Essentially Rubber: Arkema TPEs for carbon capture

Paris – Arkema SA is collaborating with Japanese deep tech startup OOYOO to advance the development of a gas separation technology with a focus on CO2 capture.

The French materials supplier is leveraging its high performance polymers, primarily thermoplastic elastomers, for the development of the membrane to be used in the separation process, Arkema said 30 Jan.

The elastomers will be designed with "tailored molecular channelling technology" which will result in "high selectivity, chemical stability and excellent mechanical strength," Arkema added.

OOYOO, meanwhile, will concentrate on material selection, solution formulation, and high-performance membrane and module design, aimed at the separation, recovery, and reuse of CO2.

According to Arkema, the collaboration will accelerate performance improvements and cost reduction of OOYOO’s separation membranes.

For the project, Arkema said it is proposing its Pebax polyether block amide elastomers but also polyimide, PEKK, and PVDF resins.