Recent Applications of Polymer Blends in Gas Separation Membranes Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • AbstractPolymeric membranes are extensively used for gas separations but their performance is limited by the upper bound trade‐off discovered by Robeson in 1991. Among the attractive modifications available to increase the performance of polymeric membranes, polymer blending is a unique technique because it offers a time‐ and cost‐effective method of tuning the properties of membranes. A variety of polymer blends has been explored in recent years. The application of polymer blends in gas separation membranes is described by critically analyzing the performance of polymer blend membranes. Polymer blend membranes of different polymer pairs are reviewed and evaluated in terms of phase behavior, permeability, and selectivity.

publication date

  • 2013

number of pages

  • 8

start page

  • 1838

end page

  • 1846

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 11