TY - JOUR
T1 - Microporous and dense inorganic membranes
T2 - Current status and prospective
AU - Lin, Y. S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The financial support of National Science Foundation, Petroleum Research Fund, Amoco and Exxon Educational Fund on our research program in inorganic membranes is greatly appreciated. The author would also like to thank his current and former students for their work which are summarized in this paper. The author is grateful to University of Queensland in Australia and Professor Max Lu who hosted his visit during which the manuscript was prepared.
PY - 2001/10/1
Y1 - 2001/10/1
N2 - The paper attempts to summarize recent significant progress in synthesis of microporous and dense inorganic membranes with the help of the results obtained in the author's laboratory or reported in the literature. The paper first reviews several methods for synthesis of microporous amorphous and polycrystalline (zeolite) inorganic membranes and their major characteristics. These microporous membranes exhibit fascinating gas permeation and separation properties. The paper also reviews equally impressive progress on oxygen semipermeable dense oxygen ionic-conducting ceramic membranes and hydrogen semipermeable metal membranes. Searching for better membrane materials, developing effective membrane synthesis methods, and improving chemical and structural stability of the current membrane materials will continue to be the focus of active research in these areas. Specific examples of the future research include synthesis of micro and mesoporous polycrystalline inorganic membranes with oriented pores and development of more effective dense proton-conducting ceramic membranes for high temperature hydrogen separation and membrane reactor applications.
AB - The paper attempts to summarize recent significant progress in synthesis of microporous and dense inorganic membranes with the help of the results obtained in the author's laboratory or reported in the literature. The paper first reviews several methods for synthesis of microporous amorphous and polycrystalline (zeolite) inorganic membranes and their major characteristics. These microporous membranes exhibit fascinating gas permeation and separation properties. The paper also reviews equally impressive progress on oxygen semipermeable dense oxygen ionic-conducting ceramic membranes and hydrogen semipermeable metal membranes. Searching for better membrane materials, developing effective membrane synthesis methods, and improving chemical and structural stability of the current membrane materials will continue to be the focus of active research in these areas. Specific examples of the future research include synthesis of micro and mesoporous polycrystalline inorganic membranes with oriented pores and development of more effective dense proton-conducting ceramic membranes for high temperature hydrogen separation and membrane reactor applications.
KW - Dense membrane
KW - Ionic-conducting membranes
KW - Membrane synthesis
KW - Metal membranes
KW - Microporous membrane
KW - Separation
KW - Zeolite membranes
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U2 - 10.1016/S1383-5866(01)00089-2
DO - 10.1016/S1383-5866(01)00089-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035482271
SN - 1383-5866
VL - 25
SP - 39
EP - 55
JO - Separation and Purification Technology
JF - Separation and Purification Technology
IS - 1-3
ER -