A refinery in a thin film

IF 44.7 1区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Science Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI:10.1126/science.ady1446

Peter M. Budd

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Abstract

Many chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and petrochemicals must be isolated from a mixture of various molecules. Traditional separation processes such as distillation not only require a great deal of energy but also generate large amounts of greenhouse gases (1). An attractive alternative is reverse osmosis that filters liquid solutions through a semipermeable, thin membrane by applying pressure. This method has been broadly used to separate water from salts. However, it is a challenge to create membranes that can isolate molecules from a complex hydrocarbon mixture such as crude oil. On page 839 of this issue, Lee et al. (2) report the fabrication of a reverse osmosis membrane that can separate molecules from industrially relevant organic solvents. This could potentially replace energy-intensive distillation processes in industry.

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薄膜中的精炼厂

许多化学品、药品和石化产品必须从各种分子的混合物中分离出来。传统的分离过程，如蒸馏，不仅需要大量的能量，而且产生大量的温室气体(1)。一个有吸引力的替代方案是反渗透，过滤液体溶液通过半透，薄膜施加压力。这种方法已广泛用于从盐中分离水。然而，制造能够从复杂的碳氢化合物混合物（如原油）中分离分子的膜是一个挑战。在本期的第839页，Lee等人(2)报道了一种反渗透膜的制造，这种膜可以从工业相关的有机溶剂中分离分子。这有可能取代工业中能源密集型的蒸馏过程。

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61.10

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0.90%

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2.1 months

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