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Molecular and Supramolecular Pathways for CO2 Separation Membranes: Amine-Functionalized Silica and Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks

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Amjad Ali *
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Jamile Mohammadi Moradian
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Tahir Rasheed
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Khurram Shehzad
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Tariq Aziz
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Syed Najeeb-Uz-Zaman Haider
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Imran Ali
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Shu Zhang *
DOI:10.1002/cssc.70927delete
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Efficient CO2 capture from flue gas is fundamentally limited by the trade-off between permeability, selectivity, and chemical stability. Amine-functionalized sorbents (AFS) achieve high selectivity via strong chemisorption, but suffer from kinetic limitations, pore blocking, and degradation under humid, high-temperature. Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), enabling rapid and selective transport through ordered supramolecular pores without strong binding, although their weak intermolecular interactions and structural fragility pose challenges. Our review, critically compare AFS and HOF-based membranes, elucidating how chemical functionality, pore architecture, and framework stability govern CO2 transport. AFS deliver CO2/N2 selectivities up to ∼800 at low partial pressures but exhibit limited permeance and durability. In contrast, HOF-based mixed-matrix membranes decouple selectivity from chemisorption, achieving permeabilities exceeding 750 Barrer with CO2/N2 selectivity ∼60, and up to 7,000–8,400 Barrer with sustained performance over 400 h. Cross-linked HOF-derived carbon reach CO2/CH4 selectivity of 192 with significantly enhanced permeability. Emerging strategies, including hydrogen bonding, charge-assisted-interactions, and post-synthetic cross-linking, that overcome intrinsic limitations of HOFs. Hybrid AFS–HOF membranes, integrating strong binding sites with well-defined transport channels, are identified as a promising route toward scalable, defect-tolerant separations. Collectively, this review establishes molecular-level-design principles and outlines pathway for translating supramolecular membrane into industrially viable CO2 capture technologies.
Keywords:
amine-functionalized
CO2
hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks
supramolecular interactions

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