Recent Progress in Advanced Membrane Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Today, membrane separation technologies are widely used in the petrochemical, food, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. Their simplicity and cost efficiency have made them very popular applications. However, crucial to membrane separation technologies are membrane materials. Owing to significant advances in material synthesis, numerous classic and novel materials have been synthesized as membranes to achieve high-performance separation. Thereby, this Special Issue aims to highlight and promote recent advances and give an overview of research activities on advanced membrane materials. This Special Issue on “Recent Progress in Advanced Membrane Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability” focuses on the recent theoretical and experimental advances in nanomaterials chemistry, membrane synthesis, processing, characterization, simulation, and improving performance. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: silica, zeolite, MOFs, COFs, and carbon (silicon carbide) membrane materials; novel membrane materials (including organic/inorganic/mixed matrix types); and novel membrane formation methods. Concerning applications, apart from gas separation and liquid separation (pervaporation, filtration), membrane reactors have also been an attractive research topic. In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews as well as short communications are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Liang Yu
Dr. Bin Wang
Guest Editors

Dr. Qing Wang
Guest Editor Assistant

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