EP3852909A1

EP3852909A1 - Cms membrane, method for the production thereof and use thereof

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Publication number: EP3852909A1
Application number: EP19769458.1A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Patrick TCHOUA NGAMOU; Mariya E. IVANOVA; A. Wilhelm MEULENBERG; Olivier Guillon
Original assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Current assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Priority date: 2018-09-21
Filing date: 2019-09-16
Publication date: 2021-07-28
Also published as: US20220032237A1; WO2020058154A1; US11786870B2; DE102018216163A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a CMS membrane, characterised in that it is obtainable by pyrolysis of a polyimide formed from the monomers 1-{4-aminophenyl)-1,3,3-trimethyl-2H-inden-5-amine and 5-(1,3-dioxo-2-benzofuran-5-carbonyl-2-benzofuran-1,3-dione of the following formulas: preferably by pyrolysis of the polyimide with the CAS number 62929-02-6, and a supported CMS membrane, comprising a CMS membrane obtainable from a polyimide by pyrolysis and a porous support, characterised in that a mesoporous intermediate layer is provided between the CMS membrane and the porous support. The invention further relates to a method for producing the supported membrane, the use of the membranes for separating gas mixtures or liquid mixtures, a gas separation apparatus or liquid separation apparatus containing said membranes, and the use of the polyimide to produce a CMS membrane by pyrolysis.

Description

CMS membrane, process for its production and its use

description

The present invention relates to an ultra-thin defect-free carbon membrane which is suitable for the separation of gases and for the separation of liquids, a process for the production of this membrane and its use for the separation of gases or liquids

Technical background

Membrane technology is seen as an energy-efficient alternative to the separation of numerous gases and solvent mixtures compared to mature technologies such as pressure swing adsorption and cryogenic distillation. Specific examples include the separation of hydrogen from gasification and separation of hydrocarbons, the upgrading of biogas and landfill gas, exhaust gas treatment, methane cleaning and the dehydration of organic solvents. In this context, inorganic microporous

Membranes intensively examined due to their thermal and chemical stability. The membrane candidates are, for example, silica, zeolites, carbon molecular sieves and graphene / graphene oxide membranes.

The membrane separation is shown schematically in FIG. 20.

There are three mechanisms by which membrane separation can basically take place, namely by Knudsen diffusion, by the molecular sieve effect or by solution diffusion. These are shown schematically in FIG. 21. Polymeric membranes are generally non-porous, and therefore the

Gas permeation through them generally through the solution diffusion mechanism. This is based on the solubility of specific gases in the membrane and their diffusion through the dense membrane matrix. A distinction is also made in the case of polymeric membranes between rubber-like membranes which operate above the glass transition temperature Tg of the polymer and glass-like membranes which operate below the Tg. The Knudsen separation is based on the fact that certain gas molecules pass through

Pass through membrane pores that are small enough to prevent all gas from passing through.

The molecular sieve mechanism is based on size exclusion for the separation of gas mixtures. Pores within the membrane have a strictly controlled size relative to the kinetic diameter of the gas molecules. This enables the diffusion of the smaller gas molecules at a much higher rate than that of the larger gas molecules.

Carbon molecular sieve membranes (hereinafter referred to as CMS membranes) as one of the most promising inorganic microporous membranes have recently increased

Get attention because they show unique properties such as easy manufacture and excellent stability under strict conditions. Carbon molecular sieve membranes are typically made by pyrolysis (carbonization) of various types of polymer precursors in vacuo or in an inert atmosphere. After the thermally unstable polymer components have decomposed, a thermally stable carbon structure is formed, which is composed of micropores (0.7-2 nm) which are connected by ultra-micropores (less than 0.7 nm).

In contrast to crystalline molecular sieves such as zeolites, CMS membranes are essentially amorphous and their ultrapore size is not uniform within the membrane. CMS membranes are chemically very inert. They have sp ² and sp ³ bonds and therefore show properties between those of graphite and diamond.

In general, the microstructure and permeation properties of the carbon membrane resulting from pyrolysis are significantly affected by the pyrolysis conditions (temperature, atmosphere, rate of heating and exposure time) and the nature (i.e. chemical structure and morphology) of the polymer precursor. As a result, various carbon molecular sieve membranes have been successfully used for the separation of various important gas and

Solvent mixtures developed like H2 / propane, CO2 / N2, C0 ₂ / methane,

Propane / propylene and water / methanol. CMS membranes allow the separation of gas mixtures from

Components with different kinetic molecular diameters exist because larger molecules are excluded by the membrane while the smaller molecules penetrate it.

CMS membranes lie either as self-supporting membranes in the form of thin films, as hollow fibers or as supported membranes on a suitable one

Backing material. Known carrier materials are, for example, porous

inorganic oxides such as aluminum oxide or metals such as iron or steel.

H. Richter et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7760-7763 discloses a CMS membrane obtained by pyrolysis of unsaturated linear polyester, which is applied to a carrier made of a-AbOa. A thin layer of y-AbOa is provided as the intermediate layer between the support and the CMS membrane.

Further CMS membranes, produced from unsaturated linear polyesters as precursors, are known from US 2012/0079943. They are present on a porous substrate, in particular on a-AbOs with an overlying layer of y-A Os, on which the CMS membrane is then applied by immersion in a polyimide solution, drying and pyrolysis.

H-H. Tseng et al., Journal of Membrane Science 510 (2016) 391-404 describes polyetherimide (PEI), polyimide (PI) or poly (furfuryl alcohol) (PFA)

Membranes, each on a carrier made of a-AbOs with an intermediate layer made of TΪO2.

Self-supporting CMS membranes made of polyimide precursors are described in WO 2017/165098. According to this document, conventional or fluorinated polyimides can be used to produce CMS membranes. Such

Polyimides usually contain at least two different units selected from 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3-phenylenediamine (DAM), oxydianalin (ODA),

Dimethyl-3,7-diaminodiphenyl-thiophene-5,5'-dioxide (DDBT), 3,5-diaminobenzoic acid (DABA), 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl, 4-phenylenediamine (duren), meta-phenylenediamine ( m-PDA), 2,4-diaminotole (2,4-DAT), tetramethylmethylene dianaline (TMMDA), 4,4'-diamino 2,2'-biphenyl-disulfonic acid (BDSA), 5.5 '- [2.2 , 2-T rifluoro-1 - (trifluoromethyl) ethylidene] -1, 3-isobenzofurandione (6FDA), 3,3 ', 4,4'-biphenyl-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (BPDA), pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), 1, 4, 5, 8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTDA ), and benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (BTDA), with two or more of 6FDA, BPDA and DAM being preferred. Particularly suitable for the production of CMS are Matrimid® 5218 (manufactured by Huntsman Advanced Materials), which is a copolymer of 3,3 ', 4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and 5 (6) -amino-1 - (4'-aminophenyl ) -1,3,3-trimethylindane (also called BTDA-D API). It has the following structure:

Another suitable polyimide is 6FDA / BPDA-DAM of the following formula:

and 6FDA-DAM of the following structure:

Self-supporting CMS membranes also made from Matrimid® 5218 are disclosed in WO 2016/196595.

