<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper, a mesoporous γ-alumina membrane coated on a macroporous α-alumina support via sol-gel method has been reported. A crack-free γ-alumina membrane was obtained by adding PVA to the alumina solution and optimum parameters of roughness, temperature and porosity were achieved. The support was dip-coated in different solutions using two new different solvents with different particle size distributions. Using these two solvents led to the uniform distribution of pore size in the final membrane. The alumina sols showed particle size distributions in the range of 20 to 55 nm which was measured by a DLS Zeta Sizer. X-ray diffraction technique, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the membrane layer. XRD and DTA data for the γ-alumina membrane showed its thermal stability up to around 600 °C. The thickness of the mesoporous γ-alumina membrane was about 4 μm with 16 nm of surface roughness and 5 nm pore size. The resultant crack-free mesoporous membrane shows that the membrane preparation procedure was optimum. In this work, it has been investigated the performance of γ-alumina membranes for single gas permeation and separation of binary gas mixtures.</p></abstract>

In this paper, a mesoporous γ-alumina membrane coated on a macroporous α-alumina support via sol-gel method has been reported. A crack-free γ-alumina membrane was obtained by adding PVA to the alumina solution and optimum parameters of roughness, temperature and porosity were achieved. The support was dip-coated in different solutions using two new different solvents with different particle size distributions. Using these two solvents led to the uniform distribution of pore size in the final membrane. The alumina sols showed particle size distributions in the range of 20 to 55 nm which was measured by a DLS Zeta Sizer. X-ray diffraction technique, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the membrane layer. XRD and DTA data for the γ-alumina membrane showed its thermal stability up to around 600 °C. The thickness of the mesoporous γ-alumina membrane was about 4 μm with 16 nm of surface roughness and 5 nm pore size. The resultant crack-free mesoporous membrane shows that the membrane preparation procedure was optimum. In this work, it has been investigated the performance of γ-alumina membranes for single gas permeation and separation of binary gas mixtures.

Preparation and characterization of multilayer mesoporous γ-alumina membrane obtained via sol-gel using new precursors

Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering

Materials Science-Poland

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In this paper, a mesoporous γ-alumina membrane coated on a macroporous α-alumina support via sol-gel method has been reported. A crack-free γ-alumina membrane...

Preparation and characterization of multilayer mesoporous γ-alumina membrane obtained via sol-gel using new precursors

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 792 - 798

Received: Jan 14, 2015

Accepted: Jun 14, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0094

Keywords
mesoporous, macroporous, coating, alumina, sol-gel

© 2015 R. Tafrishi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Preparation and characterization of multilayer mesoporous γ-alumina membrane obtained via sol-gel using new precursors

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 792 - 798

Received: Jan 14, 2015

Accepted: Jun 14, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0094

Keywordsmesoporous, macroporous, coating, alumina, sol-gel

© 2015 R. Tafrishi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
mesoporous, macroporous, coating, alumina, sol-gel