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4 Results and discussion<br />

DTA µV/mg<br />

0.1<br />

0.0<br />

-0.1<br />

-0.2<br />

-0.3<br />

-0.4<br />

Exo<br />

8YSZ<br />

8YSZ +F127<br />

8YSZ +F127<br />

+Acetyl acetone<br />

+caproic acid<br />

100 200 300 400 500 600<br />

T [ºC]<br />

A<br />

81<br />

Weigth [%]<br />

100<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

8YSZ<br />

8YSZ +F127<br />

+Acetyl acetone<br />

+Caproic acid<br />

100 200 300 400 500 600<br />

Figure 48 DTA (A) and TG (B) curves 8YSZ dried sols of blank, +F127 and AcCa+F127<br />

T [ºC]<br />

8YSZ +F127<br />

In summary, first 8YSZ powder can be prepared microporously with the addition of<br />

acetyl acetone as the precursor modifier and caproic acid as the condensation catalyst to<br />

the sol. However, the specific surface area of only ~50 m 2 /g of this microporous material<br />

might <strong>for</strong>m membrane layers with too low porosity. This could lead to low<br />

permeabilities, see page 96.<br />

Second, the 8YSZ sol is, <strong>in</strong> comb<strong>in</strong>ation with block copolymer Pluronic #F127<br />

mesostructur<strong>in</strong>g the nanocrystals and offers the most <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g mesoporous membrane<br />

material due to its high specific surface area. The block copolymer F127 seems to prevent<br />

densification dur<strong>in</strong>g the fir<strong>in</strong>g steps. The F127 mesostructer<strong>in</strong>g of 8YSZ can be<br />

<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> several applications such as catalytic reactions or membranes that may be<br />

more suited <strong>for</strong> separat<strong>in</strong>g bulkier molecules.<br />

Third, the <strong>for</strong>mation of porous 8YSZ is less effective <strong>for</strong> extraction compared to regular<br />

calc<strong>in</strong>ation. Extraction of the dried 8YSZ sols results <strong>in</strong> amorphous material with relative<br />

large pore sizes.<br />

Forth, the organics <strong>in</strong> the sols are gradually released dur<strong>in</strong>g the calc<strong>in</strong>ation. As a<br />

consequence, these ZrO2 coat<strong>in</strong>gs should be calc<strong>in</strong>ed carefully <strong>in</strong> the first temperature<br />

period (up to 450ºC) <strong>in</strong> order to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the film morphology unchanged.<br />

4.3.2.2 Am<strong>in</strong>e approach-TiO2<br />

A comb<strong>in</strong>ation of type I and IV N2-sorption isotherms is obta<strong>in</strong>ed when the dried TiO2<br />

DEA sols are calc<strong>in</strong>ed at 400, 500 and 600ºC (Figure 49). Similar trends are found <strong>in</strong><br />

literature. 83 The BET specific surface area (SBET) of the TiO2 samples decreases with<br />

<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g calc<strong>in</strong>ation temperature (Table 23). This trend is coupled with an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong><br />

the pore size (BJH algorithm 130 ) from 3.8, 6.1 to 8 nm and an <strong>in</strong>crease of crystal size<br />

B

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