Separation mechanism, selectivity enhancement strategies and advanced materials for mono-/multivalent ion-selective nanofiltration membrane
2022
Mono-/multivalent ion-selective separation has become a common requirement at the water-energy nexus, including energy storage and conversion, water purification, and sustainable industrial processes....
Cellulose-based separation membranes: A sustainable evolution or fleeting trend?
2025
Cellulose-based separation membranes are promising for sustainable membrane technology due to their renewable raw materials and biodegradability. Their excellent resistance to fouling, minimal protein...
Advances in MOF membrane strategies for selective lithium extraction from salt lake brine
2025
Metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes have emerged as a promising solution for lithium extraction from salt lake brines due to their tunable pore structures and high specific surface areas. Their...
Robust positively charged polyurea nanofiltration membranes with acid resistance for efficient lithium extraction and recovery
2025
Given the growing demand for lithium in energy storage and electric vehicle industries, the development of acid-resistant membranes for efficient lithium extraction from brine and recycling of spent...
Advanced bipolar membranes with earth-abundant water dissociation catalysts for durable ampere-level water electrolysis
2025
Green hydrogen production via water electrolysis is a crucial pathway for sustainable energy generation. Bipolar membrane water electrolysis (BPMWE) offers several advantages, including kinetically...
Research progress and challenges in polyimide and polyimide-derived gas separation membranes: A review
2025
Polyimide (PI) has been widely regarded as an ideal material for high-performance gas separation membranes due to its exceptional mechanical strength, thermal and chemical stability, excellent film-forming...
Electrospun nanofiber membrane of Piper beetle loaded PVDF/PAN for medical mask applications: psychochemical characteristics, antibacterial and air filter test
2025
Face masks are designed to protect the wearer from environmental hazards, such as volatile organic contaminants and suspended particulate matter (PM), which can cause asthma and anemia and affect the...
Electrospun amphiphilic sulfonated poly(ether-ether-ketone) (SPEEK) membranes for thin-layer crude oil spill cleanup
2025
Oil spills and the release of oily wastewater have caused serious damage to the environment and human health. Effective removal of oil spills and separation of oil/water mixtures have become a crucial...
Preparation of COF-based membranes via chiral induction for efficient enantioselective resolution
2025
Efficient chiral resolution is highly important in the food, pharmaceutical and agriculture industries because of the distinctive biological or pharmaceutical properties of enantiomers. Membrane-assisted...
Development and emerging application of membrane degassing technology
2023
With the development of membrane separation technology, some traditional separation and purification methods have been replaced by membrane technology. Compared to traditional method, the membrane method...
Preparation of high-performance pervaporation membranes for ethanol dehydration using a layer-by-layer self-assembly method
2025
To achieve fuel-grade purity (≥99.5 wt%), raw bioethanol needs to be purified. Adopting pervaporation membrane for bioethanol enrichment can greatly reduce the energy consumption compared with distillation....
Polymer membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration: Recent progress, challenges and perspectives
2023
The development of polymer materials and polymer membrane fabrication techniques in recent years greatly elevates the importance and feasibility of organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) technology, while...
Facilitated transport membranes for CO2/CH4 separation - State of the art
2022
Membrane separation is a promising alternative for gas purification. Facilitated transport (FT) membranes, with reversible reactions to promote CO2 transport, can simultaneously obtain high CO2 permeability...
Incorporating polyvinylpyrrolidone modified HOF-101 into Pebax membranes for efficient toluene/N2 separation
2025
Hybrid membranes hold great promise in the recovery of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF), a class of hydrogen-bonded crystalline porous materials with high affinity...
Insights into the role of aromatic cationic surfactants in tailoring interfacial polymerization for high-performance reverse osmosis membranes
2025
Surfactant-mediated interfacial polymerization (IP) has been recognized as a promising strategy for accurately modulation of the structure and performance of polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes....
Highly stable cation-exchange membranes for lithium recovery from acidic lithium ore leachate
2025
Electrodialysis technology is widely deployed in the field of separation due to its simplicity of operation and sustainability, where ion-exchange membranes are the most critical components in this...
Mixed matrix membranes by incorporating methyl-functionalized covalent organic framework into PDMS for high flux ethanol/water separation
2025
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes are commonly utilized for ethanol-water separation. However, the separation performance is insufficient owing to the inherent trade-off between permeability and...
Hybrid energy harvesting enabled by a covalent organic framework membrane
2025
The integration of water and thermal energy harvesting presents a promising solution to the intermittency issues associated with individual energy sources. In this study, we show a covalent organic...
Hybrid CO2 capture processes consisting of membranes: A technical and techno-economic review
2023
Because of the greenhouse effect, there is a pressing need to restrict and reduce CO2 emissions. Post-combustion capture technology is a type of widely used technologies for CO2 capture. Compared to...
Sandwich-like composite membrane for advanced radiative cooling applications
2025
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) offers an energy-efficient method of cooling by reflecting sunlight and emitting heat to the cold outer space through the atmospheric transparent window (ATW)....
Membrane technology for sterilization and virus elimination of biopharmaceuticals: Fouling matters
2025
Membrane-based sterilization and virus removal have become an essential approach for Quality Control and Quality Assurance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, offering significant advantages over traditional...
Porous organic cage separation membranes: Exploratory journey from preparation to application
2025
Porous organic cages (POCs) represent a novel class of low-density crystalline materials that exhibit distinctive pores comparable to those observed in three-dimensional extended network materials,...
Electro-desalination: State-of-the-art and prospective
2023
Desalination as a vital technology for removing salts from saline water, is widely employed in municipal water supply, wastewater treatment, saltwater desalination, and chemical purification. The membrane-based...
Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks for advanced membrane separations
2024
Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) have emerged as a promising class of crystalline materials due to large surface areas, interconnected porosity, and accessible active sites. Their...
Eliminating lattice defects in UiO-66-NH2 membrane towards high-precision desalination
2025
Zirconium-based MOF membranes exhibit significant potential in energy-efficient desalination. Nevertheless, framework defect elimination, which represents an effective protocol to enhance their molecular...