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Zhu B, Duke M, Dumée LF, Merenda A, des Ligneris E, Kong L, Hodgson PD, Gray S. Short Review on Porous Metal Membranes-Fabrication, Commercial Products, and Applications. MEMBRANES 2018; 8:membranes8030083. [PMID: 30231584 PMCID: PMC6161097 DOI: 10.3390/membranes8030083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Porous metal membranes have recently received increasing attention, and significant progress has been made in their preparation and characterisation. This progress has stimulated research in their applications in a number of key industries including wastewater treatment, dairy processing, wineries, and biofuel purification. This review examines recent significant progress in porous metal membranes including novel fabrication concepts and applications that have been reported in open literature or obtained in our laboratories. The advantages and disadvantages of the different membrane fabrication methods were presented in light of improving the properties of current membrane materials for targeted applications. Sintering of particles is one of the main approaches that has been used for the fabrication of commercial porous metal membranes, and it has great advantages for the fabrication of hollow fibre metal membranes. However, sintering processes usually result in large pores (e.g., >1 µm). So far, porous metal membranes have been mainly used for the filtration of liquids to remove the solid particles. For porous metal membranes to be more widely used across a number of separation applications, particularly for water applications, further work needs to focus on the development of smaller pore (e.g., sub-micron) metal membranes and the significant reduction of capital and maintenance costs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bo Zhu
- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Werribee Campus, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Werribee Campus, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia.
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Werribee Campus, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
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Zaki A, Wastiaux M, Casale S, Mussi A, Dhenin JF, Lancelot C, Dacquin JP, Granger P. Nano-engineered hierarchical porous silicas for enhanced catalytic efficiency in the liquid phase. Catal Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00726h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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By tailoring the pore properties (size, morphology and orientation) of hierarchical catalysts, we show experimentally the importance of active phase accessibility on catalytic efficiency.
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- A. Zaki
- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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- Univ Pierre et Marie Curie
- CNRS
- UMR 7197-LRS-Laboratoire de Réactivité et Surface
- Paris
- France
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- Univ Lille
- CNRS
- UMR8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Univ Lille
- CNRS
- UMR8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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Surfactant-assisted synthesis of conducting polymers. Application to the removal of nitrates from water. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 494:98-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Crock CA, Şengür-Taşdemir R, Koyuncu İ, Tarabara VV. High throughput catalytic dechlorination of TCE by hollow fiber nanocomposite membranes with embedded Pd and Pd-Au catalysts. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Development of Flow-Through Polymeric Membrane Reactor for Liquid Phase Reactions: Experimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2017. [DOI: 10.1155/2017/9802073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Incorporating metal nanoparticles into polymer membranes can endow the membranes with additional functions. This work explores the development of catalytic polymer membrane through synthesis of palladium nanoparticles based on the approaches of intermatrix synthesis (IMS) inside surface functionalized polyethersulfone (PES) membrane and its application to liquid phase reactions. Flat sheet PES membranes have been successfully modified via UV-induced graft polymerization of acrylic acid monomer. Palladium nanoparticles have been synthesized by chemical reduction of palladium precursor loaded on surface modified membranes, an approach to the design of membranes modified with nanomaterials. The catalytic performances of the nanoparticle incorporated membranes have been evaluated by the liquid phase reduction of p-nitrophenol using NaBH4 as a reductant in flow-through membrane reactor configuration. The nanocomposite membranes containing palladium nanoparticles were catalytically efficient in achieving a nearly 100% conversion and the conversion was found to be dependent on the flux, amount of catalyst, and initial concentration of nitrophenol. The proposed mathematical model equation represents satisfactorily the reaction and transport phenomena in flow-through catalytic membrane reactor.
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Mahdavi H, Rahimi A, Shahalizade T. Catalytic polymeric membranes with palladium nanoparticle/multi-wall carbon nanotubes as hierarchical nanofillers: preparation, characterization and application. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-016-0932-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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