A novel precursor composed of polycarbosilane and palladium(II) acetate for a SiC-based gas separation membrane

Abstract

Organic-inorganic conversion process of a novel precursor composed of polycarbosilane and palladium(II) acetate was investigated in order to develop a SiC-based gas separation membrane. It was found that the precursor was converted to inorganic material forming Si-C-Si, Si-O-Si and Si-O-C network and evolving hydrogen, methane, ethane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases in a temperature range of 350-1000K. Furthermore, it was found that the volume shrinkage of precursor during pyrolysis process was 50%, which is 14% lower than that of PCS, because of efficient crosslinking of PCS and network formation. © 2011 Ceramic Society of Japan.