Oriented MFI Membranes by Gel-Less Secondary Growth of Sub-100 nm MFI-Nanosheet Seed Layers.

Agrawal, Kumar Varoon; Topuz, Berna; Pham, Tung Cao Thanh; Nguyen, Thanh Huu; Sauer, Nicole; Rangnekar, Neel; Zhang, Han; Narasimharao, Katabathini et al. · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers.