Challenging fabrication of hollow ceramic fiber supported Cu3(BTC)2 membrane for hydrogen separation
Author(s)
Zhou, Shuyuan
Zou, Xiaoqin
Sun, Fuxing
Zhang, Feng
Fan, Songjie
Zhao, Huijun
Schiestel, Thomas
Zhu, Guangshan
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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High-performance and continuous Cu 3(BTC) 2 membranes have been successfully fabricated using a secondary growth approach on pre-seeded a-Al 2O 3 hollow ceramic fibers (HCFs) modified with chitosan. Facile synthesis of Cu 3(BTC) 2 nanocrystals can be achieved by a modified solvothermal protocol. A stable and homogeneous Cu 3(BTC) 2 seed precusor obtained with particle size of 300 nm, the size of which is suitable for seeding HCFs without any pore jam of HCFs supports (pore size of 200 nm for HCFs). A new substrate HCFs was introduced as the support of Cu 3(BTC) 2 membranes. Moreover, for the first time, chitosan is used to ...
View more >High-performance and continuous Cu 3(BTC) 2 membranes have been successfully fabricated using a secondary growth approach on pre-seeded a-Al 2O 3 hollow ceramic fibers (HCFs) modified with chitosan. Facile synthesis of Cu 3(BTC) 2 nanocrystals can be achieved by a modified solvothermal protocol. A stable and homogeneous Cu 3(BTC) 2 seed precusor obtained with particle size of 300 nm, the size of which is suitable for seeding HCFs without any pore jam of HCFs supports (pore size of 200 nm for HCFs). A new substrate HCFs was introduced as the support of Cu 3(BTC) 2 membranes. Moreover, for the first time, chitosan is used to improve the binding force between seeds and the support owing to its abundance of both amino and hydroxyl groups. As-prepared Cu 3(BTC) 2 membrane is studied for hydrogen separation by binary gas permeation of H 2/N 2, H 2/CO 2 and H 2/CH 4. The synthesized membrane shows high H 2 selectivity with separation factors of 8.66, 13.56 and 6.19 for the gas mixtures of H 2/N 2, H 2/CO 2 and H 2/CH 4 respectively. A preferred permeance for H 2 in the binary gas mixture is obtained in the range of 3.23 נ10 -8 to 4.1 נ10 -8 mol m -2 s -1 Pa -1 due to the unique properties of the Cu 3(BTC) 2 MOF material, which is expected in the potential applications of industrial hydrogen recycling. 頲012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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View more >High-performance and continuous Cu 3(BTC) 2 membranes have been successfully fabricated using a secondary growth approach on pre-seeded a-Al 2O 3 hollow ceramic fibers (HCFs) modified with chitosan. Facile synthesis of Cu 3(BTC) 2 nanocrystals can be achieved by a modified solvothermal protocol. A stable and homogeneous Cu 3(BTC) 2 seed precusor obtained with particle size of 300 nm, the size of which is suitable for seeding HCFs without any pore jam of HCFs supports (pore size of 200 nm for HCFs). A new substrate HCFs was introduced as the support of Cu 3(BTC) 2 membranes. Moreover, for the first time, chitosan is used to improve the binding force between seeds and the support owing to its abundance of both amino and hydroxyl groups. As-prepared Cu 3(BTC) 2 membrane is studied for hydrogen separation by binary gas permeation of H 2/N 2, H 2/CO 2 and H 2/CH 4. The synthesized membrane shows high H 2 selectivity with separation factors of 8.66, 13.56 and 6.19 for the gas mixtures of H 2/N 2, H 2/CO 2 and H 2/CH 4 respectively. A preferred permeance for H 2 in the binary gas mixture is obtained in the range of 3.23 נ10 -8 to 4.1 נ10 -8 mol m -2 s -1 Pa -1 due to the unique properties of the Cu 3(BTC) 2 MOF material, which is expected in the potential applications of industrial hydrogen recycling. 頲012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Journal Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume
22
Issue
20
Subject
Chemical sciences
Inorganic green chemistry
Engineering