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Contents Vol 69(6)

Thermally Rearranged Poly(benzoxazole) Copolymer Membranes for Improved Gas Separation: A Review

Colin A. Scholes
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Vic., 3010, Australia. Email: cascho@unimelb.edu.au




Dr. Colin Scholes is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne whose research is focused on development of novel polymeric systems for membrane separation technologies. This research has a range of application where gas, vapour and chemical separation occurs, with real world applications in environmental, biological and clean energy fields.

Australian Journal of Chemistry 69(6) 601-611 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH15523
Submitted: 25 August 2015  Accepted: 18 November 2015   Published: 11 January 2016

Abstract

Polymeric membranes for gas separation have application in a wide range of industries such as natural gas sweetening and air enrichment. Recently, high-performance gas separation polymeric membranes have been developed based on a novel thermal rearrangement process that produces the resistant poly(benzoxazole) (TR-PBO). This review reports on the current state of the art TR-PBO membranes for gas separation and the underlying chemistry needed to achieve such high separation performance. Particular focus is applied to copolymers based on TR-PBO for membranes as these have attracted considerable research interest recently for their gas separation performance and superior mechanical properties compared with TR-PBO. Also included in this review is a discussion of the future directions of research on TR-PBO-based membranes for gas separation.


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