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Research progress of two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets and membranes for separations

Authors： LI Yanmei, WEI Yanying, WANG Haihui

Units： 1. School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510000, China; 2. Beijing Key Laboratory for Membrane Materials and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

KeyWords： membrane separation, two-dimensional membrane, zeolite nanosheets

ClassificationCode：TQ028.8

year,volume(issue):pagination： 2023,43(6):139-148

Abstract：

The emergence of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheet stacks of laminar membranes open up new avenue for next-generation high-efficiency membrane separation technologies. 2D zeolite nanosheets with nanoscale thickness and large aspect ratios have regular in-plane pore channels that provide a amount of pathways for molecules, and they can effectively shorten the mass transfer path of molecules bypassing nanosheets within the 2D membranes constructed by stacking traditional non-porous nanosheet, which are expected to be used for the preparation of 2D membranes with excellent separation performance. In this review, we discuss the recent breakthrough progress of synthesis methods of 2D zeolite nanosheets and zeolite nanosheet-based membranes, focusing on 2D zeolite nanosheet synthesis methods, including surfactant-assisted synthesis of nanosheet zeolites, precursor detemplation synthesis of nanosheet zeolites, and Assembly - Disassembly - Organization - Reassembly strategy (ADOR) synthesis of nanosheet zeolites, as well as the preparation methods of 2D zeolite nanosheet-based membranes and their applications in membrane separations. Finally, an outlook analysis was made on the current technological limitations and future research directions in this field.

Funds：

国家重点研发计划青年科学家项目（2021YFB3802500）；国家自然科学基金项目（22022805和22078107），制浆造纸工程国家重点实验室培育项目（2022PY04），中央高校基本业务费（2022ZYGXZR010）

AuthorIntro：

李艳美（1995-），女，山东德州人，博士生，研究方向为二维沸石膜分离，E-mail：1159867560@qq.com.

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