Affiliation:
1. Hubei Longzhong Laboratory Wuhan University of Technology Xiangyang Demonstration Zone Xiangyang 441000 P. R. China
2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing School of Materials Science and Engineering Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 P. R. China
3. College of Chemistry Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
4. Sanya Science and Education Innovation Park Wuhan University of Technology Sanya 572024 P. R. China
Abstract
AbstractMembrane‐based separation technologies are becoming increasingly prominent in many important industrial separation applications. In the past decade, nanoporous materials, as promising filler components for high‐performance mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), have seen a boom given the merits of remarkable chemical and structural variability. However, it remains challenging to address the trade‐off effect of MMMs between molecular/ionic selectivity and permeability. Biological ion channels that penetrate through cell membranes have provided new insights for the construction of novel structures of MMMs. In recent years, MMMs with cell membrane‐like structures have gained much attention and achieved significant progress in the field of separation. In this minireview, recent advances in the design and construction of MMMs with penetrating subnanochannels are summarized. After that, the applications of these MMMs with penetrating subnanochannels in gas separation and ion sieving are highlighted and discussed in detail. Finally, the future developments and challenges for the MMMs with penetrating subnanochannels are prospected.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Biomaterials