Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes
oleh: Matteo Fasano, Thomas Humplik, Alessio Bevilacqua, Michael Tsapatsis, Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Evelyn N. Wang, Pietro Asinari
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Zeolite crystal with porous structure is predicted to be a good membrane material for water purification, but experiments show water uptake orders of magnitude smaller than the theory. Here, Fasano et al. attribute this disagreement to the additional diffusion resistance induced by surface defects.