Seeding-free synthesis of oriented zeolite LTA membrane on PDI-modified support for dehydration of alcohols

  • Kai Xu
  • , Haiming Jin
  • , Linfang Wang
  • , Yi Liu
  • , Chen Zhou
  • , Jürgen Caro
  • , Aisheng Huang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A seeding-free synthesis method is developed for preparation of oriented zeolite LTA membranes by using 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate (PDI) as a molecular linker. Before hydrothermal synthesis, –NCO groups are introduced with the functionalization of Al2O3 supports by PDI. A thin, well intergrown zeolite LTA membrane with a thickness of about 4.0 µm can be formed on the PDI-modified Al2O3 supports. The zeolite LTA membrane displays high pervaporation performances for dehydration of alcohols. At 90°C, the separation factor of the zeolite LTA membrane is 4480 for dehydration of 95 wt% ethanol/water mixtures, with a high water flux of 3.4 kg·m−2·h−1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1741-1751
Number of pages11
JournalSeparation Science and Technology
Volume53
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Molecular sieve membrane
  • covalent modification
  • dehydration of alcohols
  • pervaporation
  • zeolite lta membrane

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