Journal
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 544, Issue -, Pages 68-78Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.021
Keywords
MOF-801; Mixed matrix membrane; Pervaporation; Water adsorption
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21606123, 21490585, 21671102]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20160980]
- Ministry of Education of China [IRT_17R54]
- Six talent peaks project in Jiangsu Province [JY-030]
- Topnotch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (TAPP)
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In order to promote the selective water permeation through porous filler, hydrophilic MOF-801 crystals with superior water adsorption ability were incorporated into chitosan (CS) matrix to fabricate MOF-801/CS mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for pervaporation dehydration of ethanol. Both the experimental and molecular simulation results confirm the selective adsorption of water molecules in MOF-801 crystals, while the free volume and the lowest energy sorption sites analyses demonstrate the subdued diffusion of ethanol molecules through MOF-801. As a result, the porous structure in MOF-801 provides additional transport pathways for water molecules, and meanwhile makes the transport pathways of ethanol molecules more tortuous, thus achieving simultaneously enhanced flux and separation factor. The optimized membrane with MOF-801 loading of 4.8 wt% exhibits the total flux of 1937 g/m(2) h and separation factor of 2156.
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