Overview of Research Topics in Our Laboratory
- Seawater desalination (reverse osmosis (RO)
- Gas separation, such as hydrogen separation, carbon dioxide separation, and hydrocarbon gas separation
- Pervaporation (PV) and vapor permeation (VP)
- Reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF)
- Membrane reactors
- Photocatalytic membranes
- Proton-conducting membranes for fuel cells
- Thin-film membrane fabrication by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (plasma CVD)
Examples of Experimental Facilities Used in Our Laboratory
●Membrane Fabrication and Permeation/Separation Systems
- Membrane fabrication
- High-temperature electric tubular furnace
- Gas separation
- Experimental systems for pure gas permeation and mixed gas separation
- Pervaporation separation
- Batch-type PV system operated below the boiling point
- Vapor permeation separation
- Batch-type VP system operated at the boiling point
- Nanofiltration
- Batch-type cells (stainless steel and acrylic resin)
- Continuous-flow cells
- Ultra-high-pressure systems (up to 200 bar)
- Membrane reactors
- Catalytic membrane reactor systems
●Analytical Instruments
- Colloidal particle size analysis
- Electrophoretic light scattering (ELS) combined with dynamic light scattering (DLS)
- Pore structure characterization
- Nanopermporometry (Kelvin diameter; condensable vapors: water vapor and organic solvents)
- Automatic gas adsorption analyzer (volumetric method)
- Thermal properties
- Thermogravimetric analyzer (TG)
- Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)
- Other analytical instruments
- Gas chromatography (GC)
- Liquid chromatography (LC)
- Ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometer (UV–Vis)
- Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR)
- X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrometer
- Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Laser scanning microscope
- Atomic force microscope (AFM)
- Centrifuge