本研究利用水熱法製備出不同形貌大小的ZIF-7(zeolitic imidazolate framework-7)粒子,其ZIF-7粒子形貌有板狀、球狀和奈米顆粒,並探討水熱條件對ZIF-7粒子成長之機制;並把不同形貌的ZIF-7粒子添加於CS(Chitosan)之中,ZIF-7粒子本身與CS展現出相當良好的相容性,並形成無機-有機複合薄膜(mixed matrix membranes, MMMs),而添加ZIF-7的CS薄膜,其滲透蒸發效能均比原本的純CS薄膜展現出更好的通量和選擇比。在90wt%的乙醇水溶液的滲透蒸發分離中,添加0.5wt%的奈米ZIF-7顆粒擁有較高的通量和選擇比;而ZIF-7本身為疏水性粒子,其粒子添加量過多時,會造成粒子間的團聚現象,導致選擇比與通量下降。在滲透蒸發效能方面,以添加0.25克的交聯劑、0.5wt%奈米粒子,擁有最佳的通量742( g/m2h)、選擇比1582和PSI值(pervaporation separation index)1174( Kg/m2h)。 綜合上述之結果,本研究在操作溫度25℃、進料濃度為90wt%乙醇水溶液下進行滲透蒸發分離,其ZIF-7粒子的添加有助於提升高分子薄膜之效能,添加適量交聯劑能助於固化高分子鏈段,藉此提升薄膜之選擇性,且ZIF-7粒子與高分子不會產生排斥,因此能形成較好的複合式薄膜,與過去文獻之滲透蒸發效能相比,其通量與選擇比都優越許多,代表ZIFs這類型的孔洞材料在滲透蒸發應用中極具非常優越的潛力,具備了與材料混合的相容性並提高薄膜之選擇性,這些特性利於無機-有機複合薄膜之製備和應用。
In this study, different morphology of the ZIF-7(zeolitic imidazolate framework-7) materials were prepared by hydrothermal method, such as plate, sphere and nano-particles. Then, discuss to the growing of ZIF-7 seeds were effected by hydrothermal conditions.The as-synthesised ZIF-7 materials were successfully incorporated into the chitosan(CS) solution to form the mixed matrix membranes ( MMMs). The as-prepared MMMs were used to separate mixtures of water/ethanol at 25oC in the pervaporation process. The separation efficiency of MMMs with ZIF-7 materials showed good the flux and separation factor higher than that of pure CS membranes. However, doping too much ZIF-7 hydrophobic particles into the CS solution caused to ZIF-7 materials become agglomeration in the membranes.As a result, the flux and separation factor were decreased. In pervaporation performance, the MMMs with 0.5 wt% ZIF-7 nano-particles doping into the CS solution had higher flux (742g/m2h), separation factor (1582) and pervaporation separation index(PSI, 1174 Kg/m2h). At the same operational conditions, such as 90 wt% ethanol solution and at 25oC operational environment, the separation factor and the flux of the as-prepared membranes clearly exceed the upper limit of the previously reported CS based membranes and MMMs. The present work demonstrates better pervaporation performance of the ZIF-7 particles incorporated CS membrane for the separation of water and ethanol and the feasibility of using this system for pervaporation.