Fabrication of Polybenzimidazole/Palladium Nanoparticles Hollow Fiber Membranes for Hydrogen Purification

• Published in: Advanced energy materials Vol. 8; no. 3
• Main Authors: Villalobos, Luis Francisco, Hilke, Roland, Akhtar, Faheem Hassan, Peinemann, Klaus‐Viktor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 25.01.2018
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; CIPS; Hollow fiber membranes; hollow fibers; hydrogen recovery; Imidazole; Nanoparticles; Palladium; palladium nanoparticles; polybenzimidazole; Polybenzimidazoles

A novel scheme to fabricate polybenzimidazole (PBI) hollow fiber membranes with a thin skin loaded with fully dispersed palladium nanoparticles is proposed for the first time. Palladium is added to the membrane during the spinning process in the form of ions that coordinate to the imidazole groups o...