CMS membranes in the form of hollow fibers are known from US 2015/0290596. Here too Matrimid® 5218 is disclosed as a suitable precursor, in addition to the following polyimides, which can also be used in a mixture:

US 2011/0100211 discloses hollow fiber and self-supporting film CMS membranes which are made from Matrim id® 5218 or 6FDA / BPDA-DAM, polyimides are obtained by polycondensation between tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides with diamines or by reaction of dianhydrides with diisocyanates. They are often not meltable and chemically very resistant (also to many solvents and acids). Because of their heat resistance, low outgassing, radiation resistance, flame resistance and insulation properties in electronics / electrical engineering, they are used in the form of semi-transparent foils or as thin lacquer insulation. An important application is also that in X-ray windows in the form of thin foils. Known commercially available polyimides include Matrimid® 5218, e.g. Kapton® (DuPont), Vespel® (DuPont), Apical® (Kaneka Americas Holding Inc.), Kinel® (Vyncolit NV), Meldin® (Saint Gobain), P84 (Evonik Industries ) and Upilex® (Ube Industries).

Another commercially available polyimide from Alfa Aesar ™ (item number 43656) with the CAS number 62929-02-6 and the empirical formula C ₃₅ H ₂₈ N ₂ 0 ₇ is obtained from the following monomers:

The IUPAC names of the monomers are: 1- (4-aminophenyl) -1, 3,3-trimethyl-2H-inden-5-amine and 5- (1, 3-dioxo-2-benzofuran-5-carbonyI-2 -benzofuran-1, 3-dione.

It is manufactured by Thermo Fisher (Kandel) GmbH, Karlsruhe and is available in the form of powder or as foils of various thicknesses. The flash point is> 93 ° C and the melting point is> 300 ° C. The density at 20 ° C is 1.2. The

According to the manufacturer, Tg is 305 ° C. The inherent viscosity is 0.60 to 0.70 dl / g at 25 ° C. CMS membranes made from this polyimide Alfa Aesar are not yet known. Polyimides are generally characterized by high glass transition temperatures and a high carbon content.

Supported CMS membranes in the form of hollow tubes are particularly suitable for large-scale applications and have already been used in catalytic applications

Used membrane reactors in which the supported CMS membrane for selective Separation of the products resulting from the catalytic reaction can be used.

Most of the supported CMS membranes known from the literature show H2 / CO2 selectivities of less or slightly greater than 4.7 with Knudsen diffusion.

Table 1 H ₂ permeance and Hh / CC selectivities of CMS membranes known from the literature

^* PAA: poly (amic acid); 1 Barrer = 10 ¹⁰ cm ³ (STP) cm / cm ² s cmHg = 3.35 x 10 ¹⁶ mol m / m ² s Pa.

(In the data on permeance, the values in Barrer, some of which are given in the literature, were converted into [mol / m ² s Pa] using the formula given in Table 1). References given in Table 1: a ') Tanco, M, AL; Tanaka, DAP; Rodrigues, SC; Texeira, M .; Mendes, A., Composite-alumina-carbon molecular sieve membranes prepared from novolac resin and boehmite. Part I: Preparation, characterization and gas permeation studies. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2015, 40 (16), 5653-5663 b ') Wei, W .; Qin, GT; Hu, H. Q ,; You, LB; Chen, GH, Preparation of supported carbon molecular sieve membrane from novolac phenol-formaldehyde resin. Journal of Membrane Science 2007, 303 (1-2), 80-85

C) Roy, S .; The R.; Gagrai, M. K .; Sarkar, S., Preparation of carbon molecular sieve membrane derived from phenolic resin over macroporous clay-alumina based support for hydrogen separation. Journal of Porous Materials 2016, 23 (6), 1653-1662 d ') Rodrigues, S. C .; Whitley, R .; Mendes, A., Preparation and characterization of carbon molecular sieve membranes based on resorcinol-formaldehyde resin. Journal of Membrane Science 2014, 459, 207-216 e ’) Li, L .; Song, C. W .; Jiang, H. W .; Qiu, J. S .; Wang, T. H., Preparation and gas Separation performance of supported carbon membranes with ordered mesoporous carbon interlayer. Journal of Membrane Science 2014, 450, 469-477 f) Wey, M, Y .; Tseng, H. H .; Chiang, C.K., Improving the mechanical strength and gas separation performance of CMS membranes by simply sintering treatment of alpha-AhOs support. Journal of Membrane Science 2014, 453, 603-613 g ’) Tseng, H. H .; Wang, C. T .; Zhuang, G. L .; Uchytil, P .; Reznickova, J .; Setnickova, K., Enhanced H2 / CH4 and H2 / CO2 Separation by carbonolekuiar sieve membrane coated on titania modified alumina support: Effects of T1O2 Intermediate layer preparation variables on interfacial adhesion (vol 510, pg 391, 2016). Journal of Membrane Science 2018, 554, 274-274 h ') Ma, X. L .; Lin, B. K .; Wei, X. T .; Kniep, J .; Lin, Y. S., Gamma-Alumina Supported Carbon Molecuiar Sieve Membrane for Propylene / Propane Separation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2013, 52 (11), 4297-4305

G) Tseng, HH; Shih, KM; Shiu, PT; Wey, MY, Influence of support structure on the permeation behavior of polyetherimide-derived carbon molecular sieve composite membrane. Journal of Membrane Science 2012, 405, 250-260 j ') Park, HB; Kim, YK; Lee, JM; Lee, SY; Lee, YM, Relationship between Chemical structure of aromatic polyimides and gas permeation properties of their carbon molecules, sieve membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 2004, 229 (1-2), 117-127 k ') Richter, H .; Voss, H .; Kaltenborn, N .; Kamnitz, S .; Wollbrink, A .; Feldhof, A .; Caro, J .; Roitsch, S .;

Voigt, I., High-Flux Carbon olecular Sieve Membranes for Gas Separation Angewandte Chemie- International Edition 2017, 56 (27), 7760-7763

The reason for this can be assumed to be the high porosity and roughness of the inorganic support, which lead to the formation of an inhomogeneous polymer layer which can easily form cracks during pyrolysis. Concentrated polymer solutions or several coating carbonization cycles are therefore usually required in order to avoid the formation of defects (pinholes) by increasing the membrane thickness. However, this generally affects the H ₂ permeance. In some cases, intermediate layers such as Ti0 ₂ or y-Al ₂ 03 were therefore provided in order to

To reduce surface defects (pinholes) of the carrier and to slightly increase the H ₂ / CO ₂ selectivity of the CMS membrane (see above, H. Richter et al., HH Tseng et al.).

There is still a need for ultra-thin and defect-free (ie pinhole-free) membranes with small pore sizes, important gas mixtures (such as H ₂ , C0 ₂ , N ₂ , CH ₄ ) and liquid mixtures (H ₂ 0, methanol, ethanol) to be able to separate efficiently.

Against this background, the object of the invention is to provide an ultra-thin defect-free CMS membrane which is suitable for the efficient separation of gases with little difference in the kinetic diameter and of similar liquids, in particular for the separation of H2 / CO2 and for the dehydration of alcohols such as ethanol and methanol, and a process for their preparation.

This object is achieved by the CMS membrane according to claim 1. The invention further provides a supported CMS membrane according to claim 2. Further

Embodiments of the invention are the manufacturing process for the supported CMS membrane according to claim 4 and the use of the membranes according to

Claim 1 or 2 for the separation of gases or liquids, a gas separation or liquid separation apparatus according to claim 8 and the use of the polyimide defined in claim 1 for the production of an MS membrane according to claim 9. Description of the figures

1 shows photographic images of an a-AhOs / y-AbOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention before (A) and after (B, C) the pyrolysis at 700X.

FIG. 2 shows ATR-FTI R-S pe ktre n of an a-AkOa / y-AkOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention before (lower spectrum) and after (upper spectrum) the pyrolysis at 700 ° C.

