Synthesis and characterisation of ETS-10/acetate-based ionic liquid/chitosan mixed matrix membranes for CO2/N2 permeation

Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) were prepared by incorporating organic surfactant-free hydrothermally synthesised ETS-10 and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ionic liquid (IL) to chitosan (CS) polymer matrix. The membrane material characteristics and permselectivity performance of the two-component...

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Autores: Casado Coterillo, Clara|||0000-0002-4454-7652, López Guerrero, María del Mar|||0000-0003-4095-1778, Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/4864
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4864
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mixed matrix membranes
Chitosan
Microporous titanosilicate ETS-10
1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate ionic liquid
Membrane characterisation
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Sumario:Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) were prepared by incorporating organic surfactant-free hydrothermally synthesised ETS-10 and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ionic liquid (IL) to chitosan (CS) polymer matrix. The membrane material characteristics and permselectivity performance of the two-component membranes were compared with the three-component membrane and the pure CS membrane. The addition of IL increased CO2 solubility of the polymer, and, thus, the CO2 affinity was maintained for the MMMs, which can be correlated with the crystallinity, measured by FT-IR, and void fraction calculations from differences between theoretical and experimental densities. The mechanical resistance was enhanced by the ETS-10 nanoparticles, and flexibility decreased in the two-component ETS-10/CS MMMs, but the flexibility imparted by the IL remained in three-component ETS-10/IL/CS MMMs. The results of this work provide insight into another way of facing the adhesion challenge in MMMs and obtain CO2 selective MMMs from renewable or green chemistry materials.