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Introduction to Membrane

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Functional Membranes for High Efficiency Molecule and Ion Transport

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In the past decades, membrane technology has been widely utilized in various separation processes, because of their low-energy consumption, low-cost, reliability, and scalability when compared with conventional separation processes like distillation, extraction, or crystallization (Sholl and Lively in Nat News 532:435–437, 2016; Yang et al. in Chem Soc Rev 49:5359–5406, 2020). In order to further increase the competitiveness, intensive efforts have been made from improving the separation efficiency of existing membrane processes to exploring new applications. As the core part, membrane materials with high permeability, high selectivity, and high stability are extremely desired since they can significantly accelerate the practical application of membrane technology.

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Wang, J., Wu, W. (2023). Introduction to Membrane. In: Wang, J., Wu, W. (eds) Functional Membranes for High Efficiency Molecule and Ion Transport. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8155-5_1

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