A. P. Soldatov, D. A. Syrtsova, and O. P. Parenago
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 29, Moscow, 117912 Russia
e-mail: Soldatov@ips.ac.ru
Received June 14, 2007
AbstractScanning electron microscopy and energy dispersion spectrometry were used to determine the
depth of the deposition of pyrocarbon nanocrystals (PNCs) on the pore surface of TRUMEM inorganic ultra-
filtration membranes (Dpore = 50 nm) depending on the pressure of the gas subjected to pyrolysis (methane). It
was shown that, while the deposition of PNCs occurred over the whole pore length equal to the selective layer
thickness (20
m) at 4.9 kPa methane pressure, an increase in pressure to 40.0 kPa decreased the deposition
depth to 5.0
m. Simultaneously, the
/D ratio decreased from 94 to 11. At a pressure increased to 100.0 kPa,
the depth of PNC deposition was ~1.5
m (
/D = 5). Changes in the depth of PNC deposition and the
/D ratio
depending on pressure were similar in character and could be described by exponential dependences. With
PNCs deposited ~1.5 nm deep (100 kPa), membranes with pore size 817 nm were obtained. Their efficiency,
for instance, for ethanol, was 5075% of that of the initial membranes. The diameter of pores decreased by 3
6 times.
DOI: 10.1134/S0036024408110186
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