Molecular sieve membranes made from MOFs: Lab curiosity or next generation zeolite membranes?

  报告地点:催化基础国家重点实验室三楼会议室 

  报告时间:2014728日(星期一)下午16:00 

  报告人:Prof. Dr. Jürgen Caro 

  Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry 

  University of Hannover 

  报告人简介: 

  1970-1977    University Leipzig, study of chemistry 

  1977             PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) on NMR on Molecules in Interaction with Surfaces 

  1977-1991      Central Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences:  

  adsorption, catalysis, supercritical fluids, gas separation 

  1989               Dr. sc. nat-Thesis on the interplay of mass transport and catalysis in ZSM-5  

  1992                Dr. habil.-Thesis on novel application of molecular sieves as catalyst, membrane, optical material, sensors 

  1992-1993      Installation of the new research group Molecular Sieves as HighTech Materials at the Center of Heterogeneous Catalysis  

  1994-2001      Head of the Dept. Advanced Materials at the Institute of Applied Chemistry in Berlin: Ceramics, polymers, composites  

  2001-              Professor for Physical Chemistry at the University of Hannover, Director of the institute 

    Special Activities

  ·         Over 280 publications in referred journals (h-index of 45), 6 book chapter, 38 patents (3 of them used) 

  ·         Member of the Intern. Editorial Team/Advisory Board of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Advanced Materials, Catalysis Communications, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Chemie Ingenieur Technik 

  ·         Contractor of the EU in the 6th and 7th Framework Programs: Network of Excellence Inside Pores,  NASA-OTM, NEXT-GTL, CARENA, M4CO2 

  ·         Member of the Steering Committee “Fuel Cells” of the German State Niedersachsen from 2005 -2008, Member of the Steering Committee Fuel Cells and Batteries of the German State Niedersachsen since 2009 

  ·         Breck Award of the International Zeolite Association and Ostwald Medal in 2013 

  ·         Appointment as professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Ningbo in 2013 

  Working fields 

  Porous Materials, Adsorption, Catalysis, Mass Separation, Membranes, Perovskites, Membrane Reactors, Fuel Cells, Photo-Solar Cells, group of 30 persons, among them 15 PhD students. 

  报告摘要: 

  A thin MOF layer of a few mm is expected to separate molecules due to their shape and size in a way like zeolite molecular sieve membranes. Indeed, zeolite and MOF membranes are very similar in their molecular sieving performance.  

  At first sight, all tools which have been developed for the preparation of zeolite membranes, can be applied for the preparation of MOF membranes: Seeding, microwave heating, matching of the zeta potentials of support and membrane. However, comparing MOFs with zeolite membranes, there are PROs and CONs [1]. 

  PROs: 

  By linker modification and substitution, almost any pores size can be engineered. By linker substitution, adsorptive interactions between the components of the mixture to be separated and the MOF membrane can be designed. By covalent links between support and MOF membranes, the mechanical adhesion of the membrane layer on the support can be increased. 

  CONs: 

  Some MOFs can be hydrolyzed easily by water, others are stable up to 400 °C in dry air and 200 °C in humid air. Because of framework flexibility, MOFs show not a sharp cut-off in their pore size. The stability in oxygen-containing atmosphere is only limited, therefore oxidative regeneration of spent membranes is impossible.  

  Newly developed ZIF-7, ZIF-8, ZIF-22, ZIF-90, and ZIF-95 membranes with molecular sieve separation behavior will be discussed.  

  References: 

  [1] J. Caro, Are MOF membranes better in gas separation than those made of zeolites? Current Opinions in Chemical Engineering 1 (2011) 17 

  报告联系人:504  王卫平(9301)、李砚硕(9137 

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