Polymers of intrinsic microporosity with internal dihedral lock for efficient gas separation
2024
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) stand out as promising membrane materials with exceptional separation performance. In this study, we crafted a highly efficient gas separation membrane using...
Share article
Metal-organic frameworks-based mixed matrix pervaporation membranes for recovery of organics
2024
Metal-organic framework (MOF)-based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) have attracted significant attentions for their distinguished characteristics in pervaporation such as enhanced selectivity, increased...
Share article
Industrial-scale 61-channel monolithic silicalite-1 membranes for butane isomer separation
2024
Developing energy-saving membrane and technology is important for the separation of hydrocarbon isomers to replace the energy-intensive distillation. Silicalite-1 membrane is a promising membrane material...
Share article
Microporous and functional group Co-designed polyesteramide membranes for efficient and broad-spectrum organic solvent nanofiltration
2024
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is an emerging energy-efficient separations technology, which urgently requires easily processable OSN membranes with high selectivity and broad-spectrum organic...
Share article
Progress in design of halloysite nanotubes-polymer nanocomposite membranes and their applications
2024
Driven by the diverse functionalization of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) and advanced membrane preparation technologies, a tremendous progress in HNTs-polymer nanocomposite membranes has been made during...
Share article
Spray-assisted assembly of thin-film composite membranes in one process
2024
Spray coating has been exploited to fabricate and tailor the morphologies of various components in thin film composite membranes separately. For the first time, here we exploit this technology to construct...
Share article
One-step rejuvenation for prolonging running lifespan of nanofiltration membranes
2024
Commercial nanofiltration (NF) membranes based on polyamides may experience a decline in permeation performance after prolonged operation. The short lifespan of NF membranes will lead to waste and additional...
Share article
In-situ interfacial polymerization of zwitterionic nanofiltration membranes with anti-scaling performance
2024
Mineral scaling caused by multivalent metal ions can significantly hinder the long-term operation of nanofiltration membranes. In this study, in-situ interfacial polymerization including a posttreatment...
Share article
Recent advances of thin film composite nanofiltration membranes for Mg2+/Li+ separation
2024
The prevalent adoption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has sparked a surge in interest regarding lithium extraction, particularly from lithium-rich brines. As some brine sources contain a higher ratio...
Share article
Fouling during hemodialysis – Influence of module design and membrane surface chemistry
2024
Hemodialysis acts as an artificial kidney that selectively removes specific toxins, bio-compounds, or fluid from the main blood stream in a patient with kidney failure. The current process uses ultrafiltration-based...
Share article
Superacid catalyzed triptycene-based polymer to enhance membrane permeability for molecular sieving of nitrogen over VOC
2024
Superacid catalysis, a suitable method for the synthesis of membrane materials owing to its facile polymerization procedure, has been extensively studied. However, superacid-catalyzed binary coplanar...
Share article
Tethering hydrophilic macromolecules onto inorganic nanoparticles via RAFT toward biocompatible polyethersulfone membrane
2023
Polyethersulfone (PES) polymers are useful for a variety of membranes' bio-related applications. However, due to its failure to satisfy certain performance and biocompatibility standards, PES requires...
Share article
Comparing the environmental impacts of using bio-renewable and fossil-derived solvent in polymer membrane fabrications
2023
Sustainable production methods for polymer membrane fabrication are gaining attention due to concerns about the toxicity of conventional fossil-derived solvents in the production process. In addition,...
Share article
TFC membrane with in-situ crosslinked ultrathin chitosan layer for efficient water/ethanol separation enabled by multiple supramolecular interactions
2023
Chitosan (CS) membranes have been widely applied in water/ethanol separation via membrane-based pervaporation, but a bottleneck in the practical application always exists due to their severe swelling...
Share article
Bio-inspired polydopamine nanofiltration membranes modulated by spiro-piperazine
2023
Polydopamine (PDA) depositions, inspired by mussel foot adhesive proteins, represent a versatile method for preparing separation membranes. However, PDA-based nanofiltration membranes are limited by...
Share article
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...
Share article
Explainable machine learning for unraveling solvent effects in polyimide organic solvent nanofiltration membranes
2023
Understanding the effects of solvents on organic solvent nanofiltration currently depends on results obtained from small datasets, which slows down the industrial implementation of this technology....
Share article
Ion-conducting ceramic membranes for renewable energy technologies
2023
Dense ceramic membranes with H+ or O2− conductivity have been widely used for fuel production through electro-hydrogenation/dehydrogenation or electro-oxygenation/deoxygenation. Electrochemical conversion...
Share article
Machine learning toward improving the performance of membrane-based wastewater treatment: A review
2023
Machine learning (ML) is a data-driven approach that can be applied to design, analyze, predict, and optimize a process based on existing data. Recently, ML has found its application in improving membrane...
Share article
Positively charged nanofiltration membranes for efficient Mg2+/Li+ separation from high Mg2+/Li+ ratio brine
2023
Nanofiltration has gained increasing attention in lithium extraction from salt lake brine with high Mg2+/Li+ ratio. However, conventional nanofiltration membranes with negatively charged surfaces suffer...
Share article
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...
Share article
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...
Share article
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...
Share article
Fabrication of anti-leakage Hyflon AD/Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) hollow fiber composite membrane for an extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system
2023
Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) systems can perform the roles of the human heart and lungs to realize extra-corporeal oxygenation of blood. This system mainly depends on the gas-blood exchange...
Share article
Pervaporation-assisted crystallization of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
2023
Crystallization of active pharmaceutical ingredients is essential in pharmaceutical production. Pervaporation, a thermally-driven membrane process, has not been explored in API crystallization. Here...
Share article