3 shows SEM images of the surface (a, b) and the section (c, d) of a planar CMS membrane supported by a-AkC y-AkOs according to the invention.

4 shows C1s XPS spectra of an a-AkOa / y-AkOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention before (upper graph) and after the heat treatment at 700 ° C. (lower graph).

5 shows a Raman spectrum of an a-AkOa / y-AkOa-supported CMS membrane according to the invention.

6 shows the single gas permeation through an a-AkCk / y-AkOs-supported CMS membrane according to the invention with an inflow pressure of 2 bar at 200 ° C. The insert shows the ideal separation factors.

FIG. 7 shows the temperature dependence of the individual gas permeance (A) and the perm selectivity (B) for an a-AkCk / y-AkOs-supported CMS membrane according to the invention at an inflow pressure of 2 bar.

8 is the comparative representation of the H ₂ / CO ₂ separation performance of an a-AbOs / y-AkOs-supported CMS membrane according to the invention with known inorganic membranes in the temperature range from 150 to 200%

solid line represents the upper Robeson limit of the polymer. 9 shows representative shapes and water contact angles of water drops on an a-AkOa / y-AkOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention before (left figure) or after (right figure) the heat treatment.

Fig. 10 shows Nz Permporosimetrie measurements with a N ₂ / fko mixture at 20 ⁰ C on an inventive tubular a-AKOA-carrier, which is coated with a y-AkCk- layer.

11 shows N1s XPS spectra of an a-AkOa / y-AkOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention before (upper illustration) or after (lower illustration) the heat treatment at 700 ° C.

12 shows 01s XPS spectra of an a-AkOs / y-AkOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention before (lower graph) or after (upper graph) the heat treatment at 700 ° C.

13 shows the single gas permeation through an a-AkOs / y-AkOa-supported CMS membranes according to the invention within a batch, tested at 200 ° C. at an inflow pressure of 2 bar. The gas permeances were measured in three samples with one

Deviation measured less than 5%.

14 is an Arrhenius plot for the permeance of H ₂ , CO2, N2 and CH ₄ through a CMS membrane supported by a-AkOs / y-AkCV according to the invention.

15 (A) is a photograph of a 2% by weight solution of the Alfa Aesar polyimide in NMP and (B) is a representation of the particle size distribution of the polymer solution, determined by dynamic light scattering.

Fig. 16 is a graph showing the linear relationship between solution concentration and viscosity of a solution of the Alfa-Aesar polyimide in NMP.

Figure 17 is a graph of termogravimetric analysis of the Alfa Aesar polyimide. The thermal decomposition begins at approx. 450 ° C.

18 shows photographs of an a-AbOs / y-AkOs-supported polyimide or CMS membrane according to the invention in various stages of pyrolysis (as coated, 500 ° C, 600 ° C and 700 ° C) and a size comparison of a tubular a-AhCVy-AI2O3-supported CMS membrane according to the invention after pyrolysis at 700 ° C with a commercially available ballpoint pen,

19 shows the X-ray and if fractometry analysis of an a-AbOa / y-AbOs-supported CMS membrane according to the invention after heat treatment at 700 ° C. (CMS-700). The diffraction peaks of a-AI ₂ 0 ₃ (A) and g-AI ₂ 0 ₃ (G) are clearly visible.

Fig. 20 is a schematic representation of membrane separation (Scholes, C, A. et al. _» Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering 2008, 52-66, p. 53).

Fig. 21 is a schematic representation of the three basic separation mechanisms on membranes (Scholes C.A. et al., Op. Cit., P. 54).

Detailed description of the invention

The terms pyrolysis and carbonization are used synonymously in the present case.

In the present case, “kinetic diameter” is understood to mean the smallest diameter that a molecule can present in its environment. It differs from the atomic diameter, which indicates the atomic size as the size of the electron shell and which is generally much smaller than the kinetic diameter. There are several types of determination for the kinetic diameter according to the CRS Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, namely from viscosity data, the Van der Waals equation and the thermal conductivity. A calculation from bond angles, bond lengths and the Van der Waals half-knife is also possible the kinetic diameters calculated by the different methods only differ by 2-3%.

In the context of the present application, the following kinetic diameters for gases specified in the literature (for example Scholes, CA et al., Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering, 2008, 1, 52-66) are assumed: CH ₄ 0.38 nm, N ₂ 0.365 nm , CO2 0.33 nm, H2 0.29 nm. Permeanz is the flow rate in cubic meters at standard gas temperature and pressure conditions per m ^{2 of} membrane area, time and pressure, the pressure used being the partial pressure difference between the gas supplied and the gas passed. The permeance Pi and Pj and the ideal selectivity aij are calculated according to the following formulas (1) and (2):

Pi and Pj [mol m ² s ¹ Pa ¹ ] are the permeances of components i and j, Fi [mol s ¹ ] represents the flow rate of component i, A [m ² ] is the effective membrane area, DRΪ [Pa] is the partial pressure of the component / between the supply and permeate sides of the membrane, and aij is the permeance ratio of component i to component j.

Gas permeability is the degree of permeability of a solid to a particular substance, i.e. the degree of its permeation. It is influenced

Permeability through the type of permeate as well as through pressure, temperature, thickness of the solid as well as through its area. In the literature, it is partly stated in the non-Sl unit Barrer. 1 Barrer = 3.35 x 10 ¹⁶ mol m / m ² s Pa. In the Barrer unit, cm corresponds to the membrane thickness and cm ³ cm ² s ^{-1 to} the gas flow through the membrane, and cmHg to the pressure drop through the membrane.

The gas permeance is often specified in GPU (gas permeance unit). Permeanz is the ratio of permeability to membrane thickness.

1 GPU = 10 ^{~ 6} cm ³ (STP) / cm ² s cmHg = 7.501 x 10 ¹² m ³ (STP) / m ² s Pa

= 3.33 x10 ¹⁰ mol / m ² s Pa

Permselectivity is the ratio of permeances.

An overview of the lUPAC definitions for flow, permeance, permeability and separation factor can be found in Caro, J. et a!., Zeolite Membranes - Status and Prospective,

Advances in Nanoporous Materials Volume 1, 2009, Elsevier B.V., Chapter 1, p. 16,

3.1, to which full reference is made here.

STP means standard temperature and pressure, Permporosimetry is a technique for determining the pore size of porous materials. With this technique it is possible to determine the pore size in the range of 0.5-50 nm depending on the adsorbent (steam). Here, a binary feed mixture consisting of an inert gas (He or N ₂ ) and a vapor (water or hexane) is passed through the membrane. The steam fills the pores of the membrane and blocks the passage of the less adsorbed gas, ie He or N ₂ . A remaining N ₂ or He flow indicates the presence of defects (larger pores that cannot be completely filled). A Kelvin equation is usually used to calculate the pore radius. (For details of the measurement method see Caro, J. et al., Zeolite Membranes - Status and Prospective, Advances in

Nanoporous Materials Volume 1, 2009, Elsevier B.V., Chapter 1, pp. 18-22, 3.2).

The upper limit according to Robeson (Robeson upper bound) indicates the performance limit of a polymer membrane, which suffers from a compromise between selectivity and permeability. Polymer membranes with high permeability show a lower selectivity and vice versa Robeson had this in 1997 and 2008

Upper limit determined by comparing the permeability with the selectivity of numerous polymer membranes. (Robeson, L.M., Journal of Membrane Science 320 (2008) 390-400).

