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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2010 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 12 | Page No.: 1097-1103
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.1097.1103
Preparation and Properties of Perovskite-Dispersed Titania Membranes
N.A. Abdullah Sani, A.L. Ahmad and S.H.S. Zein

Abstract: Defect-free SrCo0.8Fe0.2O3 perovskite-dispersed titania (perovskite-titania) membrane was successfully prepared by sol-gel method combined with wet impregnation process. In this experiment, titania membrane was immersed in a perovskite solution, dried and calcined to obtain perovskite dispersed in titania membrane. The phase composition and membrane morphology of the membrane were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The TEM result demonstrated that perovskite particles were well-dispersed among the titania particles. The SEM analysis showed that a uniform membrane approximately 0.5 μm thick on titania support was obtained after multiple coatings and calcination at 400°C. O2 and N2 permeability across the perovskite-titania membrane was measured to investigate membrane performance. From the permeability result, both gases appeared to decrease as the operating temperature increased, indicating that surface diffusion gradually reduced. The separation of O2 from its binary mixtures containing N2 was possible because the value of separation factor N2/O2 was slightly higher than the theoretical Knudsen diffusion.

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N.A. Abdullah Sani, A.L. Ahmad and S.H.S. Zein, 2010. Preparation and Properties of Perovskite-Dispersed Titania Membranes. Journal of Applied Sciences, 10: 1097-1103.

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