Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes for Organic Solvent Separation

针对众多行业面临的有机溶剂分离的紧迫挑战，该项目旨在通过将沸石纳米片引入碳材料中构建沸石-碳混合基质膜，开发具有出色选择性和溶剂耐受性的分子筛膜。该项目预计将产生纳米片合成，膜制造和选择性分子运输的先进知识。该项目开发的膜具有提高澳大利亚工业生产能力和可持续性的巨大潜力，例如，制药、生物乙醇生产和石油精炼，为澳大利亚带来了巨大的经济和环境效益。

Directly addressing the pressing challenge of organic solvent separation faced by numerous industries, the project aims to develop molecular sieve membranes with outstanding selectivity and solvent tolerance by constructing zeolite-carbon mixed matrix membrane via incorporating zeolite nanosheets into carbon materials. The project expects to generate advanced knowledge of nanosheet synthesis, membrane fabrication and selective molecule transport. The membranes developed in the project have great potentials for improving the production capacity and sustainability of Australian industries, e.g., pharmaceutical manufacturing, bioethanol production and petroleum refining, providing significant economic and environmental benefits to Australia.