Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza St., 80-233 Gdansk, Poland.
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Avenida Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas 2000, San Antonio Buenavista, Toluca de Lerdo 50110, Mexico.
Molecules. 2021 Feb 25;26(5):1242. doi: 10.3390/molecules26051242.
Thanks to their well-defined molecular sieving and stability, zeolites have been proposed in selective membrane separations, such as gas separation and pervaporation. For instance, the incorporation of zeolites into polymer phases to generate composite (or mixed matrix) membranes revealed important advances in pervaporation. Therefore, the goal of this review is to compile and elucidate the latest advances (over the last 2-3 years) of zeolite applications in pervaporation membranes either combining zeolites or polymers. Here, particular emphasis has been focused on relevant insights and findings in using zeolites in pervaporative azeotropic separations and specific aided applications, together with novel concepts of membranes. A brief background of the pervaporation process is also given. According to the findings of this review, we provide future perspectives and recommendations for new researchers in the field.
由于沸石具有明确的分子筛和稳定性，因此已被提议用于选择性膜分离，例如气体分离和渗透蒸发。例如，将沸石掺入聚合物相中以生成复合（或混合基质）膜，在渗透蒸发方面取得了重要进展。因此，本综述的目的是编译并阐明沸石在渗透蒸发膜中的应用的最新进展（过去 2-3 年），无论是结合沸石还是聚合物。在这里，特别强调了在使用沸石进行共沸渗透分离和特定辅助应用方面的相关见解和发现，以及膜的新概念。还简要介绍了渗透蒸发过程的背景。根据本综述的研究结果，我们为该领域的新研究人员提供了未来的展望和建议。
