Advanced MembranesPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2022.100036
Muhammad Yazid Bin Zulkifli , Kun Su , Ruiqi Chen , Jingwei Hou , Vicki Chen
{"title":"Future perspective on MOF glass composite thin films as selective and functional membranes for molecular separation","authors":"Muhammad Yazid Bin Zulkifli , Kun Su , Ruiqi Chen , Jingwei Hou , Vicki Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2022.100036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2022.100036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have been recently found to exist in a more processible liquid and glassy phase. These glassy MOFs have been shown to exhibit functional properties either in their native glassy form or when composited with other functional materials. The capability of MOF glass to be easily tailored similar to its crystalline form, while being able to form a continuous film with limited intergrain boundaries makes it a promising candidate for a selective membrane material. However, even with its high processibility, limited studies have been performed on this material in a thin film format. This perspective highlights the properties of currently studied MOF glass and its composite, as well as existing studies on MOF glass membranes. Views on possible future exploration pathways for this material in the form of membrane thin films, such as possible new MOF glass composite membrane configuration and new applications, are also provided.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100036"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823422000124/pdfft?md5=cbbbc9edb88ea3d508ff9588e1c5b47a&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823422000124-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89245797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Advanced MembranesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100014
Yanqiu Lu , Wei Liu , Jiangtao Liu , Xue Li , Sui Zhang
{"title":"A review on 2D porous organic polymers for membrane-based separations: Processing and engineering of transport channels","authors":"Yanqiu Lu , Wei Liu , Jiangtao Liu , Xue Li , Sui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The expansion of separation demands at molecular and ionic levels has triggered extensive research to explore new materials as promising practical membranes for separations. Owing to their dimension-related properties of two-dimensional (2D) porous organic polymers (POPs), promising research on the construction of 2D POPs into membranes has emerged and progressed rapidly, offering membranes with highly tunable pores/channels, robust frameworks/networks, intrinsic flexibility, and light weight for multiple separation purposes. In this review, up-to-date strategies for processing of 2D POPs into diverse continuous membranes and engineering of their nanochannels are highlighted. The 2D POPs materials discussed include the examples of 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs), 2D covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) and 2D conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs). Case studies on these materials for potential membrane applications including gas separation, water treatment, organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN), pervaporation are summarized. Finally, the critical challenges and futuristic upgrades of research directions and opportunities of 2D POPs based advanced membranes are outlined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100014"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000154/pdfft?md5=28e44cbcd366b7a85f0c4248a3586551&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000154-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78436683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Significantly improved pervaporation performance by relatively continuous and defect-free distribution of IL-modified ZIF-8 in PDMS membrane","authors":"Ao-Shuai Zhang, Shen-Hui Li, Heng Mao, Li-Hao Xu, Ming-Yu Lv, Zhi-Ping Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Organophilic pervaporation (PV) mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) possess huge potential in organic wastewater treatment with merits of environmentally friendly and high-efficiency. The filler dispersion structure inside MMMs is required to explore in depth to upgrade the PV performance. In this study, an ethoxysilyl functionalized ionic liquid (IL-PTES) modified ZIF-8 nanoparticles (IL-PTES@ZIF-8) were synthesized by one-pot method, and then incorporated into the PDMS matrix to prepare MMMs for PV separation of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) from its diluted aqueous solution. The preferential adsorption performances to EtOAc by IL-PTES, especially for the functions of specific chemical groups in IL-PTES, were researched via molecular dynamicssimulation approach. Furthermore, the IL-PTES covered on ZIF-8 surface could crosslink with PDMS chains, thereby enhancing the interfacial compatibility between ZIF-8 and PDMS. Importantly, the self-aggregated IL-PTES subtly “glued” the nanoparticles together to lead IL-PTES@ZIF-8 a relatively continuous and defect-free distribution state. This condition would lead to a high-efficiency molecular pathway with less polymer phase and much relatively continuous ZIF-8 phase with high selectivity. PV results suggested that the MMMs with 15% IL-PTES@ZIF-8 loading displayed an optimal separation performance with an ultra-high separation factor of 492 (158.7% more than that of pristine PDMS membrane) and normalized EtOAc flux of 4.98 kg μm m<sup>−2</sup>·h<sup>−1</sup> (2 times as much as that of pristine PDMS membrane) for separating 1 wt% EtOAc aqueous solution at 30 °C. These findings offered significant advancement toward developing high-performance MMMs enabled by the synergy of MOFs and ionic liquid.