Carbon-Silica Membranes Derived from Polyimide/Silica Composites for Gas Separation

  • Lee, Young-Moo (School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Ho-Bum (School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Jun (School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Jang, Jeong-Gyu (School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2003.07.01

Abstract

Carbon-silica membranes were Prepared by Pyrolyzing polyimide/silica composite obtained from ill-situ polymerization of alkoxy silanes via sol-gel reaction. In this study, effects of silica content and silica network in polyimide matrix were focused on the gas permeation and separation properties of the final carbon-silica membrane. The membranes prepared were characterized with a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), a solid state $^{29}$ Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ($^{29}$ Si-NMR), an electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and gas permeation tests.

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