Author
Dağlar, H., Fındıkçı, İlknur Eruçar, Keskin, S.
Publication Date
2021-01-15
Publication Place
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Elsevier
Subject
Air separation, Membrane, Metal organic framework, Molecular simulations, Selectivity
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0376-7388
Record ID
9783d0cb-7e6d-4026-bfa0-c8a236303d92
Library Location
Mechanical Engineering
Date
2021-01-15
Notes
European Union’s Horizon 2020
Sample Text
Air separation is one of the most challenging separations because of the very similar molecular dimensions of gas molecules. We used a high-throughput computational screening approach to identify the upper performance limits of metal organic framework (MOF) membranes and MOF/polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for O2/N2 separation. Gas permeabilities and selectivities were calculated for 5629 MOF membranes and 78,806 different types of MOF/polymer MMMs, which represent the largest number of MOF-based membranes studied to date for air separation. Our results showed that many MOF membranes exceed the upper bound established for polymer membranes due to their high permeabilities and/or selectivities. The maximum achievable O2 permeability and O2/N2 selectivity of MOF/polymer MMMs were computed as 2710.8 Barrer and 19.8, respectively. Results revealed that MOF/polymer MMMs can outperform MMMs composed of traditional fillers, such as zeolites, in terms of O2 permeability and O2/N2 selectivity. The impacts of purity of air mixture and the structural flexibility of MOFs on the gas separation performances of MMMs were also discussed. These results provide molecular-level insights into adsorption and diffusion behaviors of O2 and N2 in MOF membranes in addition to presenting structure-performance relations of MOFs that can lead to high-performance membranes and fillers for MMMs.
DOI
10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118555
Cilt
618
