HKUST-1 membranes on porous supports using secondary growth Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Here we report the synthesis of continuous HKUST-1 membranes on porous supports via the secondary (i.e., seeded) growth method. A new seeding technique ("thermal seeding") was developed to strongly anchor HKUST-1 seed crystals on porous -alumina supports. It was found critical to have both organic ligands and copper species in the seed suspension as well as to seed the crystals at elevated temperature. The HKUST-1 seed crystals on the supports were then hydrothermally grown into continuous HKUST-1 films. The formation of cracks and fractures in the films was prevented by controlling the cooling and the drying processes after crystallization. The permeation results of HKUST-1 membranes show moderate separation of hydrogen over other small gas molecules such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen, and methane. 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Guerrero, V. V., Yoo, Y., McCarthy, M. C., & Jeong, H.

citation count

  • 199

complete list of authors

  • Guerrero, Victor Varela||Yoo, Yeonshick||McCarthy, Michael C||Jeong, Hae-Kwon

publication date

  • May 2010