Defect (pinhole) means macroscopic defects in the membrane. More specifically, defect means that the pore size of the CMS membrane is larger than the kinetic molecular diameter of the largest molecule that one wants to separate, so that separation due to the molecular size can no longer take place. If, for example, the pore size of the membrane is larger than the kinetic diameter of CO ₂ (0.33 nm), no selective separation of H ₂ / C0 ₂ with the corresponding membrane can take place, since both H ₂ (kinetic diameter 0.29 nm) as well as C0 ₂ can diffuse through the correspondingly large pores. Defects in membranes can have a size of approximately 4 nm to 1 pm. A distinction is made between

Mesodefects (2-50 nm) and macro defects (> 50 nm). Defects result in a low selectivity or no selectivity of the membrane. Since the permeance due to defects is much larger than that of a defect-free membrane, the total membrane permeance can be dominated by the defect flow. Defects can arise as a result of problems with the membrane deposition method and defects in the surface on which the membrane is deposited. Defects can also result from membrane deposits using sol-gel processes Bubbles form during the production of the sol (details on the measurement see S. Chiu, WV et al., Journal of Membrane Science 377 (2011) 182,190)

Ultrathin means a layer thickness of the CMS membrane of less than 1 gm.

Thin means a layer thickness of the CMS membrane of approximately 1 to 2 gm

Layer thickness can be determined by scanning electron microscope of a section.

According to the invention, the pore size in the CMS membrane can be determined by individual gas permeation measurements of several gases with different kinetic

Diameters are determined (Fig. 6 and 7). It is defined by _" which gases are still allowed to pass _" ie by gas permeability. Pore size is understood to mean the average pore diameter.

The pore size of the intermediate layer (e.g. y-A Oa) is determined by permporosimetry (Fig. 10).

The pore size of the carrier (e.g. a-A C) is determined by the manufacturer

Scanning electron microscopy determined.

The crystalline structures of a-AkOa- carrier used in this invention is based on manufacturer information _"and the presence of 01-AI2O3 was additionally by

X-ray diffraction confirmed (Fig. 19).

The presence of y-AbOa on top of the a-AhOs carrier

The intermediate layer according to the invention was also by X-ray diffraction

(Fig. 19) and scanning electron microscopy (Fig. 3) confirmed. It is also known _"that 01-AI2O3 a much larger pore diameter aulweist as yA Os. The average pore diameter of yA Os is generally approx. 3 to 5 nm (Chen, X. et al. _» Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 214 (2015) 195-203). From the permporosimetry of the membranes according to the invention for N2 / H2O mixture _» the middle one

4 nm (FIG. 10), the presence of y-AbC results from the small pore size according to the invention. The CMS membrane according to the invention is in the form of a film or in the form of hollow fibers, preferably in the form of a film

The supported CMS membrane according to the invention is provided on a porous support and a mesoporous intermediate layer provided thereon.

According to the invention, porous support means that the support is a medium one

Has pore diameter of 60 to 90 nm, preferably 65-85 nm, particularly preferably 70 or 80 nm, determined by scanning electron microscopy.

Mesoporous intermediate layer generally means that pore sizes are in the range from 2 to 50 nm. According to the invention, however, mesoporous means that the

Interlayer has an average pore diameter of 3 to 6 nm, preferably 3 to 5 nm, particularly preferably 3.5 to 4.5 nm, measured by

Permporosimetry measurement on the finished supported CMS membrane.

The CMS membrane according to the invention, i.e. in the case of the supported CMS membrane without support and without intermediate layer, preferably has a layer thickness of 300 to 400 nm, preferably about 350 nm, measured by scanning electron microscopy of a section.

According to the invention, the material of the porous support is preferably selected from a-Al2O3, T1O2, Zr0 ₂ and a suitable metal, and is particularly preferably a-AbOa.

The material of the mesoporous intermediate layer is preferably selected from g-Al ₂ O ₃ or T1O ₂ , particularly preferably y-AbC> ₃ .

The CMS membrane is obtained by pyrolysis of a polyimide precursor. According to the invention, the known polyimides mentioned above, which are defined in claim 3, are preferred as polyimide. The above-mentioned polyimide from Alfa Aesar with the CAS no. 62929-02-6. It can be obtained from the monomers specified in claim 1 by customary experts known

Processes are prepared, e.g. through acid-catalyzed condensation. It is particularly suitable for the production of CMS membranes due to its high glass transition temperature (Tg) of> 305 ° C and due to its high

Carbon content. By using this polyimide you can make qualitative particularly high-quality, ie defect-free CMS membranes with a graphitic microstructure can be obtained.

The supported CMS membrane according to the invention is e.g. in the form of a hollow tube or in the form of a flat disc.

In the case of a tube, the intermediate layer and the CMS membrane are located inside the tube. The carrier tubes preferably have an asymmetrical configuration which has a pore gradient, the pore size decreasing from the outside inwards. The pore size specified by the manufacturer is the cut-off specification, i.e. it is the smallest pore size of the respective asymmetric carrier. The carrier tubes have the usual dimensions for commercially available

Ultrafiltration membranes, e.g. 10 mm outside diameter / 6 mm inside diameter up to 26 mm outside diameter / 16 mm inside diameter. The length is up to 1500 mm, preferably 200 to 400 mm, particularly preferably 300 mm.

In the case of a disc, the carrier has e.g. a diameter of approximately 35 to 50 mm, preferably 39 mm, and a thickness of 1 to 3 mm, preferably 2 mm. Commercial porous filtration membranes can be used as supports.

The intermediate layer is produced according to the invention by applying a sol of a suitable precursor and then calcining.

The intermediate layer is preferably applied by applying a boehmite sol and then calcining. Common brine can be used as boehmite sol. A boehmite sol which is prepared by the method described by Chen, X. et al., Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 214 (2105) 195-203 is particularly preferably used. The concentration of the boehmite sol is usually about 0.5 to 2% by weight, preferably 1-1.3% by weight, the pH is in

generally 2 to 4, preferably approx. 3-3.5, the viscosity is usually 1 to 1.5 mPa s, preferably approx. 1.1 to 1.3 mPa s, and the particle size in the sol is approx.

usually 18-30 n, preferably 20-26 nm. By using a sol with these properties, a particularly smooth mesoporous intermediate layer with a suitable pore size can be obtained according to the invention. The sol can be applied by any known method, for example by dip coating, spray coating, knife coating or the like. It is preferably applied by dip coating.

The calcination takes place in air at temperatures of approx. 500 to 700 ° C, preferably approx. 600 ° C. The heating can take place e.g. at a heating rate of 1 ° C per minute until the desired final temperature is reached. It is then held at this temperature for 2 to 4 hours, preferably for 3 hours, and then cooled to room temperature at the same rate.

The application and the calcining are preferably repeated once in order to avoid large pores in the intermediate layer.

The layer thickness of the intermediate layer produced in this way is preferably approximately 4 to 6 pm, particularly preferably approximately 5 pm, determined by scanning electron microscopy (see FIG. 3 c).

The support thus obtained, which is provided with the mesoporous intermediate layer, is also referred to in the present case as a composite support.

The dip coating of the carrier provided with the intermediate layer for producing the polyimide layer as a precursor of the CMS membrane is preferably carried out as defined in claim 6.

As a solvent for the polyimide e.g. Tetrahydrofuran, N, N-dimethylformamide or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone are suitable. N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone is particularly suitable

(NMP).

The concentration of the polyimide of about 1 to 3% by weight, preferably 2% by weight, of the solvent N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and the viscosity of the polyimide solution of about 2 to 7 mpa s (see FIG. 16) and the special immersion conditions (immersion speed 5 to 15 m / sec, preferably 10 mm / s and immersion time 10 to 30 sec, preferably 10 s) succeed surprisingly, very thin hydrogen-selective CMS Manufacture membranes reproducibly.

