Robust, high temperature-ceramic membranes for gas separation

Title: Robust, high temperature-ceramic membranes for gas separation

A method of making ceramic membranes, and the ceramic membranes so formed, comprising combining a ceramic precursor with an organic or inorganic comonomer, forming the combination as a thin film on a substrate, photopolymerizing the thin film, and pyrolyzing the photopolymerized thin film.

Inventors:: Berchtold, Kathryn A.; Young, Jennifer S.

Issue Date:: 2014-07-29

OSTI Identifier:: 1149916

Assignee:: U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC) ALO

Patent Number(s):: 8,791,037

Application Number:: 12/482,718

Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Research Org:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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