Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale

J Shen, G Liu, Y Han, W Jin - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale, including selective transport of gases, liquids
and ions, plays a key role in systems such as catalysis, energy generation and storage …

The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

YJ Lim, K Goh, R Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Effective ion sieving with Ti3C2Tx MXene membranes for production of drinking water from seawater

L Ding, L Li, Y Liu, Y Wu, Z Lu, J Deng, Y Wei… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Traditional ways of producing drinking water from groundwater, water recycling and water
conservation are not sufficient. Seawater desalination would close the gap but the main …

General synthesis of ultrafine metal oxide/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for ultrahigh-flux nanofiltration membrane

W Zhang, H Xu, F Xie, X Ma, B Niu, M Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Graphene-based membranes have great potential to revolutionize nanofiltration technology,
but achieving high solute rejections at high water flux remains extremely challenging …

Sharpening nanofiltration: strategies for enhanced membrane selectivity

H Zhang, Q He, J Luo, Y Wan… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

Ultrathin membranes for separations: a new era driven by advanced nanotechnology

S Zhang, L Shen, H Deng, Q Liu, X You… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrathin membranes are at the forefront of membrane research, offering great opportunities
in revolutionizing separations with ultrafast transport. Driven by advanced nanomaterials …

Large-area graphene-nanomesh/carbon-nanotube hybrid membranes for ionic and molecular nanofiltration

Y Yang, X Yang, L Liang, Y Gao, H Cheng, X Li, M Zou… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Nanoporous two-dimensional materials are attractive for ionic and molecular nanofiltration
but limited by insufficient mechanical strength over large areas. We report a large-area …

Manipulating interfacial polymerization for polymeric nanofilms of composite separation membranes

Z Wang, S Liang, Y Kang, W Zhao, Y Xia, J Yang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite separation membranes are essential in the fields of water treatment, mass
concentration, purification, solvent exchange, gas separation, energy storage and …

Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials

K Zuo, K Wang, RM DuChanois, Q Fang, EM Deemer… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane separation has enjoyed tremendous advances in relevant material and
engineering sciences, making it the fastest growing technology in water treatment. Although …

Ultra‐Permeable Dual‐Mechanism‐Driven Graphene Oxide Framework Membranes for Precision Ion Separations

J Guo, Y Zhang, F Yang, BB Mamba… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Two‐dimensional graphene oxide (GO) membranes are gaining popularity as a promising
means to address global water scarcity. However, current GO membranes fail to sufficiently …