Chemistry -- Accelerating Gas Separation (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chemistry -- Accelerating Gas Separation

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Scientists synthesized porous hollow carbon spheres (HCS, shown in pink), incorporated them in a triblock copolymer (PS-PEB-PS, two blocks of polystyrene flanking a block of poly[ethylene-ran-butylene]) matrix and spin cast the mixture to create a robust membrane with improved permeability and selectivity for smaller carbon dioxide molecules (red and white) compared to larger nitrogen molecules (blue).

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy

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