Review of Synthesis and Separation Application of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes

Lu Wang; Jingzhe Huang; Zonghao Li; Zhiwu Han; Jianhua Fan

doi:10.3390/polym15081950

Review of Synthesis and Separation Application of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes

Polymers (Basel). 2023 Apr 20;15(8):1950. doi: 10.3390/polym15081950.

Authors

Lu Wang^{1

2}, Jingzhe Huang¹, Zonghao Li¹, Zhiwu Han³, Jianhua Fan⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China.
² Research Institute, Jilin University, Yibin 644500, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Bionics Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China.
⁴ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.

Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials assembled from organic ligands and metallic secondary building blocks. Their special structural composition gives them the advantages of high porosity, high specific surface area, adjustable pore size, and good stability. MOF membranes and MOF-based mixed-matrix membranes prepared from MOF crystals have ultra-high porosity, uniform pore size, excellent adsorption properties, high selectivity, and high throughput, which contribute to their being widely used in separation fields. This review summarizes the synthesis methods of MOF membranes, including in situ growth, secondary growth, and electrochemical methods. Mixed-matrix membranes composed of Zeolite Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIF), University of Oslo (UIO), and Materials of Institute Lavoisier (MIL) frameworks are introduced. In addition, the main applications of MOF membranes in lithium-sulfur battery separators, wastewater purification, seawater desalination, and gas separation are reviewed. Finally, we review the development prospects of MOF membranes for the large-scale application of MOF membranes in factories.

Keywords: MOF membrane application; MOF membranes; metal-organic framework; mixed-matrix MOF membranes.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The research was funded by the Science and technology research project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22208120, 52205308), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M711300), Education Department of Jilin Province (JJKH20220975KJ), the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province (2022NSFSC1630), and the Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province of China (20220508005RC).