In the dip coating in step iii), a solution of the polyimide with a concentration of 1 to 3% by weight, preferably 2% by weight, in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is preferred The film obtained is then dried, for example at 90 ° C. overnight.

Dip coating and drying are preferably carried out in a clean room of class ISO 5 (according to ISO 14644-1) in order to avoid contamination of the polyimide film with dust.

According to the invention, the pyrolysis of the polyimide film is preferably carried out as specified in claim 5.

The heating is preferably carried out in stages with a heating rate of initially 0.5 to 2 ° C./min, preferably 1 ° C./min to 300 to 400 ° C., preferably 350 ° C., then 0.5 to 1.5 hours , preferably 1 h, held at this temperature and then heated to a temperature of 550 ° C. to 750 ° C., preferably 600 ° C. or 700 ° C. at the same heating rate and left at the temperature reached for 1 to 3 hours, preferably 2 hours . Subsequently, preference is given to a

Cooling rate of 0.5 to 1.5 ° C / min, preferably 1 ° C / min

Cooled to room temperature. All heating, holding and cooling steps are carried out in a vacuum as specified in claim 5.

All temperature data for calcining the boehmite sol and pyrolysis of the polyimide refer to the temperature of the furnace. The temperature of the sample can vary.

In the prior art, significantly higher temperatures are usually used for polyimide pyrolysis, such as 800 ° C. or 900 ° C. (WO 2016/196595) or even 1000 ° C. (US 2011/0100211).

WO 2016/196595 describes a very complex heating protocol with constantly changing heating speeds in the range from 0.25 X / min to 13.3 ° C / min, similar to other documents.

In the prior art, pyrolysis is often also carried out under an inert gas such as nitrogen, helium or argon. According to the invention, it is surprisingly possible to obtain CMS membranes with high H ₂ sieve activity which are very reproducible by a simple pyrolysis protocol in vacuo at lower temperatures.

A particularly preferred embodiment of the supported CMS membrane according to the invention is one with a porous support made of a-AhOa, a mesoporous intermediate layer made of y-AbOa provided thereon and a CMS membrane which is obtained by pyrolysis of the polyimide with the CAS no. 62929-02-6 was obtained.

Another embodiment of the invention is a conventional apparatus for membrane separation of gases or liquids, which contains the supported and / or the unsupported CMS membrane according to the invention.

Furthermore, the use of the membranes according to the invention for the separation of gas mixtures is claimed. These are preferably mixtures of H ₂ / CO ₂ or of H2 / CH ₄ , since particularly good separation results are achieved thereby. The two gases to be separated are present in the gas mixtures, for example in a molar ratio of 0.5 / 0.5, preferably 0.65 / 0.35, particularly preferably 0.70 / 0.20.

Furthermore, the supported and unsupported CMS membranes according to the invention can advantageously be used for the separation of liquids. Water / alcohol mixtures are preferably separated, particularly preferred

Water / methanol or water / ethanol mixtures, water-alcohol starting mixtures with a water content of 5 to 15% by weight, preferably about 10% by weight, are particularly suitable for such separations.

The CMS membrane according to the invention has the highest H ₂ permeance and H2 / CO2 permselectivity of all supported CMS membranes known from the literature

(see Table 1 above). This is clearly due to several parameters like that

Membrane configuration, choice of polymeric precursor and

Pyrolysis conditions attributed. In fact, the presence of the mesoporous y-A Oa layer enables the synthesis and deposition of a high quality polyimide thin film and the subsequent formation of a thin and hole-free one

Carbon selective layer. Thin and defect-free CMS membranes were reproducibly produced according to the invention by carbonizing a commercially available Alfa Aesar polyimide resin polyimide resin at 700 ° C. on a Q-Al2O3 / Y-Al ₂ O ₃ composite support. XPS and Raman characterizations have shown that the pyrolyzed carbon membrane is a mixture of amorphous and "turbostratic" carbon.

Turbostratic is understood to mean non-graphitic carbon from layers of hexagonally arranged, sp ² -hybridized carbon atoms. These layers are stacked approximately in parallel without any three-dimensional long-range order. This material consists of stacks of graphene layers that are twisted and shifted against each other. This arrangement is called turbostratic. The distance between the layers can differ significantly from the layer distance found in graphite.

Single gas permeation measurements showed that the membrane reproducibly

Permeanz in the range of 1 x10 ⁶ mol nr ² s ^_1 Pa ⁴ with permselectivities of H ₂ to CO2, N2 and CH ₄ of about 24, 130 and 228 at 200 ° C, respectively. The values are the highest separation performance that has been reported for carbon membranes so far. These excellent results were based on the excellent

Molecular sieve character of these membranes is attributed to the stronger

Show temperature dependence for the permeation of small gas (H2) than of large gases (CO2, N ₂ and CH4).

The carbon membranes of the invention also have unprecedented separation performance in the dehydration of aqueous alcohol mixtures, even for the more demanding water-methanoi mixture.

Based on these results, it can be expected that the membranes according to the invention have great potential in the high-temperature hydrogen cleaning and dewatering of aqueous alcohol mixtures.

Examples

Forerunners and raw materials Commercially available polyimide powder (polyimide resin, item number 43658), which was obtained from Alfa Aesar (CAS number: 62929-02-6), was used as

Polymer precursor used. The solvent used was N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), which was procured from Sigma Aldrich. Tubular a-AbOa

Ultrafiltration membranes (length: 300 mm, outside diameter. 10 mm, pore size approx. 70 nm), which are sealed at the edges with a glass coating, were obtained from atech innovations GmbH, Germany. ct-AbOa discs with a diameter of 39 mm, a thickness of 2 mm and a pore size of approx. 80 nm were supplied by COBRA Technologies BV Netherlands.

Supported membranes in disk form were used for characterization tests, while tubular supported membranes for gas permeation and

Pervaporation tests were used.

Production of the boehmite sol

35 g of aluminum tri-sec-butoxide (Sigma Aldrich CAS: 2269-22-9) was mixed with 250 ml of dist. Mixed water at 100 ° C. 0.8 ml of HNO ₃ 70% (Sigma Aldrich CAS Number 7697-37-2) were added and the mixture was stirred at 100 ° C. overnight. The solution obtained is the boehmite sol.

Membrane manufacture

The polymer solution was prepared by mixing 2% by weight Alfa Aesar polyimide polyimide powder in NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) and stirring for 10 hours.

The above-described aA Cb disks (COBRA Technologies BV) and a-AI2O3 tubes (atech innovations GmbH) (only the inner surface of tubes) were dip-coated with the Boehmite sol described above and calcined at 600 ° C in air. The mixture was heated at a rate of 1 ° C / min until 600 ° C was reached, then held at this temperature for three hours and then cooled to room temperature at a rate of 1 ° C / min. During the tauc coating process, the Boehmit-Sol was applied at an immersion and removal speed of 10 mm / s each with an immersion time of 20 s. The immersion and drying process was carried out in a clean room of class ISO 5 (ISO 14644-1) to avoid dust contamination. The coating calcination process was repeated once to remove large pores that could result in pinholes in the membrane.

After calcination, Y-Al2O3 with an average pore diameter of about 4 nm (FIG. 10) was obtained. In Fig. 10 it can clearly be seen that the pores of the y-A OS layer are completely filled with water for a relative humidity of about 75%. This corresponds to an average pore size of approximately 4 nm according to the Kelvin equation.

