Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] Membranes with Superior Separation Performances

Yi Liu; Akihiro Hori; Shinpei Kusaka; Nobuhiko Hosono; Mingrun Li; Ang Guo; Dongying Du; Yanshuo Li; Weishen Yang; Yunsheng Ma; Ryotaro Matsuda

doi:10.1002/asia.201900152

Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] Membranes with Superior Separation Performances

Chem Asian J. 2019 Jun 14;14(12):2072-2076. doi: 10.1002/asia.201900152. Epub 2019 May 8.

Authors

Yi Liu¹, Akihiro Hori², Shinpei Kusaka², Nobuhiko Hosono³, Mingrun Li⁴, Ang Guo^{4

5}, Dongying Du⁶, Yanshuo Li⁷, Weishen Yang⁴, Yunsheng Ma², Ryotaro Matsuda²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road NO. 2, Ganjingzi District, Dalian, 116023, China.
² Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan.
³ Department of Advance Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China.
⁵ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, NO. 19 Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China.
⁶ Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130024, China.
⁷ School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.

PMID: 31066192
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900152

Abstract

In this study, we report a facile ligand-assisted in situ hydrothermal approach for preparation of compact [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] (1,4-NDC=1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylate) MOF membranes on porous γ-Al₂ O₃ substrates, which also served as the Al³⁺ source of MOF membranes. Simultaneously, it was observed that the heating mode exerted significant influence on the final microstructure and separation performance of [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] membranes. Compared with the conventional hydrothermal method, the employment of microwave heating led to the formation of [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] membranes composed of closely packed nanorods with superior H₂ /CH₄ selectivity.

Keywords: gas separation; hydrothermal growth; membrane; metal-organic frameworks; microwave heating.

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