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Title: Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets

Abstract

A zeolite with structure type MFI is an aluminosilicate or silicate material that has a three-dimensionally connected pore network, which enables molecular recognition in the size range 0.5-0.6 nm. These micropore dimensions are relevant for many valuable chemical intermediates, and therefore MFI-type zeolites are widely used in the chemical industry as selective catalysts or adsorbents. As with all zeolites, strategies to tailor them for specific applications include controlling their crystal size and shape. Nanometre-thick MFI crystals (nanosheets) have been introduced in pillared and self-pillared (intergrown) architectures, offering improved mass-transfer characteristics for certain adsorption and catalysis applications. Moreover, single (non-intergrown and nonlayered) nanosheets have been used to prepare thin membranes that could be used to improve the energy efficiency of separation processes. However, until now, single MFI nanosheets have been prepared using a multi-step approach based on the exfoliation of layered MFI9,15, followed by centrifugation to remove non-exfoliated particles. This top-down method is time-consuming, costly and low-yield and it produces fragmented nanosheets with submicrometre lateral dimensions. Alternatively, direct (bottom-up) synthesis could produce high-aspect-ratio zeolite nanosheets, with improved yield and at lower cost. Here we use a nanocrystal-seeded growth method triggered by a single rotational intergrowth to synthesize high-aspect-ratio MFI nanosheets withmore » a thickness of 5 nanometres (2.5 unit cells). These high-aspect-ratio nanosheets allow the fabrication of thin and defect-free coatings that effectively cover porous substrates. Finally, these coatings can be intergrown to produce high-flux and ultra-selective MFI membranes that compare favourably with other MFI membranes prepared from existing MFI materials (such as exfoliated nanosheets or nanocrystals).« less

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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
  2. King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; King Abdulaziz University; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1373573
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AC02-06CH11357
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature (London)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nature (London); Journal Volume: 543; Journal Issue: 7647; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Jeon, Mi Young, Kim, Donghun, Kumar, Prashant, Lee, Pyung Soo, Rangnekar, Neel, Bai, Peng, Shete, Meera, Elyassi, Bahman, Lee, Han Seung, Narasimharao, Katabathini, Basahel, Sulaiman Nasir, Al-Thabaiti, Shaeel, Xu, Wenqian, Cho, Hong Je, Fetisov, Evgenii O., Thyagarajan, Raghuram, DeJaco, Robert F., Fan, Wei, Mkhoyan, K. Andre, Siepmann, J. Ilja, and Tsapatsis, Michael. Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1038/nature21421.
Jeon, Mi Young, Kim, Donghun, Kumar, Prashant, Lee, Pyung Soo, Rangnekar, Neel, Bai, Peng, Shete, Meera, Elyassi, Bahman, Lee, Han Seung, Narasimharao, Katabathini, Basahel, Sulaiman Nasir, Al-Thabaiti, Shaeel, Xu, Wenqian, Cho, Hong Je, Fetisov, Evgenii O., Thyagarajan, Raghuram, DeJaco, Robert F., Fan, Wei, Mkhoyan, K. Andre, Siepmann, J. Ilja, & Tsapatsis, Michael. Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21421
Jeon, Mi Young, Kim, Donghun, Kumar, Prashant, Lee, Pyung Soo, Rangnekar, Neel, Bai, Peng, Shete, Meera, Elyassi, Bahman, Lee, Han Seung, Narasimharao, Katabathini, Basahel, Sulaiman Nasir, Al-Thabaiti, Shaeel, Xu, Wenqian, Cho, Hong Je, Fetisov, Evgenii O., Thyagarajan, Raghuram, DeJaco, Robert F., Fan, Wei, Mkhoyan, K. Andre, Siepmann, J. Ilja, and Tsapatsis, Michael. Wed . "Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21421. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1373573.
@article{osti_1373573,
title = {Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets},
author = {Jeon, Mi Young and Kim, Donghun and Kumar, Prashant and Lee, Pyung Soo and Rangnekar, Neel and Bai, Peng and Shete, Meera and Elyassi, Bahman and Lee, Han Seung and Narasimharao, Katabathini and Basahel, Sulaiman Nasir and Al-Thabaiti, Shaeel and Xu, Wenqian and Cho, Hong Je and Fetisov, Evgenii O. and Thyagarajan, Raghuram and DeJaco, Robert F. and Fan, Wei and Mkhoyan, K. Andre and Siepmann, J. Ilja and Tsapatsis, Michael},
abstractNote = {A zeolite with structure type MFI is an aluminosilicate or silicate material that has a three-dimensionally connected pore network, which enables molecular recognition in the size range 0.5-0.6 nm. These micropore dimensions are relevant for many valuable chemical intermediates, and therefore MFI-type zeolites are widely used in the chemical industry as selective catalysts or adsorbents. As with all zeolites, strategies to tailor them for specific applications include controlling their crystal size and shape. Nanometre-thick MFI crystals (nanosheets) have been introduced in pillared and self-pillared (intergrown) architectures, offering improved mass-transfer characteristics for certain adsorption and catalysis applications. Moreover, single (non-intergrown and nonlayered) nanosheets have been used to prepare thin membranes that could be used to improve the energy efficiency of separation processes. However, until now, single MFI nanosheets have been prepared using a multi-step approach based on the exfoliation of layered MFI9,15, followed by centrifugation to remove non-exfoliated particles. This top-down method is time-consuming, costly and low-yield and it produces fragmented nanosheets with submicrometre lateral dimensions. Alternatively, direct (bottom-up) synthesis could produce high-aspect-ratio zeolite nanosheets, with improved yield and at lower cost. Here we use a nanocrystal-seeded growth method triggered by a single rotational intergrowth to synthesize high-aspect-ratio MFI nanosheets with a thickness of 5 nanometres (2.5 unit cells). These high-aspect-ratio nanosheets allow the fabrication of thin and defect-free coatings that effectively cover porous substrates. Finally, these coatings can be intergrown to produce high-flux and ultra-selective MFI membranes that compare favourably with other MFI membranes prepared from existing MFI materials (such as exfoliated nanosheets or nanocrystals).},
doi = {10.1038/nature21421},
journal = {Nature (London)},
number = 7647,
volume = 543,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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  • Science Advances, Vol. 6, Issue 12
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Metal-induced ordered microporous polymers for fabricating large-area gas separation membranes
journal, November 2018


Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes
journal, January 2019

  • Zhu, Guanghui; Zhang, Fengyi; Rivera, Matthew P.
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Template‐Free, Surfactant‐Mediated Orientation of Self‐Assembled Supercrystals of Metal–Organic Framework Particles
journal, June 2019


Sol–gel asynchronous crystallization of ultra-selective metal–organic framework membranes for gas separation
journal, January 2018

  • Li, Wanbin; Wu, Wufeng; Li, Zhanjun
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 34
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Membrane Filtration with Liquids: A Global Approach with Prior Successes, New Developments and Unresolved Challenges
journal, December 2018


IDM‐1: A Zeolite with Intersecting Medium and Extra‐Large Pores Built as an Expansion of Zeolite MFI
journal, May 2020

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  • Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 132, Issue 28
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MXene molecular sieving membranes for highly efficient gas separation
journal, January 2018


Anticorrosion Behavior of Zeolite Coatings Obtained by In Situ Crystallization: A Critical Review
journal, December 2018


Highly Oriented Growth of Catalytically Active Zeolite ZSM-5 Films with a Broad Range of Si/Al Ratios
journal, July 2017

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Polycrystalline Advanced Microporous Framework Membranes for Efficient Separation of Small Molecules and Ions
journal, July 2019


An Hetero‐Epitaxially Grown Zeolite Membrane
journal, October 2019

  • Jeong, Yanghwan; Hong, Sungwon; Jang, Eunhee
  • Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 131, Issue 51
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Interfacial barriers to gas transport: probing solid-gas interfaces at the atomistic level
journal, July 2019


Controlled release of siliceous species for the fabrication of highly b -oriented MFI zeolite films
journal, January 2019

  • Peng, Yong; Xu, Ruilan; Lu, Xiaofei
  • CrystEngComm, Vol. 21, Issue 28
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Bridging the Gap between Structurally Distinct 2D Lamellar Zeolitic Precursors through a 3D Germanosilicate Intermediate
journal, September 2019

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  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 41
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Ultrafast synthesis of zeolites: breakthrough, progress and perspective
journal, January 2019

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  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 6, Issue 1
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Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membranes for Light Olefin/Paraffin Separation
journal, December 2018