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000075/pdfft?md5=4f3beb6652c892acddff0bc9443c44df&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000075-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83562144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced membranes: The new era of membrane research","authors":"Weihong Xing , Huanting Wang , Nanping Xu , Congjie Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100004"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000051/pdfft?md5=b96409a3fac22a6331ac90f23cc377aa&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000051-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83081174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Advanced MembranesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100010
Lulu Liu , Hao Zhang , Xiangrong Chen , Yinhua Wan , Jianquan Luo
{"title":"Deconstruction and reconstitution of fouling layer in decolorization of cane juice by nanofiltration membrane","authors":"Lulu Liu , Hao Zhang , Xiangrong Chen , Yinhua Wan , Jianquan Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ubiquitous membrane fouling is a knotty problem in membrane-based sugar-making process, which limits productivity and sugar quality. Especially during decolorization of sugarcane juice by nanofiltration (NF), fouling mechanism is still obscure and the fouling formation is difficult to control effectively. Herein, based on the analysis of the real fouling layer residue, seven components are served as model solutes and foulants to study their NF separation performance and fouling behavior. We found that the coexistence of polysaccharides and proteins had no synergistic enhancement on membrane fouling, yet attenuated fouling layer because the formation of large complex produced more shear-enhanced back diffusion. Chlorogenic acid (CA), as a phenolic pigment and main pore foulant, aggravates the polysaccharides or proteins fouling owing to its bridging effect between membrane and large foulants, especially polysaccharides with high hydrophilicity. Laccase can catalyze oxidation and self-polymerization of CA, not only reducing its accessibility to block the pores and the bridging effect, but also in-situ forming a hydrophilic coating layer on the membrane surface, which is regarded as an effective pretreatment strategy for fouling control. During the cross-flow filtration of real sugarcane juice, the average permeate flux increases by 67.1% and irreversible fouling decreases by 21.2%, showing great application potential due to its biocompatibility and considerable economic benefits. This work not only elaborately elucidates the fouling mechanism among components in cane juice decolorization by NF, but also proposes an innovative approach to reconstitute fouling layer for improving membrane antifouling performance in practical application.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000117/pdfft?md5=c1d58b02c69ef34ec24ae4350caf936a&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000117-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91499474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Advanced MembranesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100013
Xin Song , Haifeng Ji , Weifeng Zhao , Shudong Sun , Changsheng Zhao
{"title":"Hemocompatibility enhancement of polyethersulfone membranes: Strategies and challenges","authors":"Xin Song , Haifeng Ji , Weifeng Zhao , Shudong Sun , Changsheng Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Polyethersulfone (PES) membranes have been widely used as attractive materials especially in the field of blood purification due to their great oxidative, thermal, and chemical stability, as well as outstanding mechanical properties. However, the intrinsic hydrophobic property seriously limits its application because of the relevant side effects, like biofouling, platelet activation, and coagulation. Given the importance of PES membranes for hemodialysis, various modification methods have been developed to address this challenge; and it is necessary to review the research progress in hemocompatibility enhancement of PES membranes, which is also imperative to provide more insights for the development of future PES-based hemodialyzers and perhaps to open the door to extend their applications for the next generation of blood purification instruments, like the wearable artificial kidney. Herein, we review the concept and principles of hemocompatibility for hemodialysis membranes, different strategies developed to improve the hemocompatibility of PES membranes, and the challenges and future perspectives for improvement in hemocompatibility of PES membranes. Most emphasis has been given to the modification strategies including bulk modification, blending modification, and surface modification and their salient features are highlighted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000142/pdfft?md5=1b79852ed8844db0e07a28631ea68153&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000142-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83493082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Advanced MembranesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100005