The Y-Al2O3 / CX-Al2O3 composite supports prepared in this way were then dip-coated with the polymer solution prepared as described above as follows and dried at 90 ° C. overnight. During the dip coating process, a polymer layer was applied with a dipping and removal speed of 10 mm / s each with a dipping time of 20 s. The diving and the

Drying processes were carried out in a clean room of class ISO 5 according to ISO 14644-1 in order to avoid dust contamination.

The supported polymer membranes thus obtained were then placed in the middle of an oven (Gero HTK 25 Mo / 16-1 G) to be subjected to a heat treatment. Before the carbonization process started, a vacuum of approx. IO ^-6 mbar was applied. At this pressure, the samples were heated at a rate of

1 ° C / min and 1 h residence time heated to 350 ° C. The temperature was then increased to 700 ° G at the same heating rate and the samples were left to stand for a further 2 hours. The membranes were then also cooled to room temperature in a vacuum at a cooling rate of 1 ° C./min.

The thickness of the CMS membrane obtained was approx. 350 nm (FIG. 3), determined by scanning electron microscope image of a section.

Membrane characterization

Various techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), water contact angle measurement and scanning electron microscopy were used. The chemical structure of both membranes was determined using the Tensor 27 infrared spectrometer (Bruker Optics), which is equipped with a DTGS detector and an ATR unit (Golden Gate diamond attenuated total reflectance) with ZnSe mirrors. The resolution of the spectrometer was set to 4 cm ¹ . All spectra were measured in the range of 600-4000 cm ¹ and normalized to the gradient vector for comparison.

The XPS measurements were carried out with a PHI5000 Versa Probe II from ULVAC-PHI Inc. in the USA. Nuclear level spectra (C1s, 01s, G1s and N1s) of the supported membranes were obtained with an AI k-alpha (1,486 KeV) source for excitation in the analysis chamber in a high vacuum (1x10 ^® mbar) and with a transmission energy of

23.5 eV recorded with a resolution of 0.1 eV. The atomic ratios and surface concentrations were determined quantitatively from the range of the C1s, Nls and 01s peaks after a smart-type background subtraction, while the peak deconvolution was achieved with a mixed Gaussian and Lorentzian function.

The binding energy was normalized by setting the C1s core level to 285 eV (sp ³ ) and

284.5 eV (sp ² ) was discontinued.

Water contact angle measurements were carried out at room temperature using the sessile drop method with a contact angle goniometer equipped with a video camera recording system and with software for drop contour analysis. The water drop with a volume of 3 ml was placed at four different locations on the dip-coated membrane surface. The contact angle was measured for each and the mean value was determined.

The surface morphology and the thickness of the supported membranes were examined with a scanning electron microscope (SEM Ultra 55, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena, Germany). Cross-sectional images were obtained by breaking the sample with a pair of cutting pliers. The samples, i.e. The membrane surface was coated with a conductive layer consisting of platinum with a thickness of 3-5 nm before the analysis.

The particle size distribution of polymers in solutions was determined by dynamic light scattering (DLS) at 25 ° C with a HORIBA LB-550 system. The polymer solution was prepared by mixing 2% by weight

Polyimide powder Alfa Aesar polyimide in NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) and 10 hours Stirring prepared and filtered through a 0.2 gm filter before the measurement to remove dust particles that could affect the measurement.

The Seher viscosity was measured using a “Physica MCR 301 rheometer” rotary rheometer.

The thermal degradation of the polyimide was recorded by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) with a STA-449 F1 Jupiter instrument at a heating rate of 10 ° C / min under argon

The X-ray diffractometry was carried out as follows: A D4 Endeavor Bruker AXS diffractometer with a Kristallofiex 770 X-ray generator was used for the measurement. A Pawley fit using the "Topas 4.2" software was used to identify the crystalline phases with the powder X-ray database JCPDS-ICD. The PDF cards No. 01-079-1558 for y-AI ₂ 0 ₃ and No. 00-005-0172 for (X-AI2O3 were used for comparison.

Raman spectra were recorded on a Renishaw in Via Raman spectroscope with a pellet-cooled CCD. The excitation wavelength was 514 nm (Ar ion laser), focused by a 50 x 0.75 Leica N PLAN EPI lens with a laser energy of 0.075 mV and 20% laser defocus. The spectra were recorded at a resolution of 1.0 cm ¹ and by 20 scans of 20 s each

accumulated.

Gas permeance

In the present case, the gas permeability was measured from 200 ° C to 50 ° C with three test samples for each membrane. The measurement was carried out in an in-house development of a dead-end permeation test device with a tubular membrane module made of stainless steel. The

Permeate flow was maintained at atmospheric pressure and the pressure across the membrane was maintained at 2 bar. The gas flow on the supply side of the module was controlled by an accurate pressure controller (Bronkhorst differential pressure controller with F-001 valve). The gas flow rate on the permeate side was measured using two flow meters with a maximum flow of 7.74 ml min ¹ and 209 ml min ¹ (Brooks GF40). Before determining the The membranes were each dried at 200 ° C. overnight in a vacuum.

Pervaporation test

A commercial cross-flow test unit (Pervatech BV Netherlands) was used to evaluate the pervaporation performance of tubular CMS membranes. The feed liquid containing 10% by weight alcohol (methanol or ethanol) was heated to 70 ° C. The CMS membrane side faces the supply side (flow rate: 300 l / h and delivery volume 2L), while the permeate side was kept at a pressure of 10 mbar using a vacuum pump. The water concentrations in the feed liquid and permeate were determined by Karl Fischer titrations and the refractive index (Mettler Toledo RA510M) under ambient conditions. The permeate stream was collected in a vacuum trap with liquid nitrogen. The permeation flow J and the separation factor aPa are calculated using formulas (3) and (4).

Yi Xj

aij

Xi - Yj (4)

J [g] is the weight of the permeate collected during the time of the experiment t [h], A [m ² ] is the effective membrane surface, X and Y represent the molar fraction of components i and j in feed liquid and permeate, respectively

Pervaporation results are determined after 1 day of continuous operation, which enables a more precise comparison of the flows and selectivities.

Membrane characterization

Fig. 1 (a-c) shows the photos of the a-A Os / y-AbOs-supported polyimide membrane before and after the heat treatment at 700 ° C in a vacuum. After immersing the composite support in the polyimide solution, a homogeneous yellow coating can be seen. The color of the coating changes from yellow to black when annealed at 700 ° C, which indicates a pyrolysis process.

2 shows the ATR-FTIR spectra of the supported membranes before and after the heat treatment. The supported polymer membrane is characterized by the appearance of the peaks at 1776 cm ¹ (C = 0 asymmetrical elongation), 1720 cm ¹ (C = 0 symmetrical elongation), 1370 cm ^-1 and 1095 (OC-N-CO elongation) and 722 cm ¹ (C-NC bend), which correspond to the characteristic absorption of the imide group. The intensity of these peaks decreases drastically when the samples are treated at 700 ° C. This indicates that the pyrolysis degradation of the polymer by the

Transformation of the imide groups is determined.

The surface morphology and the thickness of the CMS top layer were examined by means of scanning electron microscopy. As can be seen in FIG. 3, a dense, uniform, smooth and crack-free carbon layer was formed with good adhesion to the intermediate layer Y-Al2O3. The thickness of the CMS membrane is due to the

Scanning electron microscope image of the section (Fig. 3- (d)} to approx. 350 nm

estimated.

The surface elemental composition of the polymer and CMS membrane determined by XPS is shown in Table 2 below.

Table 2 Surface element composition of an a-A Os / y-AbOa-supported polyimide membrane according to the invention before and after heat treatment at 700 ° C.

