Functional nano-porous metal membranes for sustainable separation in industrial processes

有许多废液需要净化，这些废液会降解传统的膜。这项与当地公司AMS合作的项目旨在开发纳米多孔金属膜，作为传统膜材料的可持续替代品。具有窄分布纳米孔的高孔和超薄金属膜片将被制备和功能化，以净化模型和工业废水。这将导致生产更坚固、更多功能和化学稳定性更高的膜材料，使其具有更长的使用寿命和性能。最重要的结果预计将是气孔低于当前100纳米基准的低成本金属合金，并评估它们的热化学稳定性。

There are many waste streams that need to be purified which degrade conventional membranes. This project with local company AMS aims to develop nano-porous metal membranes as a sustainable alternative to conventional membrane materials. Highly porous and ultra-thin metal membrane sheets with narrowly distributed nano-scale pores will be fabricated and functionalised to purify both model and industrial wastewaters. This intends to lead to the production of stronger, more versatile and chemically stable membrane materials that will exhibit longer lifespan and performance. The most significant outcome is expected to be low cost metal alloys with pores below the current 100 nm benchmark and assess their thermo-chemical stability.