Metal–organic frameworks for water desalination
Abstract
Rapid industrialization and ever-increasing global population culminate in continuous upsurge in freshwater crisis worldwide. The most reliable and promising solution to this crisis is utilizing sea-water as the freshwater source, and desalination technologies pave the way for efficient production of freshwater from sea-water. In this regard, membrane-based desalination method comes forth owing to its' efficient separation, operational ease, and low-energy consumption. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the most explored crystalline porous materials, show tremendous promise as membrane-materials for desalination owing to their structural diversity, tunability, and porous voids which provide secondary water channels. Given significant advances are made in MOF-materials for desalination in the past few years, it is crucial to systematically summarize the recent progress and development of this field. In this review, a brief overview of various saline water systems and prerequisites for desalination are first presented. Then, advanced fabrication strategies MOF-membranes followed by the recent progress in MOF-materials for various desalination processes such as reverse osmosis and forward osmosis are systematically summarized. Finally, the authors' perspectives on the unsolved scientific and technical challenges and opportunities for MOF-integrated membranes toward real-world implementation are proposed. With further systematic development, MOF-materials promise to provide an ideal platform for next-generation desalination technology.
Citation
Dutta , S , de Luis , R F , Goscianska , J , Demessence , A , Ettlinger , R & Wuttke , S 2023 , ' Metal–organic frameworks for water desalination ' , Advanced Functional Materials , vol. Early View , 2304790 . https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202304790
Publication
Advanced Functional Materials
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1616-301XType
Journal article
Description
Funding: This work was supported by the Spanish State Research Agency (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERFD) through the projects PID2019-108028GB-C21, TED2021-129810B-C22, and PID2020–15935RB-C42. The European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and Innovation programme is also acknowledged for the funding of the LC-SC3-RES-25-2020 4AirCRAFT (Ref.:101022633) project. In addition, 4AirCRAFT project was also supportedby the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Mission Innovation Challenge was supported by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).Collections
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