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Submitted: 11/8/2018. Revised edition: 14/10/2018. Accepted: 16/10/2018. Available online: 21/11/2018
ABSTRACT
The aim of this work is to study the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the modification
of microstructure formation correlated with the mechanical strength properties of perovskite-
based membrane in form of a flat sheet. LSCF 7328 flat membrane was potentially promoted
as an oxygen separator and catalyst for partial oxidation of methane reaction at high
temperature. In this study, the phase-inversion followed by sintering process was used as the
membrane fabrication method using varied PEG concentration of 0.55, 1.00, and 3.00 wt%
with different molecular weight, i.e., PEG 300, 600, 1500, and 4000 Da for each PEG
concentration. The result of morphology observation shows that almost every membrane
hasthe asymmetric structure with finger-like pores and thin dense layer. Increasing PEG
concentration as well as molecular weight increases pore size and affects on porosity, pore's
volume, and physical properties of membrane. The largest pore size, pore volume and
porosity of the membrane after sintering were found in the addition of 3.00% PEG 4000 (Da)
additive with the value of 110.45 μm, 81.34 ml.g-1 and 120.6%, respectively. In addition, the
mechanical properties of membrane were tested using the Vickers micro hardness method
with the greatest value found in the addition of 3.00% PEG 1500 (Da) additive with the value
of 13.58 Hv and the lowest is 3.00% PEG 4000 (Da) with the value of 1.2 Hv.
separation and reaction that require size of the membrane. However, the
very tight control of oxygen supply PEG as an additive is widely used for
such as in methane conversion to syn the study of polymer membranes. In
gas through partial oxidation method this study, the use of PEG as an
[8-9]. additive is evaluated in perovskite-
Perovskite oxide can be made into based membrane with respect to its
ceramic membrane by dry pressing morphological and mechanical
[10] and phase inversion [11] method. properties.
In both methods, it is important to
produce membrane with large surface
area. The dry pressing method is a 2.0 METHODS
simple method but it is difficult to
produce membrane in the form of 2.1 Materials
hollow fibre, which is considered as
membrane form with the highest Powders of metal oxides and
surface area. In contrast, phase carbonates from Merck were used in
inversion can easily produce hollow the preparation of LSCF. The metal
fibre membrane with adjustable pore oxides and carbonates were La2O3
size, distribution and pore form. (99.5%), Co3O4 (99.5%) and Fe2O3
Generally, phase inversion method (97%). Polyethersulfone (PESf) as
produces membrane with two pore polymer binder, N-methyl-2-
structures namely finger-like and pyrrolidone (NMP) as a solvent and
sponge-like. Phase inversion- water as a non solvent (coagulant)
evaporation and thermal precipitation were used in the preparation of
methods produce membranes that suspension for membrane preparation
have sponge-like pores while, phase by phase inversion method while
inversion-immersion precipitation polyethylene glycol (PEG) with
produces membrane that has a mixture different molecular weight (300; 600;
of finger-like and sponge like 1500 and 4000 Da was used as the
structure. Membranes that have two or additive to the suspension.
more pore forms are called
assymmetric membrane. Membrane 2.2 Synthesis of LSCF 7328 Powder
with asymmetric structure has better
mechanical and permeance properties LSCF 7328 was synthesized using
than membranes with symmetric solid-state method which was reported
structure. by Nurherdiana et al. [15]. All metal
Chen et al. [12] reported that the oxides (La2O3, Co3O4 and Fe2O3) and
addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone carbonate (SrCO3) at stoichiometric
(PVP) into dope suspension were able composition to make LSCF 7328 were
to induced the formation of finger-like ground until homogen using a
pores. The higher PVP loaded the porcelain mortar and pastle. The
larger the pore size of the resulted mixture was then calcined in a furnace
membranes. Polyethylene glycol at 890 oC for 2 h followed by
(PEG) which is more hydrophilic than calcination at 1000 oC for another 2 h.
PVP has been used by many In both steps, the temperature was
researchers to modify polymer increased at a rate of 3 oC.min-1.
membrane. Humairo et al. [13] and The resulted LSCF 7328 was
Putri et al. [14] successfully modified a ground into fine powder and
polymeric membrane using higher characterized by X-ray diffraction
PEG loading and obtained higher pore method using Cu-Kα X-ray (λ =
Morphological and Physical Study of LSCF7328 Membrane 121
Membrane
coagulant enters the dope solution oxygen separation and catalyst for
[11]. This process causes the partial oxidation of methane (POM) to
coagulation and pore formation of the syngas production.
membrane. When the solvent exits, the Investigation about average pore
polymer concentration increases and size of membranes was carried out
the subsequent process leads to the through analyzing the cross-section
solidification of greenbody of the SEM images of the membranes. As can
membrane which is called phase be seen in Figure 3a, pore size follows
inversion. the concentration and molecular
The morphology of membrane is weight of PEG although there is an
shown in Table 2. The cross-section anomaly for 3.00 wt% of PEG 1500.
