2 permeability of 440.2±3.3 Barrer and a CO2/CH4 separation factor of 28±0.6. This study indicates that introducing the amphiphilic polymer into the blend membranes is an efficient strategy for gas separation.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China [grant number 21706166]; the Program for Young and Middle-aged Scientific and Technological Innovation Leaders in Bingtuan [grant number 2019CB024]; the Program for Young Innovative Talents of Shihezi University [grant numbers CXRC201802]; and the Major Science and Technology Project of Xinjiang Bingtuan [grant number 2017AA007/01]. We wish to thank the Analysis and Testing Center of Shihezi University for the microscopy and microanalysis of our specimens.
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Wang, J., Lv, X., Huang, L. et al. Construction of amphiphilic networks in blend membranes for CO2 separation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 40, 175–184 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1236-7
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