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Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (3): 101-110.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.06.021

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Fabrication of ZIF-8 membranes on dual-layer ZnO-PES/PES organic hollow fibers by in-situ crystallization

Zhengchi Yin, Xiaoke Wu, Yanwei Yang, Huayu Zhang, Wangtao Li, Ruimin Zhu, Qiancheng Zheng, Zhengbao Wang   

  1. Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, ERC of Membrane and Water Treatment (MOE), Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • Received:2022-03-19 Revised:2022-06-28 Online:2023-06-03 Published:2023-03-28
  • Contact: Zhengbao Wang,E-mail:zbwang@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978253) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (226-2022-00020, 226-2022-00055).

Fabrication of ZIF-8 membranes on dual-layer ZnO-PES/PES organic hollow fibers by in-situ crystallization

Zhengchi Yin, Xiaoke Wu, Yanwei Yang, Huayu Zhang, Wangtao Li, Ruimin Zhu, Qiancheng Zheng, Zhengbao Wang   

  1. Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, ERC of Membrane and Water Treatment (MOE), Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 通讯作者: Zhengbao Wang,E-mail:zbwang@zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978253) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (226-2022-00020, 226-2022-00055).

Abstract: Compared to inorganic supports, polymeric supports can offer additional benefits, e.g., easier processing and cheaper. However, the organic surface has weak adhesion to the zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) membrane layer, which usually requires complex surface modification or seeding. Herein, we demonstrate that a dual-layer asymmetric polymer support prepared by a simple spinning process is a good candidate for the preparation of ZIF-8 membrane. The inner layer of the support is an organic hollow fiber (PES) with finger-like pores, and the outer layer is a ZnO-PES composite layer with finger-like pores also. The ZnO-PES composite layer is expected to contain uniform ZnO crystals in the polymer matrix, i.e., the ZnO particles in the skin layer of the support are not easy to fall off. Under the induction of ZnO particles in the outer layers, continuous ZIF-8 membranes can be prepared by single in-situ crystallization, showing good adhesion to the supports. The obtained ZIF-8 membranes show a H2 permeance of 8.7×10-8 mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1 with a H2/N2 ideal separation selectivity of 18.0. The design and preparation of this dual-layer polymer support is expected to promote the large-scale application of MOF membranes on polymer supports.

Key words: Dual-layer PES hollow fiber, In-situ crystallization, ZIF-8 membrane, Gas separation, ZnO

摘要: Compared to inorganic supports, polymeric supports can offer additional benefits, e.g., easier processing and cheaper. However, the organic surface has weak adhesion to the zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) membrane layer, which usually requires complex surface modification or seeding. Herein, we demonstrate that a dual-layer asymmetric polymer support prepared by a simple spinning process is a good candidate for the preparation of ZIF-8 membrane. The inner layer of the support is an organic hollow fiber (PES) with finger-like pores, and the outer layer is a ZnO-PES composite layer with finger-like pores also. The ZnO-PES composite layer is expected to contain uniform ZnO crystals in the polymer matrix, i.e., the ZnO particles in the skin layer of the support are not easy to fall off. Under the induction of ZnO particles in the outer layers, continuous ZIF-8 membranes can be prepared by single in-situ crystallization, showing good adhesion to the supports. The obtained ZIF-8 membranes show a H2 permeance of 8.7×10-8 mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1 with a H2/N2 ideal separation selectivity of 18.0. The design and preparation of this dual-layer polymer support is expected to promote the large-scale application of MOF membranes on polymer supports.

关键词: Dual-layer PES hollow fiber, In-situ crystallization, ZIF-8 membrane, Gas separation, ZnO