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. 2021 Dec 21;14(1):10. doi: 10.3390/polym14010010

Table 5.

Permeation properties of selected Pebax-based MMMs filled with carbon materials.

Pebax Type Filler Type Filler Amount (wt%) Test Conditions CO2
(Barrer 1)
Selectivity
(-)
Ref.
3000 Carboxyl-functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes (CSWCNTs)
(length 30 nm; outer d 1–2 nm; inner d 0.8–1.6 nm)
10 25 °C, 6 bar 53.2 106.4 (CO2/N2)
31.3 (CO2/CH4)
[35]
1657/PEG200 CNT 8 CNT
50 PEG
25 °C, 14 bar
mixed CO2/CH4 (50/50 vol%)
25 °C, 12 bar
40 °C, 12 bar
302 (pure)
138 (mixed)
193 (mixed)
45 CO2/CH4 (pure)
19 CO2/CH4 mixed
15.7 CO2/CH4 mixed
[36]
1657 MWCNT-NH2
(outer diameter 8–15 nm, length ∼50 µm, 0.45 wt% NH2)
NMP as solvent
6 30 °C, 3.5 bar 174 32 (CO2/N2) [37]
6 45 °C, 3.5 bar 285 57 (CO2/N2)
6 60 °C, 3.5 bar 405 51 (CO2/N2)
1657 Carbon nanospheres
(CNs-600)
(650 nm)
0.5 25 °C, 4 bar
mixed CO2/N2 (10/90 vol%)
100 (pure gas)
97 (mixed gas)
76 (pure gas)
64 (mixed gas)
[39]
1657 Nanodiamonds (ND)
5–10 nm
0.5 35 °C, 2 bar feed pressure and 0.015 bar downstream 46 35.5 [40]
Nanodiamonds (ND) decorated with polyethyleneimine (PEI)
(5–10 nm)
0.5 35 °C, 2 bar feed pressure and 0.015 bar downstream 50 51
1657 on PES support Graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) 0.7 25 °C and 4 bar 45 (+68%) 112 CO2/N2 (+50%),
9.9 O2/N2 (+28%)
[43]
1657 on PVDF support N-doped few-layer graphene
(N-FLG)
(thickness ~4 nm, ~10 layers)
4 Room T, 1–2 bar 239.8 95.5 (CO2/N2) [44]
1657/
PEG-MEA
Graphene oxide (GO) 0.3 GO
50 PEG-MEA
35 °C, 1 bar 600 55.8 (CO2/N2) [47]
1657 GO sheets
Medium-lateral sized (GO-M)
(1–2 μm, d-spacing of 0.8 nm)
0.1 single: 25 °C, 3 bar
mixed: 25 °C, 1 bar
CO2/N2 (50/50 vol%)
95 Single gas
75 Mixed dry 110 Mixed humid
85 Single gas (CO2/N2)
72 Mixed dry
80 Mixed humid
[46]
1657 GO
(sheet size: 500–1000 nm, thickness: 1.5–2.0 nm)
1 30 °C, 2 bar (dry) 110 67 (CO2/N2) [83]
10 30 °C, 2 bar (humidified) 420 64 (CO2/N2)
1657 Imidazole-functionalized
graphene oxide (ImGO)
(0.5–1 μm)
0.8 25 °C, 8 bar 76.2 105.5 (CO2/N2)
(+46.0%)
[49]
1657 on PVDF support Ionic-Liquid-functionalized graphene oxide (GO-IL) 0.2 25 °C, 4 bar 143 79.4 (CO2/N2)
13.8 (CO2/H2)
[50]
1657 on
PSf support
Aminated partially reduced GO nanofiller (A-prGO) 0.1 Room T, 4 bar 47.5 105.6 (CO2/N2)
23.75 (CO2/CH4)
[52]
1657 Aminosilane-functionalized GO
Nanosheets (f-GO)
0.9 35 °C, 2 bar, humidified
mixed CO2/N2 (20/80 vol%)
mixed CO2/CH4 (30/70 vol%)
934.3 71.1 (CO2/N2)
40.9 (CO2/CH4)
[53]
1657 GO nanosheets 0.1 25 °C 107 (4 bar)
117 (10 bar)
104 (4 bar), 77 (10 bar) (CO2/N2)
22 (4 bar), 26 (10 bar) CO2/CH4
[54]
1657 GO nanosheets modified by polypyrrole
(GO-PPy)
(100 to 200 nm)
0.1 25 °C 100 (4 bar)
122 (10 bar)
107 (4 bar), 123 (10 bar) CO2/N2 (+62%)
22.5 (4 bar), 30 (10 bar) CO2/CH4 (+51%)
[54]
1657 GO nanosheets modified by polypyrrole and zinc cations
(GO-PPy-Zn)
0.1 25 °C 118 (4 bar)
131 (10 bar)
83 (4 bar), 119 (10 bar) CO2/N2 (+58%)
24 (4 bar), 30 (10 bar) CO2/CH4 (+56%)
[54]
1657 Covalently grafted polyetheramine (M2070)-carbon nanotube solvent-free hybrid nanofluids (CNTs NF) 30 25 °C, 1.0 bar
Dry mixed CO2/N2
(20/80 vol%)
225 (pure 2 bar)
180 (mixed 2 bar)
332 (mixed 1 bar) (+442%)
61 (pure 2 bar)
60 (mixed 2 bar)
72 (mixed 1 bar) (+77%) CO2/N2
[38]
Covalently grafted polyetheramine (M2070)-graphene oxide
solvent-free hybrid nanofluids
(GO NF)
15 25 °C, 1.0 bar
Dry mixed CO2/N2
(20/80 vol%)
150 (pure 2 bar)
140 (mixed 2 bar)
248 (mixed 1 bar)
52 (pure 2 bar)
48 (mixed 2 bar)
56 (mixed 1 bar)
CO2/N2
1657 Graphite oxide flakes functionalized with iron oxide (Fe3O4–GO)
magnetic alignment/vertical
3 25 °C, 2 bar
Mixed gas CO2/CH4 or CO2/N2 (10/90 vol%)
538 75 (CO2/N2)
47 (CO2/CH4)
[55]
2533 GO 0.02 35 °C, 1 bar 371.39 24.00 (CO2/N2) [48]
Porous (PGO) 0.02 35 °C, 1 bar 397.35 23.75 (CO2/N2)
Polyetheramine-functionalized graphene oxide (PEAGO) 0.02 35 °C, 1 bar 380.44 24.19 (CO2/N2)

1 Barrer = 10−10 cm3 (STP) cm cm−2 s−1 cmHg−1.