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Preparation of High‐Performance Membranes Derived from Poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene)/Zinc Oxide Particles
Author(s) -
Saeedi Dehaghani Amir Hossein,
Pirouzfar Vahid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201600693
Subject(s) - zinc , membrane , nanoparticle , selectivity , oxide , chemistry , solvent , chemical engineering , permeability (electromagnetism) , inorganic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , catalysis , biochemistry , engineering
The efficiency of gas separation by mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs) derived from poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene) (PMP) filled by zinc oxide nanoparticles is investigated. The membranes are prepared by the solvent evaporation method. The zinc oxide nanoparticles are loaded at different weight percentages. The results reveal that adding zinc oxide nanoparticles at all loading percentages of the nanoparticles increases the selectivity of all gas pairs such as O 2 /N 2 , CO 2 /CH 4 , and CO 2 /N 2 . Furthermore, the CO 2 permeability in PMP‐zinc oxide MMMs was significantly improved when increasing the feed pressure.