The ratio of oxygen to carbon drops from 18.3% to 7.6% after pyrolysis. In addition, 7 at.% And 1.9 at.% Oxygen and nitrogen are detected on the surface of the carbonized sample. This indicates that

Presence of oxygen and nitrogen-containing functional groups.

To get deeper insight into those induced by heat treatment

To obtain structural changes (electronic environments and binding structures), C1's XPS spectra of the polymer and carbonized samples were deconvoluted with a model based on a series of Gauss-Lorentzian

Function Based As Shown in Figure 4 The supported polyimide membrane shows three contributions centered at 285.0, 285.9 and 288.5 eV that of the CC (sp ³ ) bond of an aromatic ring that is not bound to imide rings and CN and C = 0 bonds within imide rings

The CN binding is also confirmed by a single broad peak at approximately 400.3 eV from N1 s nuclear level spectra (FIG. 10). The 01s spectrum contains three peaks (FIG. 12) which are C = 0 (531, 3 eV) ), CO (532.5 eV) or OH (533.8 eV).

The presence of graphite carbon after pyrolysis is indicated in the Cl s spectrum (FIG. 4) by the appearance of a peak at 284.5 eV (47 at.%), Which corresponds to the C = C bond in an sp ² network .

The presence of non-graphitic carbon is confirmed by the peak at 285 eV, which corresponds to the CC bond (sp ³ ), and a broad peak at 287 eV, which refers to nitrogen and oxygen-containing functional groups such as CN, C = N, CsN, C = 0 and CO is due.

It should be noted that the presence of these functional groups after the heat treatment is also confirmed by the deconvolution of the N1s (FIG. 11) or 01 s (FIG. 12) spectra.

Based on the XPS analysis, the carbon membrane according to the invention is a mixture of graphitic and amorphous carbon, the latter representing "defects" within or at the edge of the graphitic layers.

“Defects” mentioned in this context are not to be confused with defects in the GMS membrane in the sense of “defect-free”, but refer here

exclusively on the electronic configuration of the layers.

The type or type of (electronic) defects in the graphitic layers of the CMS membrane is investigated using Raman spectroscopy. As shown in Fig. 5, the Raman spectrum of the carbonized sample is adjusted using five Gaussian contributions. The peak centered at 1600 cm ¹ is defined as the G band and becomes the

I n-plane stretch mode attributed to E 2g symmetry at sp ² sites. This band is only in perfectly infinite graphitic levels as in the

Single crystal graphite observed. If there are defects within the graphene planes, the D1 band is activated by activating the breathing mode of carbon rings the symmetry A 1g at the edge of graphite planes Raman active. The D2 peak at 1635 cm ¹ is associated with lattice vibrations as with D1, but involves isolated ones

Graphene layers D3 and D4 bands generally occur with strongly defective carbon-containing materials. The first with 1560 cm ¹ is usually wide and is attributed to the amorphous carbon, while the second with 1 150 cm ^{1 is} attributed to the sp ³ impurities. Eckmann et al. (Eckmann, A .; Felten, A .; Mishchenko, A .; Britnell, L; Krupke, R .; Novoselov, KS; Casiraghi, C., Probing the Nature of Defects in Graphene by Raman Spectroscopy. Nano Leiters 2012, 12 (8), 3925-3930) used the intensity ratio of D1 and D2 peaks (ID 1 / ID 2) by means of Raman spectroscopy to investigate the nature of the defects in graphene samples which were caused by fluorination (sp ³ -like defects) and Ar ⁺ shelling (vacancy-like

Defects) were introduced. They found an ID 1 / ID 2 ratio of about 13 for defects related to sp ³ hybridization and 7 for vacancies such as defects. According to the invention, the calculated intensity ratio of ID 1 / ID 2 is estimated to be approximately 13.15, which indicates that most of the defects in the carbonized sample according to the invention are sp ³ -like defects. This result is consistent with the XPS analysis, which has shown that 34 at.% Of the total amount of carbon is related to sp ³ hybridization.

Gas separation performance

The gas separation performance of tubular CMS membranes was assessed by measuring the permeance of several gases with different kinetic diameters at 200 ° C and an inlet pressure of 2 bar difference. Three membranes from different batches were tested to ensure the reliability of the results (Fig. 13 and table). As shown in Fig. 6, the

Permeance values of the selected gases with decreasing kinetic diameter, ie CH ₄ (0.38 nm)> N ₂ (0.365 nm)> C0 ₂ (0.33 nm)> H ₂ (0.29 nm). This indicates that the transport of these gases through the CMS membrane through the

Molecular sieve mechanism is controlled.

By measuring the temperature dependence of gas permeances through the CMS membrane, important information about the gas transport behavior can be obtained. As shown in Fig. 7A, the permeation of all gases increases with that

Temperature too. For example, H _{2 has} the highest permeance, which increases by almost an order of magnitude in the range from 50 to 200 ° C. The permselectivity of all Gas pairs also increase with increasing temperature (Fig. 7B). At 200 ° C the CMS membrane for H2 / CO2, H2 / N2 and H2 / CH4 gas pairs has permselectivities of around 24, 130 and 228, which are far above the corresponding Knudsen coefficients (4.7, 3.7 and 2.8). Such excellent permselectivities show the pinhole (defect) freedom of the CMS membranes according to the invention and are attributed to the presence of ultramicropores, which increase the diffusion

Prevent gas molecules like N ₂ and CH ₄ . It can therefore be assumed that the pore size of the CMS membrane according to the invention is close to the kinetic diameter of CO2, ie 0.33 nm.

The apparent activation energy E _act for the permeation of H2, CO2, N2 and CH ₄ through the CMS membrane according to the invention was calculated from the Arrhenius temperature dependence of the permeation.

Excellent linear fits were obtained for all samples with the resulting E _act in FIG. 14. The highest E _act value, 17.8 kJ / mol, is obtained for H2, while the lowest value, 9.9 kJ / mol, corresponds to the permeation of CO2. This means that the CMS membrane can show excellent H2 / CO2 separation performance at elevated temperatures. It should be noted that the E _act obtained _according to the invention for H2 is comparable to that for silicon dioxide and

Graphene membranes have been reported.

The H2 / CO2 separation performance of the carbon membrane according to the invention was further compared with other ultra-modern materials such as MOF (Metal Organic Framework), ZIF 38 (Zeolithic Imidolate Framework), silica-modified zeolite, silica and graphene (FIG. 8). The solid line adjusts the upper limit

Robeson between H2 permeance and H ₂ / C0 ₂ selectivity for polymer membranes, with a membrane thickness of 50 pm. The H2 / CC> 2 selectivity of the carbon membrane according to the invention is clearly above the compromise curve and is only exceeded by amorphous silicon dioxide, silica-modified MFI zeolite and graphene. However, all of these membranes have a relatively low H2 permeance compared to the CMS membrane according to the invention. For example, the van Gestel et al. (Van Gestel, T .; Barthel, J., New types of graphene-based membranes with molecular sieve properties for He, H2 and H2O. Journal of Membrane Science 2018, 554, 378-384) developed the graphene membrane due to the perfect layer structure of the

Graphene levels that restrict the diffusion of CO2, the largest H2 / CO2 Permselectivity to (about 80). Nevertheless, the Fb permeance, 6.7 x10 ⁸ mol nr ² s ¹ Pa ¹ , is more than an order of magnitude lower than that of the invention

Carbon membrane (1, 1 x10 ⁶ mol rrr ² s ^-1 Pa ¹ ). The increased H2 permeance of the carbon membrane according to the invention can be attributed to the presence of sp ³ -like defects in the graphene planes, which enables a faster diffusion of H ₂ . From these results it can be concluded that the carbon membrane according to the invention has both a high Hb / CC selectivity and a high H2 permeance, which are important performance parameters for an industrial application.

