title: A uniformly oriented MFI membrane for improved CO₂ separation.
abstract: Membrane separation of CO2 from natural gas, biogas, synthesis gas, and flu gas is a simple and energy-efficient alternative to other separation techniques. But results for CO2 -selective permeance have always been achieved by randomly oriented and thick zeolite membranes. Thin, oriented membranes have great potential to realize high-flux and high-selectivity separation of mixtures at low energy cost. We now report a facile method for preparing silica MFI membranes in fluoride media on a graded alumina support. In the resulting membrane straight channels are uniformly vertically aligned and the membrane has a thickness of 0.5 μm. The membrane showed a separation selectivity of 109 for CO2/H2 mixtures and a CO2 permeance of 51×10(-7) mol m(-2) s(-1) Pa(-1) at -35 °C, making it promising for practical CO2 separation from mixtures.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Porsön Campus, 97187 Luleå (Sweden). ming.zhou@ltu.se.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Danil
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korelskiy
authors.forename: Pengcheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grahn
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hedlund
keywords: carbon dioxide; gas separation; membranes; thin films; zeolites