Citation: Yu-Kang MA, Jiao CHEN, Yi LI, Yu-Ting YANG, Hao-Yi ZHANG, Chun-Shan LU, Guang-Jun WU, Qiang XIAO. Gel-less steam-assisted crystallization of platelike MFI crystals for the fabrication of b-oriented zeolite membranes[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2023, 39(2): 245-254. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2023.005 shu

Gel-less steam-assisted crystallization of platelike MFI crystals for the fabrication of b-oriented zeolite membranes

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Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Advanced Fluorine Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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State Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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School of Materials Science and Engineering & National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

Corresponding author: Qiang XIAO, xiaoq@zjnu.cn
Received Date: 13 July 2022
Revised Date: 29 November 2022

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Novel platelike MFI zeolite crystals were used as seeds to fabricate dense and flat MFI zeolite membranes with b-axis orientation on porous sintered quartz wool discs through a gel-free steam-assisted crystallization (GLSAC) method. Firstly, the platelike MFI crystals were coated on the porous support by a filtration method. Then the seeded support was dipped in a tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) aqueous solution followed by a drying step. Subsequently, the dried discs were heated in an autoclave with a small amount of water at the bottom to grow into continuous membranes. Influences of the TPAOH concentration, water at the autoclave bottom, temperature, and time on the MFI zeolite membranes were investigated. The results of the scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction show that the out-plane growth of the platelike MFI seeds was suppressed at an optimized TPAOH concentration and water content. A dense and flat MFI zeolite membrane with a thickness of about 750 nm was successfully prepared. Binary butane isomers separation tests revealed that a separation factor (SF_A/B) of 36 at a permeation rate of 1.5×10^-7 mol·m^-2·s^-1·Pa^-1 for n-butane was achieved.
- MFI zeolite membrane,
- gel-less steam-assisted crystallization,
- platelike MFI zeolite seeds,
- butane isomer separation
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