This paper reports the room temperature cross-plane thermal conductivity of pure silica zeolite (PSZ) MEL and MFI thin films. PSZ MEL thin films were prepared by spin coating a suspension of MEL nanoparticles in 1-butanol solution onto silicon substrates followed by calcination and vapor-phase silylation with trimethylchlorosilane. The mass fraction of nanoparticles within the suspension varied from 16 to 55%. This was achieved by varying the crystallization time of the suspension. The thin films consisted of crystalline MEL nanoparticles embedded in a non-uniform and highly porous silica matrix. They featured porosity, relative crystallinity and MEL nanoparticles size ranging from 40 to 59%, 23 to 47% and 55 to 80 nm, respectively. PSZ MFI thin films were made by in-situ crystallization, were b-oriented, fully crystalline and had a 33% porosity. Thermal conductivity of the PSZ thin films was measured at room temperature using the 3ω method. The cross-plane thermal conductivity of the MEL thin films remained constant around 1.02 ± 0.10 Wm−1K−1 despite increases in (i) relative crystallinity, (ii) nanoparticle size and (iii) yield as the nanoparticle crystallization time increased. Indeed, the effect of increases in these parameters on the thermal conductivity was compensated by the simultaneous increase in porosity. PSZ MFI thin films were found to have the same thermal conductivity as MEL thin films even though they had smaller porosity. Finally, the average thermal conductivity of the PSZ films was three to five times larger than that reported for amorphous sol-gel mesoporous silica thin films with similar porosity and dielectric constant.
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2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference
August 8–13, 2010
Washington, DC, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division
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Thermal Conductivity of Pure Silica MEL and MFI Zeolite Thin Films
Thomas Coquil,
Thomas Coquil
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Laurent Pilon,
Laurent Pilon
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Christopher M. Lew,
Christopher M. Lew
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Yushan Yan
Yushan Yan
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Thomas Coquil
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Laurent Pilon
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Christopher M. Lew
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Yushan Yan
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Paper No:
IHTC14-23183, pp. 505-511; 7 pages
Published Online:
March 1, 2011
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Coquil, T, Pilon, L, Lew, CM, & Yan, Y. "Thermal Conductivity of Pure Silica MEL and MFI Zeolite Thin Films." Proceedings of the 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference. 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 6. Washington, DC, USA. August 8–13, 2010. pp. 505-511. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-23183
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