Highly Ordered Nanochannels in a Nanosheet-Directed Thin Zeolite Nanofilm for Precise and Fast CO2Separation
- 15 October 2020
- Vol. 16 (41), e2002836
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202002836
Abstract
Precise molecular and ion separations depend largely on the size and uniformity of the nanochannels in a defect-free microporous nanofilm. Ordered and perpendicular nanochannels with uniform pore size are assembled into a continuous and defect-free film by a "gel nuclei-less" route. The ultrathin (<50 nm) zeolite nanosheets seeding layer induces the formation of defect-free zeolite nanofilms (500-800 nm) with preferential [100] orientation well-aligned to the transport pathway. The large-area and thin silicoaluminophosphate-34 (SAPO-34) nanofilm consisting of uniform and straight nanochannels shows a milestone CO(2)permeance of approximate to 1.0 x 10(-5)mol (m(2)s Pa)(-1)and high CO2/CH(4)and CO2/N(2)selectivities of 135 and 41 in equimolar binary mixtures at room temperature and 0.2 MPa feed pressure, respectively. These results suggest that highly oriented and thin SAPO-34 nanofilms prepared from nanosheets might have great potential for CO(2)capture from natural gas, biogas, and flue gas.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21576131, 21938007, 21921006)
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