Synthesis of high-performance zeolite t membrane in fluoride media

Fei Zhang, Yi Hong Zheng, Tian Gui, Hua Mei Wang, Na Hu, Rong Fei Zhou, Xiang Shu Chen

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Abstract

Oriented zeolite T membranes with high pervaporation performance were synthesized on seeded porous mullite supports in fluoride media. Zeolite powders and membranes were characterized by means of XRD, SEM and MAS NMR. The influences of synthesis conditions such as additive, nNaF/nKF ratio, synthesis temperature and time on membrane growth and separation properties were investigated. Fast crystallization mechanism of zeolite T layers in fluoride media was also suggested. The addition of alkali metal fluorides promoted the crystallization of supported zeolite T layers and affected the morphology of crystals. Fluoride-derived zeolite T membranes under optimized synthesis conditions had an average flux of (4.91 ±0.18) kg · m−2 · h−1 and an average separation factor of 7 060±1 130 for a 10:90 (w/w) of water/i-propanol mixture at 348 K.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1845-1854
Number of pages10
JournalChinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Volume30
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fluoride salts
  • Mullite support
  • Pervaporation
  • Zeolite T membrane

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