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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
卷 311, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123239
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ZnO nanorod arrays; Hydrothermal reaction; Hydrophobicity; Pervaporation; MTBE; water separation performance
This study proposed a novel strategy to enhance the MTBE/water separation performance of porous alpha-Al2O3 membranes. The membranes were modified with ZnO nanorod arrays (ZNA) through a deposition and decomposition method followed by hydrothermal reaction, and then hydrophobized with fluoroalkylsilane (FAS). The modified membranes showed a significantly increased MTBE/water separation factor and concentrated MTBE in the permeate mixture to a high concentration.
The separation of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from aqueous solution by pervaporation-based membrane technology has attracted much attention recently. The present work proposed a novel strategy to enhance the MTBE/water separation performance of porous alpha-Al2O3 membranes. ZnO seeds were planted on the surface of alpha-Al2O3 membranes by the deposition and decomposition of zinc acetate, followed by growing ZnO nanorod arrays (ZNA) on the seeded alpha-Al2O3 membranes by hydrothermal reaction in the mixed hydrated zinc nitrate (HZN) and hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) solution. Finally, the membranes were hydrophobized by grafting fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) onto their surface. The results show that the MTBE/water separation factor has been dramatically promoted from 7.7 for the alpha-Al2O3 membranes to 55.7 for the ZNA-covered alpha-Al2O3 membranes. The promotion may be attributed to the nearly vertically aligned ZnO nanorod arrays, which provide much surface area to load more fluorocarbon groups that are amiable to MTBE molecules and supply a super-hydrophobic surface. The MTBE in the permeate mixture has been concentrated to as high as 72.9 wt%, in striking contrast to 4.6 wt% in the feed solution. The obtained membranes are highly stable upon long-term operation.
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