Method for making carbon membranes for fluid separation
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-053/22
B01D-071/06
B01D-071/00
출원번호
US-0063501
(2005-02-23)
등록번호
US-7404844
(2008-07-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Tin,Pei Shi
Neal Chung,Tai Shung
출원인 / 주소
National University of Singapore
대리인 / 주소
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
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12
초록
There is disclosed a method of making a high performance carbon membranes from polymer membranes. The method comprising the steps of exposing polymer precursor compounds to a polar organic liquid before pyrolysis of the exposed polymer precursor compounds.
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We claim: 1. A method of making a selectively permeable membrane, the method comprising the steps of: casting a solution comprising a solvent and polymer precursor compounds to form a dense polymer film; evaporating the solvent from said solution of polymer precursor compounds so that the dense pol
We claim: 1. A method of making a selectively permeable membrane, the method comprising the steps of: casting a solution comprising a solvent and polymer precursor compounds to form a dense polymer film; evaporating the solvent from said solution of polymer precursor compounds so that the dense polymer film is substantially absent of solvent; exposing the dense polymer film substantially absent of solvent to a polar organic liquid; and pyrolyzing the exposed dense polymer film to form the selectively permeable membrane, wherein said pyrolyzing and said exposing steps are undertaken under selected conditions such that the membrane selectivity is enhanced relative to a membrane that has not been exposed to said polar organic liquid under said selected conditions. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casting comprises using carbon-containing polymer precursor compounds. 3. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising selecting the polymer precursor compounds from the group consisting of polycarbonate precursors, cellulosic polymer precursors, polyamide precursors, polyimide precursors, poly(amid-imides) precursors, polyfurfuryl alcohol precursors, polyvinylidene chloride precursors, phenolic polymer precursors, polyacrylonitrile precursors, polyetherimides precursors, and mixtures thereof. 4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polar organic liquid has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. 5. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising selecting the polar organic liquid from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof. 6. A method as claimed in claim 5, comprising selecting the alcohols from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol and hexanol, and mixtures thereof. 7. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising undertaking the exposing at a temperature in the range of about 10�� C. to about 60�� C. 8. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising undertaking the exposing at a pressure in the range of about 50 kPa to about 400 kPa. 9. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising undertaking the exposing for a time in the range of about 0.1 hours to about 80 hours. 10. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising removing the polar organic liquid from the treated polymer precursor films. 11. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the removing comprises any one or more of the following steps: heating, desiccating, evaporating, drying, drying under vacuum, and drying using heated gas. 12. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising forming the membrane as a dense film, tube or hollow fiber. 13. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the membrane is comprised of a polyimide represented by the following general structure: wherein, Ar1 is a quadrivalent organic group; Ar2 is an aromatic diamine moiety; and n is an integer greater than 1 and represents the number of repeating monomer units. 14. A method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the Ar1 is selected from the group consisting of: wherein Z is independently selected from the group consisting of: 15. A method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the Ar2 is selected from the group consisting of: wherein X, X1, X2 and X3 are independently are hydrogen, alkyl groups of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, phenyl or phenoxy groups and Z is independently selected from the group consisting of: 16. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising undertaking the pyrolysing at a temperature in the range of about 500�� C. to about 1500�� C. 17. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising undertaking the pyrolysing under a vacuum or in the presence of inert gas. 18. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pyrolysing comprises heating a dense film of polymer precursors film, wherein the dense film has a thickness in the range of 20 μm to 100 μm. 19. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising undertaking the pyrolysing at a pressure during pyrolysis is in the range of between about 1 Pa to about 1600 Pa. 20. A polymer membrane made by a method as claimed in claim 1. 