figure shows that the membrane The largest pore is about 110 μm
without PEG addition has thicker which is shown by 3 wt% of PEG 4000
sponge-like pores. On the contrary, the addition. However, the membrane
membrane with PEG addition shows pores have poor regularity compared to
more porous with finger-like pores PEG additive with lower molecular
formed on the cross-section of weight.
membranes. Generally, the increasing Membrane pores were formed
of PEG molecular weight and its during phase separation or exchange of
concentration gives larger pore to the solvent and nonsolvent. High
membrane. molecular weight PEG diffuse slower
Based on the previous study, there to the non solvent due to its higher
are two types of pore structure of viscosity, resulting in the formation of
membrane which are sponge-like and finger-like pores with poor regularity.
finger-like structure, where sponge- The results is similar to the reports by
like structure has lower mechanical Aminudin et al. [18] who found that
strength as compared to the finger-like PEG aditive causing the formation of
structure [9]. The finger-like pores finger-like pores that are bigger and
formation indicates that the PEG longer in the membrane. However,
addition into dope solution reduce the porosity of membranes is fluctuative.
diffusion and exchange rate between In addition, as can be seen in Figure
solvent (NMP) and nonsolvent (water). 3b, the porosity of membrane with 3
It is due to PEG has better solubility wt% of PEG 4000 additive reached up
into water then it is easily diffuse from to 122% which is much larger than
the membrane into non-solvent and those reported by other literatures
leaves finger-like pores on membrane [3,17 ].
[17]. Increasing amount of PEG increase
For further details, the top layer of the membrane's pore size due to the
membrane cross section was also increase in the viscosity of dope
investigated using SEM. SEM images solution. Higher viscosity reduce the
show that pores formation on their top thermodynamic stability of mixture
surface was caused by the effect of that leads to solidification process [18].
non-solvent and PEG diffusion through It is a consequence of diffusion of
the membrane. As seen in SEM solvent and nonsolvent during the
images, the increasing molecular solidification process. Due to the
weight and concentration of PEG existence of PEG in the dope solution,
reduce the thickness of dense layer. the diffusion rate of water (nonsolvent)
For membrane application, the thicker is faster than NMP (solvent) and the
the dense layer the better the membrane have finger-like structure.
performance of the membrane for The size of finger-like structure
124 A. M. Ilham et al.
PEG
PEG (Da) Top Surface Cross Section
(wt%)
Without
0
additive
0.55
1.00 300
3.00
0.55 600
Morphological and Physical Study of LSCF7328 Membrane 125
1.00
600
3.00
0.55
1.00 1500
3.00
126 A. M. Ilham et al.
0.55
1.00 4000
3.00
(0.67 mL.g-1) is achieved by 3.00 wt% determine the hardness and thermal
PEG 4000 Da additive. Theoretically, expansion properties of LSCF 7328
pore volume follows the trend of pore membranes, respectively. The hardness
size as a function of PEG is shown in Figure 4 while the thermal
concentration and molecular weight. expansion coefficient is shown in
However, the result shows that the Figure 5. As consequence of higher
trend is scattered although the higest average pore size (more than 180 µm),
one still belong to the highest PEG 4000 produced membrane with
concentration and molecular weight the lowest hardness properties,
(3.00 wt% and 4000 Da). of porosity especially at 3.00 wt% of PEG
and pore volume measurement was not concentration. Larger diameter of
like the similar trend with the average finger-like pores weaken the hardness
pore size of membranes. It was caused of membrane. This indicates that
by the incomplete water filling in the membrane morphology or structure
precursor membrane space. have direct influence on physical and
mechanical properties of perovskite
3.3 Physical Properties LSCF 7328 membrane as reported by Tan et al. [9]
Membranes
100
0,65
14
0,60
PEG 300
12 PEG 300
PEG 600
Pore's volume (mL/g)
0,45
8
0,40
6
0,35
0,30 4
0,25
2
0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0
PEG Concentration (wt%)
0
0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0
(c) PEG concentration (wt%)
PEG 1500 Da
TEC (ppm.K-1)
(wt%) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
0.55 11.42
1.00 19.55
3.00 16.65
The authors thank to Ministry of
Research, Technology, and Higher
Education for financial support under
Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa
4.0 CONCLUSION
(PKM) 2018 and Program Penelitian
Tim Pascasarjana (PTP) grant with
LSCF 7328 asymmetric membrane
contract No. 128/SP2H/PTNBH/
was suscessfully prepared by phase
DRPM/2018. We also thank Advanced
inversion method, followed by
Membrane Technology (AMTEC)-
sintering. Asymmetric structure can be
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
designed using PEG as an additive and
especially for the given access to high
it has other function as pores-forming
temperature tubular furnace facility for
agent. Generally, the membranes has
membrane preparation.
two layers, namely dense layer which
is supported by porous layer with
finger-like pores.
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