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Zeolite Membranes and Membrane Reactor for Liquid Separation and Catalytic Application: Synthesis and Applications

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Fabrication and Characterization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1079

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Meihua Zhu

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State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Zeolite Membrane Materials, Institute of Advanced Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
Interests: zeolite membrane; membrane reactor; separation; pervaporation; catalytic membrane
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Dr. Yongsheng Liu

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
Interests: porous materials; inorganic membrane; mixed matrix membrane; gas separation; liquid separation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Separation and catalytic applications are important industrial processes. Zeolite membranes are potential candidates to be used for these applications. Many milestones have been reached regarding a zeolite membrane's preparation, modification, and application.

This Special Issue on “Zeolite Membranes and Membrane Reactor for Liquid Separation and Catalytic Application: Synthesis and Applications” focuses on the recent theoretical and experimental advances in materials chemistry and membrane synthesis, processing, characterization, simulation, and performance, including the issues faced in the design and growth of zeolite membranes for liquid separation and catalytic applications.

This Special Issue aims to highlight and promote recent advances and to create an overview of research activities on zeolite membrane and membrane reactor processes. The topics of interest include but are not limited to, preparation, growth process, and modification of zeolite membrane and zeolite membrane reactor. Concerning applications, apart from liquid separation (pervaporation, vapor permeation, and filtration), catalytic zeolite membrane reactors for chemical engineering have also been an attractive research topic.

In this Special Issue, both original research articles and reviews are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Meihua Zhu
Dr. Yongsheng Liu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • zeolite membrane
  • liquid separation
  • membrane reactor

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Preparation and Modification of Silicalite-2 Membranes
by Yin Yang, Juan Liu, Qi Zhou, Siqi Shao, Lingling Zou, Wenjun Yuan, Meihua Zhu, Xiangshu Chen and Hidetoshi Kita
Membranes 2025, 15(2), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes15020054 - 8 Feb 2025
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Silicalite-2 membranes were successfully prepared on tubular α-Al2O3 supports by secondary hydrothermal synthesis, and the pervaporation performance of the membrane was evaluated by separation of a 5 wt% ethanol/H2O mixture at 60 °C. The effects of templating agent [...] Read more.
Silicalite-2 membranes were successfully prepared on tubular α-Al2O3 supports by secondary hydrothermal synthesis, and the pervaporation performance of the membrane was evaluated by separation of a 5 wt% ethanol/H2O mixture at 60 °C. The effects of templating agent content, water–silicon ratio and crystallization time on the separation performance of Silicalite-2 membranes were investigated. When the TBAOH/SiO2 and H2O/SiO2 molar ratios of the precursor synthesis solution were 0.2 and 120, a dense Silicalite-2 membrane could be prepared on the surface of the tubular α-Al2O3 support after 72 h. The silane coupling agent was utilized to treat the Silicalite-2 membranes, and the effects of silane coupling agent dosage on their properties were also explored. The pervaporation performance of the Silicalite-2 membrane was greatly improved with a 5.7 wt% trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) solution and the flux and separation factor of the membrane reached 1.75 kg·m−2·h−1 and 22 for separation of 5 wt% EtOH/H2O at 60 °C, respectively. Full article
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