Microwave synthesis of tubular zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 membranes for CO2/CH4 separation

  • Yaqiong Zhu
  • , Qian Liu
  • , Aisheng Huang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

25 Scopus citations

Abstract

The separation of CO2/CH4 is reported in detail by using zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) membrane which was prepared on 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane modified Al2O3 tube through microwave heating synthesis. Attributed to the preferential adsorption affinity of CO2 over CH4 and a narrow pore window of 0.34 nm, the ZIF-8 membrane shows high separation performances for the separation of CO2/CH4 mixtures. For the separation of equimolar CO2/CH4 mixture at 100°C and 2 bar feed (1 bar permeate) pressure, a CO2 permeance of 1.02 × 10−8 mol/m2· s· Pa and a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 6.8 are obtained, which is promising for CO2 separation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)883-891
Number of pages9
JournalSeparation Science and Technology
Volume51
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CO/CH separation
  • ZIF-8 membranes
  • metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
  • microwave synthesis

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Microwave synthesis of tubular zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 membranes for CO2/CH4 separation'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this