21. A carbon molecular sieve membrane made by a method comprising the steps of: casting a solution comprising a solvent and carbon containing polymer precursor compounds to form a dense polymer film; evaporating the solvent from said solution of carbon containing polymer precursor compounds, so that the dense polymer film is substantially absent of solvent; exposing the dense polymer film substantially absent of solvent to a polar organic liquid; and pyrolyzing the exposed dense polymer film to form the carbon molecular sieve membrane capable of separating gases having different molecular sizes, wherein said pyrolyzing and said exposing steps are undertaken under selected conditions such that the membrane selectivity is enhanced relative to a membrane that has not been exposed to said polar organic liquid under said selected conditions. 22. A process of separating gases having different molecular sizes comprising exposing the gases to the polymer membrane of claim 20 so as to separate at least two of the gases. 23. A process of separating gases having different molecular sizes comprising exposing the gases to the carbon molecular sieve membrane of claim 20 so as to separate at least two of the gases. 24. A method of making a polymeric membrane for use in a carbon molecular sieve, the method comprising the steps of: casting a solution of polymer precursor compounds to form a dense polymer film; evaporating the solvent from said solution of polymer precursor compounds, so that the dense polymer film is substantially absent of solvent; exposing the dense polymer film substantially absent of solvent to a polar organic liquid; and pyrolyzing the exposed dense polymer film to form the selectively permeable membrane capable of separating gases having different molecular sizes, wherein said pyrolyzing and said exposing steps are undertaken under selected conditions such that the membrane selectivity is enhanced relative to a membrane that has not been exposed to said polar organic liquid under said selected conditions. 25. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the casting comprises using carbon-containing polymer precursor compounds. 26. A method as claimed in claim 25, comprising selecting the polymer precursor compounds from the group consisting of polycarbonate precursors, cellulosic polymer precursors, polyamide precursors, polyimide precursors, poly(amid-imides) precursors, polyfurfuryl alcohol precursors, polyvinylidene chloride precursors, phenolic polymer precursors, polyacrylonitrile precursors, polyetherimides precursors, and mixtures thereof. 27. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the polar organic solvent has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. 28. A method as claimed in claim 24, comprising selecting the polar organic solvent from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof. 29. A method as claimed in claim 28, comprising selecting the alcohols from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol and hexanol, and mixtures thereof. 30. A method as claimed in claim 24 comprising undertaking the exposing at a temperature in the range of about 10�� C. to about 60�� C. 31. A method as claimed in claim 24 comprising undertaking the exposing at a pressure in the range of about 50 kPa to about 400 kPa. 32. A method as claimed in claim 24, comprising undertaking the exposing for a time in the range of about 0.1 hours to about 80 hours. 33. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the exposing comprises providing the polymer precursor compounds as a dense film. 34. A method as claimed in claim 24, further comprising removing the polar organic liquid from the treated polymer precursor compounds. 35. A method as claimed in claim 34, wherein the removing comprises any one or more of the following steps: heating, desiccating, evaporating, drying, drying under vacuum, and drying using heated gas. 36. A method as claimed in claim 24, further comprising forming the membrane as a dense film, tube or hollow fiber. 37. A method as claimed in claim 24 wherein the membrane is comprised of a polyimide represented by the following general structure (I): wherein, Ar1 is a quadrivalent organic group; Ar2 is an aromatic diamine moiety; and n is an integer greater than 1 and represents the number of repeating monomer units. 38. A method as claimed in claim 37 wherein the Ar1 is selected from the group consisting of: wherein Z is independently selected from the group consisting of: 39. A method as claimed in claim 37, wherein the Ar2 is selected from the group consisting of: wherein X, X1, X2 and X3 are independently are hydrogen, alkyl groups of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, phenyl or phenoxy groups and Z is independently selected from the group consisting of: 40. A method as claimed in claim 24 comprising undertaking the pyrolysing at a temperature in the range of consisting of about 500�� C. to about 1500�� C. 41. A method as claimed in claim 24 comprising undertaking the pyrolysing under a vacuum or in the presence of inert gas. 42. A method as claimed in claim 24 wherein the pyrolysing comprises heating a dense film of polymer precursors film, wherein the dense film has a thickness in the range consisting of 20 μm to 100 μm. 43. A method as claimed in claim 24 comprising undertaking the pyrolysing at a pressure during pyrolysis is in the range of between about 1 Pa to about 1600 Pa. 44. A polymer membrane made by a method as claimed in claim 24. 45. A method of making a membrane, the method comprising the steps of: exposing polymer precursor compounds to a polar organic liquid; and pyrolysing the exposed polymer precursor compounds to form the membrane, wherein the membrane is comprised of a polyimide represented by the following general structure (I): wherein, Ar1 is a quadrivalent organic group; Ar2 is an aromatic diamine moiety; and n is an integer greater than 1 and represents the number of repeating monomer units.
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