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Molecular Sieving Nanoarchitectures of Carbon Nanosheets Coordinated with Metal-Organic Clusters

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K04873
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 28030:Nanomaterials-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

GHALEI BEHNAM  京都大学, 高等研究院, 特定准教授 (30725411)

Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsMembranes / Hydrogen / Gas separation / Nanolaminates / Carbon nanomaterials / Metal organic materials / 2D materials
Outline of Research at the Start

This proposal aims to rationally combine the 0D nanofillers and 2D carbon materials to control the microstructure and mass transfer properties of the latter through the formation of multicomponent hierarchical structures. The resulting laminate membranes with bilaterally connected pore structures, can be used as ultra-selective and ultrafast membranes, which can survive in the harsh conditions of the real industrial process. These membranes would solve an enormous problem in the field of membrane materials, namely the loss of functionality during operation.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In the first year of the project, graphene oxide (GO) sheets with different sizes (1-5 microns) and oxidation states (40-50%) were synthesized by controlled oxidation of graphene and following the modified Hummer method. The GO laminate membranes were fabricated using a vacuum filtration technique. The concentration of GO solution was measured by UV spectroscopy and calibration curves was established to achieve GO laminate membranes of different thicknesses.The concentration of 0.01 mg/mL was selected as the optimum concentration which leads to defectfree nanolaminate membranes. Using 10-40 mL of the solution allowed to fabrication of membranes with thicknesses in the range of 50 nm to 200 nm. The membranes were tested and showed significant hydrogen gas permeance of 500-1200 GPU and H2/CO2 selectivity of 80-95. The permeance and selectivity of the membranes had trade-offs which means the membranes with the highest permeance showed the lowest selectivity. The membranes were also tested under humid gas feeds and the selectivity of the membranes dropped significantly under humid gas feeds. At 85% relative humidity, the membranes' H2/CO2 selectivity was reduced to less than 10. This further confirmed nanolaminate membrane instability under humid gas feed.By partial hydrolysis of (n-butylCp)2ZrCl2 in dimethylformamide (DMF) and coordination with a terephthalic acid linker at 70 °C, we synthesized tetrahedral Zr-MOP (Zr-MOP-1), as confirmed by XRD and 1HNMR. The initial results showed that Zr-MOP-1 can be mixed and form nanolaminates in combination with GO.

Report

(1 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2023 2022

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Nanobiomineralization of Carbon Dioxide by Molecularly Engineered Metal Histidine Complex Nanozymes2023

    • Author(s)
      Somaye Nilouyal, H. Enis Karahan, Elvis Wang Hei Ng, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Masateru M. M. Ito, Detao Qin, Hajime Hirao, Easan Sivaniah, and Behnam Ghalei
    • Journal Title

      Chemistry of Materials

      Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Pages: 1610-1623

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03169

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Carbonic Anhydrase-Mimicking Supramolecular Nanoassemblies for Developing Carbon Capture Membranes2022

    • Author(s)
      Somaye Nilouyal, H. Enis Karahan, Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Andrew H. Gibbons, Masateru M. M. Ito, Easan Sivaniah, and Behnam Ghalei
    • Journal Title

      ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

      Volume: 33 Issue: 33 Pages: 37595-37607

    • DOI

      10.1021/acsami.2c06270

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Moisture-Resistant Graphene-Based Nanolaminate Membranes for Hydrogen Purification Enabled By Charge Neutralizing Nanofillers2022

    • Author(s)
      Behnam Ghalei
    • Organizer
      American Chemical Society
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Nano-Featured Gas Separation Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications2022

    • Author(s)
      Behnam Ghalei
    • Organizer
      Membrane Society of Australasia
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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