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The CO2 gas separation performance of aminated reduced graphene oxide (A-rGO) incorporated PEBAX mixed matrix composite membranes, by means of amination heating time and A-rGO loading, is reported. The 5 h of heating time resulted in an essential molecular sieving property for CO2 separation, thus used in membrane fabrication. The selective PEBAX/A-rGO5 layers were fabricated on top of the polysulfone supporting layer by a dip-coating method. The A-rGO was well-dispersed, the selective and support layers were seamlessly attached. The CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity of the PEBAX/A-rGO5 was greater than that of pristine PEBAX. 3 wt% of A-rGO5 loading resulted as the optimum since the gas selectivity decreased at higher loading. The PEBAX/A-rGO5 performance, which was slightly above the Robeson 2008 upper bound of permeability-selectivity relation for CO2/N2 gas separation, shows a promising application for industrial CO2 gas separation process.
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This research was supported by the Malaysia Ministry of Education (MOE) under the Higher Institutions’ Centre of Excellence Grant (HICOE) [grant number R.J090301.7851.4J431] and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia under the Collaborative Research Grant (CRG National) [grant number R.J130000.7351.4B474].
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Krishnan, G., Mohtar, S.S., Aziz, F. et al. Mixed matrix composite membranes based on amination of reduced graphene oxide for CO2 separation: Effects of heating time and nanofiller loading. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 37, 2287–2294 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-020-0649-4
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