Preparation of functionalized MXene-stitched-graphene oxide/poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposite with enhanced hydrogen gas barrier properties

Ok Beom Seo; Subhabrata Saha; Nam Hoon Kim; Joong Hee Lee

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119839

Preparation of functionalized MXene-stitched-graphene oxide/poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposite with enhanced hydrogen gas barrier properties

Ok Beom Seo, Subhabrata Saha, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

47 Scopus citations

Abstract

The storage of H₂ is one of the critical issues to be resolved to expand H₂-based energy. Herein, MXene was employed in combination with GO for the first time for H₂ gas barrier coating on nylon 6 substrate (commonly used in storage tanks). A facile two-step method was acquired to covalently bond MXene and GO through 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) by employing carbodiimide reaction. The MXene-GO hybrid nanofiller (f-MXene-GO) exhibited a higher gallery gap between the nanosheets than that of the pristine MXene and GO. Besides, GO was also partially reduced by the amine functional groups of APTES. To the best of our knowledge, the stitching of MXene and GO using APTES has not yet been discussed in the literature. When f-MXene-GO was dispersed in poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (EAA), a significant improvement in the mechanical properties was observed. An increase in the gallery gap between the MXene layers in f-MXene-GO/EAA nanocomposite as compared to MXene/EAA suggested the effectiveness of APTES grafting to enhance the interaction with EAA. MXene/EAA exhibited a higher H₂ gas barrier and mechanical properties than GO/EAA, whereas the adhesion of MXene/EAA to the nylon 6 substrate was weak. f-MXene-GO/EAA exhibited a judicious combination of both barrier and adhesion properties. The 10 wt% f-MXene-GO/EAA coated layer showed a very low H₂ permeability coefficient (0.03 cc.mm.m⁻².d⁻¹.atm⁻¹) and a significant 89% reduction in the H₂ gas transmission rate with respect to nylon 6.

Original language	English
Article number	119839
Journal	Journal of Membrane Science
Volume	640
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119839
State	Published - Dec 15 2021
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This work was supported by the Regional Leading Research Center Program ( 2019R1A5A8080326 ) through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Republic of Korea . And this work was partly supported by ITECH R&D program of MOTIE/KEIT [project No. 20010509 ].

Funders	Funder number
ITECH R&D program of MOTIE
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology	20010509
National Research Foundation of Korea

Keywords

Graphene oxide
Hybrid nanofiller
Hydrogen gas barrier
MXene
Nanocomposite coat

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119839

Cite this

@article{15f7350ab26945418b39979e25464246,

title = "Preparation of functionalized MXene-stitched-graphene oxide/poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposite with enhanced hydrogen gas barrier properties",

abstract = "The storage of H2 is one of the critical issues to be resolved to expand H2-based energy. Herein, MXene was employed in combination with GO for the first time for H2 gas barrier coating on nylon 6 substrate (commonly used in storage tanks). A facile two-step method was acquired to covalently bond MXene and GO through 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) by employing carbodiimide reaction. The MXene-GO hybrid nanofiller (f-MXene-GO) exhibited a higher gallery gap between the nanosheets than that of the pristine MXene and GO. Besides, GO was also partially reduced by the amine functional groups of APTES. To the best of our knowledge, the stitching of MXene and GO using APTES has not yet been discussed in the literature. When f-MXene-GO was dispersed in poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (EAA), a significant improvement in the mechanical properties was observed. An increase in the gallery gap between the MXene layers in f-MXene-GO/EAA nanocomposite as compared to MXene/EAA suggested the effectiveness of APTES grafting to enhance the interaction with EAA. MXene/EAA exhibited a higher H2 gas barrier and mechanical properties than GO/EAA, whereas the adhesion of MXene/EAA to the nylon 6 substrate was weak. f-MXene-GO/EAA exhibited a judicious combination of both barrier and adhesion properties. The 10 wt% f-MXene-GO/EAA coated layer showed a very low H2 permeability coefficient (0.03 cc.mm.m−2.d−1.atm−1) and a significant 89% reduction in the H2 gas transmission rate with respect to nylon 6.",

keywords = "Graphene oxide, Hybrid nanofiller, Hydrogen gas barrier, MXene, Nanocomposite coat",

author = "Seo, {Ok Beom} and Subhabrata Saha and Kim, {Nam Hoon} and Lee, {Joong Hee}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V.",

year = "2021",

month = dec,

day = "15",

doi = "10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119839",

language = "English",

volume = "640",

journal = "Journal of Membrane Science",

issn = "0376-7388",

publisher = "Elsevier",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Preparation of functionalized MXene-stitched-graphene oxide/poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposite with enhanced hydrogen gas barrier properties