Ultra‐thin skin carbon hollow fiber membranes for sustainable molecular separations
journal, April 2019

  • Zhang, Chen; Kumar, Rachana; Koros, William J.
  • AIChE Journal, Vol. 65, Issue 8
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2D MXene Nanofilms with Tunable Gas Transport Channels
journal, June 2018

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Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes
journal, January 2019

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  • Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 131, Issue 9
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An Hetero‐Epitaxially Grown Zeolite Membrane
journal, October 2019

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IDM‐1: A Zeolite with Intersecting Medium and Extra‐Large Pores Built as an Expansion of Zeolite MFI
journal, May 2020

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  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 59, Issue 28
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Ultrathin ZSM-5 zeolite nanosheet laminated membrane for high-flux desalination of concentrated brines
journal, November 2018


Morphology‐Reserved Synthesis of Discrete Nanosheets of CuO@SAPO‐34 and Pore Mouth Catalysis for One‐Pot Oxidation of Cyclohexane
journal, January 2020


Thermal processing of zeolite seed layers for the fabrication of compact oriented MFI zeolite films
journal, January 2018

  • Peng, Yong; Xu, Ruilan; Jiang, Xinde
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Two-dimensional nanosheet-based gas separation membranes
journal, January 2018

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 46
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Sandwich membranes through a two-dimensional confinement strategy for gas separation
journal, January 2018

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  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 2, Issue 10
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Uniformly Oriented Zeolite ZSM-5 Membranes with Tunable Wettability on a Porous Ceramic
journal, August 2018

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Intrinsically Microporous Polymer Nanosheets for High‐Performance Gas Separation Membranes
journal, December 2019

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  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 41, Issue 2
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Multifunctional nanocomposite hollow fiber membranes by solvent transfer induced phase separation
journal, November 2017


Ultrathin ZSM-5 zeolite nanosheet laminated membrane for high-flux desalination of concentrated brines
journal, November 2018


Metal-Organic Frameworks for Separation
journal, March 2018

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One-dimensional intergrowths in two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets and their effect on ultra-selective transport
journal, February 2020


Continuous Zeolite MFI Membranes Fabricated from 2D MFI Nanosheets on Ceramic Hollow Fibers
journal, June 2019

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A Brief Overview on the Anticorrosion Performances of Sol-Gel Zeolite Coatings
journal, June 2019


Creation of Well‐Defined “Mid‐Sized” Micropores in Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes
journal, August 2019


para -Xylene Ultra-selective Zeolite MFI Membranes Fabricated from Nanosheet Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface
journal, December 2017

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2D Metal‐Organic Framework Materials for Membrane‐Based Separation
journal, November 2019


Zeolitic imidazolate framework membranes made by ligand-induced permselectivation
journal, September 2018


Facile Preparation of Hydrophobic Colloidal MFI and CHA Crystals and Oriented Ultrathin Films
journal, July 2018

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Melamine‐Based Microporous Organic Framework Thin Films on an Alumina Membrane for High‐Flux Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
journal, October 2019

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Formation of two-dimensional transition metal oxide nanosheets with nanoparticles as intermediates
journal, July 2019


In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Nanocrystal Formation for Electrocatalysis
journal, October 2019


Engineered Transport in Microporous Materials and Membranes for Clean Energy Technologies
journal, January 2018

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In situ synthesis of ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets: a new method for 2D metal-based nanoporous carbon electrocatalysts
journal, January 2017

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A solution-processable and ultra-permeable conjugated microporous thermoset for selective hydrogen separation
journal, April 2020


Highly permeable and oriented AlPO-18 membranes prepared using directly synthesized nanosheets for CO 2 /CH 4 separation
journal, January 2019

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 21
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Two‐Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets for Membrane‐Based Gas Separation
journal, July 2017


Morphology‐Reserved Synthesis of Discrete Nanosheets of CuO@SAPO‐34 and Pore Mouth Catalysis for One‐Pot Oxidation of Cyclohexane
journal, February 2020

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Uniformly Oriented Zeolite ZSM-5 Membranes with Tunable Wettability on a Porous Ceramic
journal, August 2018

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  • Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 130, Issue 38
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Uniformly Oriented Zeolite ZSM-5 Membranes with Tunable Wettability on a Porous Ceramic
journal, August 2018

  • Fu, Donglong; Schmidt, Joel E.; Pletcher, Paul
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 38
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