Novel Organics-Dehydration Membranes Prepared from Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks
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Author(s)
Liu, X
Wang, C
Wang, B
Li, K
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Membranes with outstanding performance that are applicable in harsh environments are needed to broaden the current range of organics dehydration applications using pervaporation. Here, well-intergrown UiO-66 metal-organic framework membranes fabricated on pre-structured yttria-stabilized zirconia hollow fibers is reported via controlled solvothermal synthesis. On the basis of adsorption-diffusion mechanism, the membranes provides a very high flux of up to ca. 6.0 kg m-2 h-1 and excellent separation factor (> 45000) for separating water from i-butanol (next-generation biofuel), furfural (promising biochemical) and tetrahydrofuran (typical organic). This performance, in terms of separation factor, is one to two orders of magnitude higher than that of commercially available polymeric and silica membranes with equivalent flux. It is comparable to the performance of commercial zeolite NaA membranes. Additionally, the membrane remains robust during a pervaporation stability test (~300 hours), including exposure to harsh environments (e.g., boiling benzene, boiling water and sulfuric acid) where some commercial membranes (e.g., zeolite NaA membranes) cannot survive.
Date Issued
2016-12-08
Date Acceptance
2016-09-30
Citation
Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 27 (3)
ISSN
1616-3028
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Functional Materials
Volume
27
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
EP/J014974/1
EPSRC REf EP/M01486X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
Physics
HOLLOW FIBERS
MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS
ZEOLITE MEMBRANES
MOF MEMBRANES
THIN-FILMS
PERVAPORATION
WATER
FUTURE
FUNDAMENTALS
SEPARATION
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
02 Physical Sciences
Materials
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1604311