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Carbon membranes have emerged as promising candidates for hydrogen separation due to their scalable fabrication, excellent thermal and chemical stability, and tunable pore structures, including micropores (\n                    <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2264 2\u00a0nm) and ultra\u2010micropores (\n                    <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2264 0.7\u00a0nm). In this work, an aromatic polyimine precursor incorporating kinked structural motifs is synthesized via a facile, catalyst\u2010free route to introduce intrinsic free volume and high carbon yield upon pyrolysis. Two distinct carbonization protocols are employed to investigate relationship between pyrolysis conditions, carbon structure, and membrane performance. The resulting carbon membranes exhibit high hydrogen permeance up to 3.61\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010\n                    <jats:sup>\u22127<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u00a0mol\u00a0m\n                    <jats:sup>\u22122<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u00a0s\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u00a0Pa\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212\u00a01<\/jats:sup>\n                    (200\u00b0C) and exceptional selectivities of 214 (H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    \/N\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) and 759 (H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    \/CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) at 20\u00b0C. A correlation between pore size distribution and separation performance is established, demonstrating that controlled pyrolysis enables tuning of the micropore to ultra\u2010micropore ratio. 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