AU - Seo, Ok Beom

AU - Saha, Subhabrata

AU - Kim, Nam Hoon

AU - Lee, Joong Hee

PY - 2021/12/15

Y1 - 2021/12/15

N2 - The storage of H2 is one of the critical issues to be resolved to expand H2-based energy. Herein, MXene was employed in combination with GO for the first time for H2 gas barrier coating on nylon 6 substrate (commonly used in storage tanks). A facile two-step method was acquired to covalently bond MXene and GO through 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) by employing carbodiimide reaction. The MXene-GO hybrid nanofiller (f-MXene-GO) exhibited a higher gallery gap between the nanosheets than that of the pristine MXene and GO. Besides, GO was also partially reduced by the amine functional groups of APTES. To the best of our knowledge, the stitching of MXene and GO using APTES has not yet been discussed in the literature. When f-MXene-GO was dispersed in poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (EAA), a significant improvement in the mechanical properties was observed. An increase in the gallery gap between the MXene layers in f-MXene-GO/EAA nanocomposite as compared to MXene/EAA suggested the effectiveness of APTES grafting to enhance the interaction with EAA. MXene/EAA exhibited a higher H2 gas barrier and mechanical properties than GO/EAA, whereas the adhesion of MXene/EAA to the nylon 6 substrate was weak. f-MXene-GO/EAA exhibited a judicious combination of both barrier and adhesion properties. The 10 wt% f-MXene-GO/EAA coated layer showed a very low H2 permeability coefficient (0.03 cc.mm.m−2.d−1.atm−1) and a significant 89% reduction in the H2 gas transmission rate with respect to nylon 6.

AB - The storage of H2 is one of the critical issues to be resolved to expand H2-based energy. Herein, MXene was employed in combination with GO for the first time for H2 gas barrier coating on nylon 6 substrate (commonly used in storage tanks). A facile two-step method was acquired to covalently bond MXene and GO through 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) by employing carbodiimide reaction. The MXene-GO hybrid nanofiller (f-MXene-GO) exhibited a higher gallery gap between the nanosheets than that of the pristine MXene and GO. Besides, GO was also partially reduced by the amine functional groups of APTES. To the best of our knowledge, the stitching of MXene and GO using APTES has not yet been discussed in the literature. When f-MXene-GO was dispersed in poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (EAA), a significant improvement in the mechanical properties was observed. An increase in the gallery gap between the MXene layers in f-MXene-GO/EAA nanocomposite as compared to MXene/EAA suggested the effectiveness of APTES grafting to enhance the interaction with EAA. MXene/EAA exhibited a higher H2 gas barrier and mechanical properties than GO/EAA, whereas the adhesion of MXene/EAA to the nylon 6 substrate was weak. f-MXene-GO/EAA exhibited a judicious combination of both barrier and adhesion properties. The 10 wt% f-MXene-GO/EAA coated layer showed a very low H2 permeability coefficient (0.03 cc.mm.m−2.d−1.atm−1) and a significant 89% reduction in the H2 gas transmission rate with respect to nylon 6.

KW - Graphene oxide

KW - Hybrid nanofiller

KW - Hydrogen gas barrier

KW - MXene

KW - Nanocomposite coat

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114765853&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119839

DO - 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119839

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85114765853

SN - 0376-7388

VL - 640

JO - Journal of Membrane Science

JF - Journal of Membrane Science

M1 - 119839

ER -

Preparation of functionalized MXene-stitched-graphene oxide/poly (ethylene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposite with enhanced hydrogen gas barrier properties

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this