Innovative starch-PVA membranes incorporating amino-functionalized Zeolitic Imidazolate frameworks for CO2/CH4 separation
The growing need for efficient CO2 separation in natural gas purification and carbon capture has driven the advancement of high-performance membrane technologies. This study incorporates the zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8-NH2 into blends of polysaccharide starch and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/404049 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/404049 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mixed matrix membrane (MMM) Thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) Biopolymer membrane Starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) CO2/CH4 separation Amino-functionalized ZIF |
| Sumario: | The growing need for efficient CO2 separation in natural gas purification and carbon capture has driven the advancement of high-performance membrane technologies. This study incorporates the zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8-NH2 into blends of polysaccharide starch and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to fabricate eco-friendly membranes. These materials, prepared as dense mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) and thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes, offer a sustainable solution for CO2/CH4 separation. The integration of ZIF-8-NH2 nanoparticles, recognized for their high crystallinity and surface area and selective adsorption capacity into the starch–PVA matrix (33/67 blend ratio), significantly enhances CO2 permeability, increasing from 124 to 188 Barrer at 10 wt% loading, while preserving high CO2/CH4 selectivity (14.1 for the pristine blend and 16.5 for the MMM). For TFNs, a 9/91 starch-PVA matrix with 15 wt% ZIF-8-NH2 incorporated into the selective layer resulted in the best conditions. This architecture provided robust mechanical stability and high separation performance, yielding a CO2 permeance of up to 208 GPU and a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 26.9 at 3 bar feed pressure, nearly doubling the selectivity compared to the dense biopolymer blend. This work highlights the potential of renewable, starch-based materials in membrane-based gas separation, contributing to sustainable solutions for natural gas purification and carbon capture. |
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