Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

  • Kumar Varoon Agrawal
  • , Berna Topuz
  • , Tung Cao Thanh Pham
  • , Thanh Huu Nguyen
  • , Nicole Sauer
  • , Neel Rangnekar
  • , Han Zhang
  • , Katabathini Narasimharao
  • , Sulaiman Nasir Basahel
  • , Lorraine F. Francis
  • , Christopher W. Macosko
  • , Shaeel Al-Thabaiti
  • , Michael Tsapatsis
  • , Kyung Byung Yoon

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Abstract

A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3243-3249
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume27
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2015

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© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords

  • butane and xylene isomer separation
  • secondary growth
  • zeolite membranes
  • zeolite nanosheets

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