Development of ion gel membranes with high CO2 permeability and pressure resistance by designing the structure of gel networks

• Project/Area Number: 15K18256
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Properties in chemical engineering process/Transfer operation/Unit operation
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Kamio Eiji 神戸大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (30382237)
• Research Collaborator: MATSUYAMA Hideto ; MOGHADAM Farhad ; MATSUKI Tatsuya
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: 膜分離 / イオン液体 / ゲル / ガス分離 / CO2分離膜 / 高強度ゲル / 促進輸送 / 相互侵入網目構造

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Highly robust ion gel membranes composed of a specific double-network structure and a large amount of a CO2 reactive ionic liquid were fabricated. The ion gel membrane with suitable network composition and cross-linking degree showed high mechanical strength of more than 25 MPa of compressive fracture stress and 1 MPa of tensile fracture stress. The developed ion gel membrane maintained its high CO2 separation performance under 500 kPa of trans-membrane pressure condition.
Toughening of the ion gel membrane allowed to decrease of the membrane thickness up to 58 micron and to increase of the ionic liquid content. The ion gel membrane containing 80 wt% of ionic liquid had high solute diffusivity in the gel membrane and demonstrated more than 10000 barrer of CO2 permeability and 150 of CO2/N2 selectivity at 373 K for the CO2/N2 mixture with 10 kPa of CO2 partial pressure.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Development of facilitated transport membranes with low viscosity aprotic heterocyclic anion type ionic liquid as a CO2 carrier (2017)
  • Author(s): Eiji Kamio, Tatsuya Matsuki, Farhad Moghadam and Hideto Matsuyama
  • Journal Title: Separation Science and Technology Volume: 52 Issue: 2 Pages: 197-208
  • DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2016.1245330
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] High CO2 separation performance of amino acid ionic liquid-based double network ion gel membranes in low CO2 concentration gas mixtures under humid conditions (2017)
  • Author(s): Farhad Moghadam, Eiji Kamio and Hideto Matsuyama
  • Journal Title: Journal of Membrane Science Volume: 525 Pages: 290-297
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] New approach for the fabrication of double-network ion-gel membranes with high CO2/N2 separation performance based on facilitated transport (2017)
  • Author(s): Farhad Moghadam, Eiji Kamio, Tomohisa Yoshioka and Hideto Matsuyama
  • Journal Title: Journal of Membrane Science Volume: 530 Pages: 166-175
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.02.032
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An Amino Acid Ionic Liquid-based Tough Ion Gel Membrane for CO2 Capture (2015)
  • Author(s): Farhad Moghadam, Eiji Kamio, Ayumi Yoshizumi, Hideto Matsuyama
  • Journal Title: Chemical Communications Volume: 51 Issue: 71 Pages: 13658-13661
  • DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04841a
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Development of tough gel membrane containing a CO2 reactive ionic liquid by casting method (2016)
  • Author(s): Farhad MOGHADAM, 神尾英治, 松山秀人
  • Organizer: 第48回化学工学会秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 徳島大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-06
• [Presentation] High CO2 Separation Performance Double Network Ion Gel Membranes with Excellent Pressure Stability (2016)
  • Author(s): Farhad MOGHADAM, Eiji Kamio, Ayumi Yoshizumi, Hideto Matsuyama
  • Organizer: The 10th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of Amine-Functionalized Low Viscosity Ionic Liquids-Based CO2 Separation Membranes (2016)
  • Author(s): Eiji Kamio, Tatsuya Matsuki, Hideto Matsuyama
  • Organizer: The 10th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Application of Amino Acid Ionic Liquid-based Facilitated CO2 Transport Membranes for Ventilation System (2016)
  • Author(s): Farhad MOGHADAM, 神尾英治, 松山秀人
  • Organizer: 日本膜学会第38年会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-10
• [Presentation] Tough ion gel membrane for CO2 capture (2016)
  • Author(s): Matsuyama Hideto, Kamio Eiji, Moghadam Farhad, Yoshizumi Ayumi
  • Organizer: 化学工学会 第81年会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西大学千里山キャンパス（大阪府・吹田市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-13
• [Presentation] Tough Ion Gel Membranes Containing Amino Acid Ionic Liquid as a CO2 Carrier (2015)
  • Author(s): Eiji Kamio
  • Organizer: Kobe University Global-Link Forum in Taipei
  • Place of Presentation: National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-03
• [Remarks] ガス分離用促進輸送膜の開発
  • URL: http://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~matuyama/cx14HP/research-summary-gas-sep-I.html