Xiangqiong Wang, Naixin Wang, Xiaoting Li, Quan-Fu An
{"title":"A review of nano-confined composite membranes fabricated inside the porous support","authors":"Xiangqiong Wang, Naixin Wang, Xiaoting Li, Quan-Fu An","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Asymmetric composite membranes composed of a porous support layer and compact selective layer have been used in many fields. Nowadays, most studies focus on the material design and structure optimization of the selective layer. However, nano-confined pores in the porous support layer can also be used to construct a composite membrane with unique architecture. The functional polymer and nanoporous particles can be embedded in the pores rather than on the support surface to form a composite membrane, which can solve some significant problems, such as the contradiction between integrity and ultrathin thickness of the selective layer, the interfacial adhesion between selective layer and support layer, and the orientation of the selective layer. The separation performance and the stability of the composite membranes are thus improved. Summarized in this review are the latest studies on the formation of composite membranes using confined space of porous support layer which are defined as a nano-confined composite membrane in this review, with the focus on membrane structure, pore property, and fabrication strategy. The summary and outlook are discussed with a perspective on high-performance composite membranes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000063/pdfft?md5=8c1a5ac81a5fa45f4ff91d2e255a1caa&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000063-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84494219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Advanced MembranesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100011
Rongfei Zhou , Yichang Pan , Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu
{"title":"Advanced microporous membranes for H2/CH4 separation: Challenges and perspectives","authors":"Rongfei Zhou , Yichang Pan , Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The utilization of hydrogen is regarded as the effective approach to arrive at the global carbon-neutrality target. Hydrogen/methane separation is a necessary unit for the hydrogen production in the petroleum industry. The development of high-performance membranes with high thermal, chemical and mechanical stabilities are an important issue for hydrogen membrane separation. This review provides an overview of current research on the process of membrane preparation and their separation performance toward H<sub>2</sub>/CH<sub>4</sub> mixtures for the advanced microporous membranes that own high separation performance and high durability. Typical advanced microporous membranes including zeolite, metal organic framework, carbon-based and polymer-based microporous membranes were summarized for H<sub>2</sub>/CH<sub>4</sub> separations. The current challenges and future perspectives towards the industrial application of advanced microporous membranes for H<sub>2</sub>/CH<sub>4</sub> separation are outlined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100011"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000129/pdfft?md5=6b0e88b9207357ada99325905644aac4&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000129-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88101730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced membranes with responsive two-dimensional nanochannels","authors":"Zhuang Liu , Yeming Zhai , Kai-Ge Zhou , Liang-Yin Chu","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2021.100012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As an emerging research direction, advanced membranes with responsive two-dimensional (2D) nanochannels are developed to mimic biological functions of cell membranes. Tuning the physical and/or chemical properties of the interfaces of nanochannel walls, the mass transport in the artificial 2D channels can be easily managed, analogous to the proteins in the cell membranes that interact specifically with chemical species and adjust conformation responsively adapting to their environments. Such artificial membranes that could regulate their permeability and/or selectivity correspondingly in response to the environmental signals are of particular importance. This review summarizes the recent developments in the functional membranes with responsive 2D nanochannels including the design strategies, stimuli-responsiveness of the nanochannels and the advanced applications of membranes with responsive 2D nanochannels in water purification, molecular separation, energy harvesting and so on. The functional membranes with responsive 2D nanochannels, which are featured with intrinsic intelligence, show great power for use in global sustainable development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100012"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772823421000130/pdfft?md5=6eaa5b0286973fca5602a4ad5f82c2b9&pid=1-s2.0-S2772823421000130-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85210289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}