Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 555-560.DOI: 10.15541/jim20140566

• Research Letter • Previous Articles    

Preparation of Perfective TAPO-5 Membrane through Tertiary Growth with Amorphous Seed

LIU Xu-Guang1, MA Xin1, LIU Yong1, ZHANG Bao-Quan1,2   

  1. (1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China)
  • Received:2014-11-06 Revised:2014-12-03 Published:2015-05-20 Online:2015-04-28
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (21136008); National Ocean Public Project of China (201405008)

Abstract:

TAPO-5 membranes were synthesized through a tertiary growth method. Its perfection significantly depends on the adopted seed and itself poly-crystalline structure. Amorphous seed synthesized at a low crystallization temperature (393 K), obviously favors producing the perfective TAPO-5 membrane. TAPO-5 crystal seed, however, induces the growth of its membrane with a larger extent of cracks (i.e., grain boundary defect), destructing itself perfection. Those diverse results are associated with the disparate seeds layers deposited by a spreading-wetting method, and consistently demonstrated by SEM, XRD, and single gas (He) permeation test. A typical feature of the amorphous TAPO-5 seed layer is its dispersive distribution pattern in the macro holes of support. A continuous layer, however, is observed for the TAPO-5 crystal seed layer. The amorphous seed is explained as a prior seed for the perfective TAPO-5 membrane.

Key words: tertiary growth, amorphous seed, TAPO-5 membrane, spreading-wetting method

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