Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

Agrawal, Kumar VaroonTopuz, BernaPham, Tung Cao ThanhNguyen, Thanh HuuSauer, NicoleRangnekar, NeelZhang, HanNarasimharao, KatabathiniBasahel, Sulaiman NasirFrancis, Lorraine F.Macosko, Christopher W.Al-Thabaiti, ShaeelTsapatsis, MichaelYoon, Kyung Byung2017-01-092017-01-092017-01-09201510.1002/adma.201405893https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/132514A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layerstext::journal::journal article::research article