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| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Seiten (von - bis) | 1-8 |
| Seitenumfang | 8 |
| Fachzeitschrift | Journal of membrane science |
| Jahrgang | 511 |
| Frühes Online-Datum | 24 März 2016 |
| Publikationsstatus | Elektronisch veröffentlicht (E-Pub) - 24 März 2016 |
Abstract
In the present work, we report a new road to enhance the gas separation performances of the zeolite Na-LTA membrane by tuning the pore size of zeolite LTA through silver cation exchange. Through the functionalization of the alumina support by using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), a thin, phase-pure and well intergrown zeolite Na-LTA membrane with a thickness of about 5.0 μm can be facilely prepared on the APTES-modified macroporous α-Al2O3 tube. After a following silver exchange treatment of the as-synthesized zeolite Na-LTA membranes, the sodium ions in zeolite Na-LTA framework are replaced by silver ions, thus forming zeolite Ag-LTA membranes with a narrower pore diameter. The zeolite Ag-LTA membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It is found that both the morphology and structure of the zeolite Na-LTA membrane keep unchanged after silver-exchange, and no cracks, pinholes or other defects are observed in the membrane layer. The zeolite Ag-LTA membrane shows high hydrogen selectivity due to the reduction of pore size of the zeolite Ag-LTA. For the separation of the binary mixture at 50 °C and 2.0 bar, the separation factor of H2/C3H8 is α≈120.8, which by far exceeds α≈19.4 of the starting Na-LTA membrane, and are also much higher than the separation factors previously reported for the H2/C3H8 mixture on zeolite membranes.
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in: Journal of membrane science, Jahrgang 511, 24.03.2016, S. 1-8.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Silver-exchanged zeolite LTA molecular sieving membranes with enhanced hydrogen selectivity
AU - Xu, Kai
AU - Yuan, Chenfang
AU - Caro, Jürgen
AU - Huang, Aisheng
PY - 2016/3/24
Y1 - 2016/3/24
N2 - In the present work, we report a new road to enhance the gas separation performances of the zeolite Na-LTA membrane by tuning the pore size of zeolite LTA through silver cation exchange. Through the functionalization of the alumina support by using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), a thin, phase-pure and well intergrown zeolite Na-LTA membrane with a thickness of about 5.0 μm can be facilely prepared on the APTES-modified macroporous α-Al2O3 tube. After a following silver exchange treatment of the as-synthesized zeolite Na-LTA membranes, the sodium ions in zeolite Na-LTA framework are replaced by silver ions, thus forming zeolite Ag-LTA membranes with a narrower pore diameter. The zeolite Ag-LTA membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It is found that both the morphology and structure of the zeolite Na-LTA membrane keep unchanged after silver-exchange, and no cracks, pinholes or other defects are observed in the membrane layer. The zeolite Ag-LTA membrane shows high hydrogen selectivity due to the reduction of pore size of the zeolite Ag-LTA. For the separation of the binary mixture at 50 °C and 2.0 bar, the separation factor of H2/C3H8 is α≈120.8, which by far exceeds α≈19.4 of the starting Na-LTA membrane, and are also much higher than the separation factors previously reported for the H2/C3H8 mixture on zeolite membranes.
AB - In the present work, we report a new road to enhance the gas separation performances of the zeolite Na-LTA membrane by tuning the pore size of zeolite LTA through silver cation exchange. Through the functionalization of the alumina support by using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), a thin, phase-pure and well intergrown zeolite Na-LTA membrane with a thickness of about 5.0 μm can be facilely prepared on the APTES-modified macroporous α-Al2O3 tube. After a following silver exchange treatment of the as-synthesized zeolite Na-LTA membranes, the sodium ions in zeolite Na-LTA framework are replaced by silver ions, thus forming zeolite Ag-LTA membranes with a narrower pore diameter. The zeolite Ag-LTA membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It is found that both the morphology and structure of the zeolite Na-LTA membrane keep unchanged after silver-exchange, and no cracks, pinholes or other defects are observed in the membrane layer. The zeolite Ag-LTA membrane shows high hydrogen selectivity due to the reduction of pore size of the zeolite Ag-LTA. For the separation of the binary mixture at 50 °C and 2.0 bar, the separation factor of H2/C3H8 is α≈120.8, which by far exceeds α≈19.4 of the starting Na-LTA membrane, and are also much higher than the separation factors previously reported for the H2/C3H8 mixture on zeolite membranes.
KW - Gas separation
KW - Ion exchange
KW - Molecular sieve membrane
KW - Zeolite Ag-LTA membrane
KW - Zeolite LTA membrane
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U2 - 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.03.036
DO - 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.03.036
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VL - 511
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Journal of membrane science
JF - Journal of membrane science
SN - 0376-7388
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