One-Pot Synthesis of High-Flux b-Oriented MFI Zeolite Membranes for Xe Recovery
Author(s) -
Xuerui Wang,
Pelin Karakiliç,
Xinlei Liu,
Meixia Shan,
Arian Nijmeijer,
Louis Winnubst,
Jorge Gascón,
Freek Kapteijn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acs applied materials and interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.535
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1944-8252
pISSN - 1944-8244
DOI - 10.1021/acsami.8b12613
Subject(s) - membrane , zeolite , materials science , permeation , selectivity , crystallization , chemical engineering , amorphous solid , gas separation , diffusion , organic chemistry , catalysis , chemistry , thermodynamics , biochemistry , physics , engineering
We demonstrate that b-oriented MFI (Mobil Five) zeolite membranes can be manufactured by in situ crystallization using an intermediate amorphous SiO 2 layer. The improved in-plane growth by using a zeolite growth modifier leads to fusion of independent crystals and eliminates boundary gaps, giving good selectivity in the separation of CO 2 /Xe mixtures. The fast diffusion of CO 2 dominates the overall membrane selectivity toward the CO 2 /Xe mixture. Because of the straight and short [010] channels, the obtained CO 2 permeation fluxes are several orders of magnitude higher than those of carbon molecular sieving membranes and polymeric membranes, opening opportunities for Xe recovery from waste anesthetic gas.
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