The measured permselectivities for different gas mixtures of the a-AhOs / y-AbOs-supported CMS membrane according to the invention (3 samples M-1 to M-3 from one batch, measured at 200 ° V with an inflow pressure of 2 bar) are as follows Table 5 summarized. The results are shown graphically in FIG. 13

Table 5 Permselectivities of the a-AkOa / y-AhOs-supported according to the invention

CMS membranes

Table 6 Single gas permeation through a CMS membrane heat-treated at 600 ° C (CMS-600) and a CMS membrane at 700 ° C (CMS-700) at different temperatures

It can be seen from the data in Table 8 that the supported CMS membrane heat-treated at 600 ° C. is well suited for separating CO ₂ / CH ₄ at low temperatures, while the CMS membrane heat-treated at 700 ° C. is suitable for the H ₂ / C0 ₂ separation and H ₂ / CH ₄ separation at high temperatures appears favorable

Pervaporation performance

The surface wettability of the membrane surface against water can be easily estimated by measuring the water contact angle. The water angle of the polymer membrane before and after the heat treatment is shown in FIG. 9. The untreated membrane has a contact angle of approximately 75 ° before pyrolysis, which increases to approximately 90 ° after the heat treatment. This is attributed to the increase in carbon content, which makes the membrane more hydrophobic. It should be noted that water contact angles in the range of 95-100 ° have been given in the literature for graphene. The lower contact angle for the

CMS membrane according to the invention was measured in comparison to graphene, is due in part to the presence of some oxygen-containing functional groups (7 at.%) on the membrane surface, as mentioned above.

Table 3 below summarizes the pervaporation results for 10% by weight of water-containing binary liquid supplies by the CMS- Membrane together at 70 ° C. Because of their different molecular sizes, methanol and ethanol were used as feed solutions. The

Pervaporation results are obtained after one day of continuous operation, which enables a more precise comparison of the flows and selectivities.

Table 3 Pervaporation results of FfeO / alcohol (10/90% by weight) through the a-AkOa / y-AhOs-supported CMS membrane according to the invention at 70 ° C.

It can be seen from Table 3 that the separation factor increases with the molecular size of the alcohol. This confirms the excellent molecular sieving properties of the carbon membranes according to the invention.

Table 4 compares the pervaporation performance for the methanol dewatering of the carbon membrane according to the invention with NaA zeolite, silicon dioxide and carbon membranes. The pervaporation index (PSI) is used as an indicator of the performance of the synthesized membrane. The data given in Table 4 were taken from documents a) to f) given below.

Table 4 Comparison of the pervaporation membranes according to the invention and known from the literature when used in the dehydration of aqueous methanol

* PSI = J _total x (a-1) ¹ from resorcinol ² from poly (phenylene oxide)

References given in Table 4: a) Tanaka, S .; Yasuda, T .; Katayama, Y .; Miyake, Y., Pervaporation dehydration performance of microporous carbon membranes prepared from resorcinol / formaldehyde polymer. Journal of Membrane Science 2011, 379 (1-2), 52-59 b) Yoshimune, M .; Mizoguchi, K .; Haraya, K., Alcohol dehydration by pervaporation using a carbon hollow fiber membrane derived from sulfonated poly (phenylene oxide). Journal of Membrane Science 2013, 425, 149-155 c) ten Ice Court, JE; Abadal, CR; Sekulic, J .; Chowdhury, SR; Blank, DHA, Transport mechanisms of water and organic solvents through microporous silica in the pervaporation of binary liquids. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2003, 65 (2-3), 197-208 d) Sommer, S. Melin, T., Influence of Operation Parameters on the Separation of mixtures by pervaporation and vapor permeation with inorganic membranes. Part 1: Dehydration of sofvents. Chemical Engineering Science 2005, 60 (16), 4509-4523 e) Vangemert, R „W„ Cuperus, FP „NEWLY DEVELOPED CERAMIC MEMBRANES FOR

DEHYDRATION AND SEPARATION OF ORGANIC MIXTURES BY PERVAPORATION. Journal of Membrane Science 1995, 105 (3), 287-291 f) Shah, D .; Kissick, K .; Ghorpade, A .; Hannah, R .; Bhattacharyya, D., Pervaporation of alcohol-water and dimethylformamide-water mixtures using hydrophilic zeolite NaA membranes: mechanisms and experimental results. Journal of Membrane Science 2000, 179 (1-2), 185-205

The CMS membrane according to the invention has a lower water flow than the hydrophilic membranes, including NaA-type zeolite and silica membranes, but the highest separation factor and PSI. That means the

Despite its hydrophobic character, the CMS membrane according to the invention can effectively separate water from aqueous alcohol mixtures based on the molecular sieve mechanism.

Claims

Expectations

1 CMS membrane, characterized in that it is obtained by pyrolysis of a polyimide consisting of the monomers 1 - (4-aminophenyl) -1, 3,3-trimethyl-2H-inden-5-amine and 5- (1, 3- Dioxo-2-benzofuran-5-carbonyl-2-benzofuran-1, 3-dione of the following formulas is available:

preferably by pyrolysis of the polyimide with the CAS number 62929-02-6.

2. Supported CMS membrane, comprising a CMS membrane obtainable from a polyimide by pyrolysis and a porous support, characterized in that a mesoporous intermediate layer is provided between the CMS membrane and the porous support.

3. Supported CMS membrane structure according to claim 2, characterized in that the CMS membrane is obtainable by pyrolysis of a polyimide selected from the polyimide defined in claim 1, Matrim id® 5218, 6FDA / BPDA-DAM, BTDA-a / sMDA, BTDA-sMDA, P84®, Kapton®, 6FDA-DAM and 6-FDA-mPDA of the following formulas, particularly preferably by pyrolysis of the polyimide according to claim 1:

4. Process for producing a trigged CM membrane according to one or

several of claims 2 to 3, comprising the following steps: i) application of a suitable precursor sol to the porous support, ii) calcining, whereby the mesoporous intermediate layer is formed, iii) application of the polyimide by dip-coating with subsequent drying, iv ) Pyrolysis, v) cooling to room temperature.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that step i) and ii) each

be repeated once and

the calcination is carried out at 500 to 700 ° C, preferably at 600 ° C or at 700 ° C, in air, and / or

the pyrolysis is carried out in vacuo, preferably at 10 ⁵ to 10 ⁷ mbar, particularly preferably at 10 ^”6 mbar and by gradual heating.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the immersion and removal during the dip coating in step iii) at a speed of 5 to 15 mm / s, preferably about 10 mm / s and the immersion time 10 to 30 s, preferably 20 s and / or that a solution of the polyimide in N-methyl-2-pyrrolide is used.

7. Use of the CMS membrane according to claim 1 or the supported CMS membrane according to one or more of claims 2 to 3 for the separation of gas mixtures, preferably of H2 / CO2 or of Fb / CHU gas mixtures, or for the separation of liquid mixtures, preferred for dehydration of

Alcohols, particularly preferred for the dehydration of methanol or ethanol.

8. Gas separation or liquid separation apparatus, characterized in that it contains at least one CMS membrane according to claim 1 and / or at least one supported CMS membrane according to one or more of claims 2 to 3.

9. Use of the polylimide obtained from the following monomers,

for the production of a CMS membrane by pyrolysis.