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1,3-Dioxolane-Based CO2 Selective Polymer Membranes for Gas Separation

1,3-Dioxolane 기반 CO2 선택성 고분자막의 개발

  • Iqubal Hossain (Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Asmaul Husna (Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Ho Bum Park (Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2023.06.12
  • Accepted : 2023.06.22
  • Published : 2023.06.30
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Abstract

1,3-Dioxolane is an exciting material that has attracted widespread interest in the chemical, paint, and pharmaceutical industries as a solvent, electrolyte, and reagent because 1,3-dioxolane is not toxic, carcinogenic, explosive, auto-flammable, and multifunctional, and due to their excellent miscibility in most organic and aqueous solvent conditions. Recently, this material has received increasing attention as a CO2-selective polymer precursor to separating CO2 from flue gas and natural gas mixtures. Poly(1,3-dioxolane) (PDXL) possesses higher ether oxygen content than polyethylene oxide (PEO), which demonstrates superior membrane CO2/N2 separation properties owing to their polar ether oxygen groups exhibiting strong affinity toward CO2. Thus, PDXL-based membranes displayed an outstanding CO2 solubility selectivity over non-polar (N2, H2, and CH4) gases. However, the polar groups of PDXL, like PEO, promote chain packing efficiency and cause polymer crystallization, thereby reducing its gas permeability, which should be improved. In this short review, we discuss the recent advancement and limitations of PDXL membranes in gas separation applications. To conclude, we provide future perspectives for inhibiting the limits of 1,3-dioxolane-based polymers in the CO2 separation process.

1,3-다이옥솔란은 용매, 전해질 및 시약으로서 화학, 페인트 및 제약 산업에서 광범위한 관심을 받고 있는 화합물이다. 1,3-dioxolane은 주로 독성, 발암성, 폭발성, 자동 인화성이 없으며 다기능성을 가지고 있어, 대부분의 유기 및 수성 용매 조건에서 우수한 용해성을 가져 고분자 전구체로서 사용된다. 최근 몇 년 동안 이 물질은 배가스 및 천연 가스 혼합물에서 CO2를 분리하기 위한 CO2 선택적 고분자 전구체로서 점점 더 많은 관심을 받고 있다. Poly(1,3-dioxolane) (PDXL)은 폴리에틸렌 옥사이드(PEO)보다 높은 에테르 산소 함량을 가지고 있으며, 이는 극성 에테르 산소 그룹이 CO2에 대해 강한 친화력을 나타내기 때문에 우수한 막 CO2/N2 분리 특성을 보인다. 따라서 PDXL 기반 분리막은 비극성(N2, H2 및 CH4) 가스에 대해 탁월한 CO2 용해도 선택성을 보인다. 그러나 PEO와 마찬가지로 PDXL의 극성기는 고분자 사슬의 밀집도를 증가시키고 고분자 결정화를 유발하여 기체 투과도를 감소시켜 이에 대한 개선이 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 기체 분리 응용 분야에서 PDXL기반 고분자막의 최근 발전과 한계에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 또한 CO2 분리 공정에서 1,3-dioxolane 기반 고분자의 한계를 극복하기 위한 몇 가지 분자 설계방안에 대해 다루어 보기로 한다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2022R1A5A1032539)

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