The hydrogen getter consisting of 1,4-bis[phenylethynyl]benzene (DEB) and a carbon-supported palladium catalyst (Pd/C) is limited by its powder forms in practical application. Development of the molded DEB-Pd/C is thus highly demanded. To solve the contradiction between molding and hydrogen-getter rate, herein, we prepared a porous polymer matrix composite for DEB-Pd/C by a facile one-phase removal method of their cocontinuous polymer matrices. Such a porous composite exhibits excellent hydrogen-getter activities. More interestingly, under low hydrogen partial pressure, the porous composite had a faster getter rate than that of powder getters. The significantly enhanced activity is attributed to the confinement effects of the continuous pore structure of the polymer frameworks, which further indicates its promise as a highly active and flexible supporting framework for hydrogen absorption or other gas–solid reactions.
The incorporation of DEB-Pd/C into polymers provides a possible solution to obtain various composite materials with customized properties. In this work, we selected SEBS as a substrate to prepare an ultra-thin flexible DEB-Pd/C@SEBS composite film . The mechanical properties and hydrogen uptake properties of composite films with different DEB-Pd/C contents and different thicknesses were investigated. The results show that these films possess excellent H 2 uptake and mechanical properties. We speculate that the microphase separation structure of these films results in high gas permeability and diffusion rate, which make the material have good compatibility. In addition, these films can be cut and bent into any shape, which can be applied to hetero-slit space easily and conveniently.