Abstract
In this work, beta zeolite membranes were prepared on seeded α-Al 2O 3 substrate tubes using zeolite structure-directing agent (ZSDA), instead of directly using organic agent as templates. This ZSDA method consists of two steps: preparation of beta ZSDA and growth of beta zeolite membranes with ZSDA by the secondary hydrothermal synthesis. The molar compositions of the synthesis solution of ZSDA and zeolite membrane are of 1SiO 2/0.012Al 2O 3/0.167(TEA) 2O/0.031Na 2O/9.4H 2O and 1SiO 2/0.03Al 2O 3/0.027(TEA) 2O/0.27Na 2O/25H 2O, respectively. Preparing the membranes only needed a little ZSDA, which was used to substitute for conventional templates in the secondary growth process of the membrane. The membranes were characterized by SEM, XRD and nitrogen permeance. It was found that the prepared membranes are continuous and defect-free. The mechanism of membrane growth with ZSDA was discussed simply.
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