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Darban MA, Lock SSM, Ilyas SU, Kang DY, Othman MHD, Yiin CL, Waqas S, Bashir Z. Molecular simulation of [P8883][Tf 2N] ionic liquid decorated silica in 6FDA-ODA based mixed matrix membrane for enhanced CO 2/CH 4 separation. RSC Adv 2024; 14:22894-22915. [PMID: 39040689 PMCID: PMC11261340 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra02851a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) have been reported to have considerable scope in gas separation applications because of their merged inherent strength of a durable polymer matrix and the exceptional performance capabilities of inorganic fillers. The selection of comparatively suitable polymers with fillers that can match each other and boost interfacial compatibility while ensuring uniform dispersion of filler within the polymer is still intensively demanding and is challenging at the experimental scale. Ionic liquids (ILs) are effective in promoting better dispersion and compatibility, leading to improved separation performance. A computational molecular simulation approach is employed in current work to design a hybrid membrane having Trioctapropyl phosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [P8883][Tf2N] IL decorated silica as a filler and 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride-4,4'-oxydianiline (6FDA-ODA) polymer for carbon dioxide (CO2) separation from methane (CH4). Thermophysical and gas transport properties under pure and mixed gas condition (30, 50, and 70% CO2/CH4) within the MMMs with varying filler loadings (5, 10, and 15 wt% IL-silica) are examined via Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. Membrane characteristics like glass transition temperature (T g), Fractional Free Volume (v f), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), solubility, diffusivity, permeability, and selectivity for neat and IL-silica filled 6FDA-ODA are computed. The results show that the T g of the composite membrane with 5 wt% IL-silica is found to be considerably higher (with 305 °C) than that of the pure 6FDA-ODA polymer having 298 °C. A higher T g value highlights the effective dispersion and higher adhesion between the filler and polymer membrane. Additionally, CO2 permeability for 5 wt% IL-silica/6FDA-ODA MMM is significantly improved, measuring 319.0 barrer while maintaining a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 16.2. These values are 89% and 56% respectively, greater than the corresponding values of neat 6FDA-ODA membrane. Published data from the literature review is used to validate the findings and guarantee their reliability. The obtained results exhibited an error in the range of 0.7-9%. Hence, it is concluded from the study that molecular simulation can be used to design IL decorated silica incorporated within 6FDA-ODA matrix, which is able to boost the interfacial compatibility, with elevated CO2/CH4 selectivity and CO2 permeability.
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- Mehtab Ali Darban
- Centre of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCCUS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
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- Centre of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCCUS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Jeddah Jeddah 23890 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) 81310, Skudai Johor Bahru Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 94300 Kota Samarahan Sarawak Malaysia
- Institute of Sustainable and Renewable Energy (ISuRE), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 94300 Kota Samarahan Sarawak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
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- Centre of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCCUS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar 32610 Malaysia
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Hussain A, Gul H, Raza W, Qadir S, Rehan M, Raza N, Helal A, Shaikh MN, Aziz MA. Micro and Nanoporous Membrane Platforms for Carbon Neutrality: Membrane Gas Separation Prospects. CHEM REC 2024; 24:e202300352. [PMID: 38501854 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Recently, carbon neutrality has been promoted as a potentially practical solution to global CO2 emissions and increasing energy-consumption challenges. Many attempts have been made to remove CO2 from the environment to address climate change and rising sea levels owing to anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Herein, membrane technology is proposed as a suitable solution for carbon neutrality. This review aims to comprehensively evaluate the currently available scientific research on membranes for carbon capture, focusing on innovative microporous material membranes used for CO2 separation and considering their material, chemical, and physical characteristics and permeability factors. Membranes from such materials comprise metal-organic frameworks, zeolites, silica, porous organic frameworks, and microporous polymers. The critical obstacles related to membrane design, growth, and CO2 capture and usage processes are summarized to establish novel membranes and strategies and accelerate their scaleup.
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- Arshad Hussain
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management (IRC-HTCM), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, 25000, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, 518060, Guangdong, China
- College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100000, Beijing, China
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- College of Science, Chemistry Department, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), 11623, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management (IRC-HTCM), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management (IRC-HTCM), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management (IRC-HTCM), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Asif K, Lock SSM, Taqvi SAA, Jusoh N, Yiin CL, Chin BLF. A molecular simulation study on amine-functionalized silica/polysulfone mixed matrix membrane for mixed gas separation. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 311:136936. [PMID: 36273613 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Polysulfone (PSF) based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) are one of the most broadly studied polymeric materials used for CO2/CH4 separation. The performance of existing PSF membranes encounters a bottleneck for widespread expansion in industrial applications due to the trade-off amongst permeability and selectivity. Membrane performance has been postulated to be enhanced via functionalization of filler at different weight percentages. Nonetheless, the preparation of functionalized MMMs without defects and its empirical study that exhibits improved CO2/CH4 separation performance is challenging at an experimental scale that needs prior knowledge of the compatibility between the filler and polymer. Molecular simulation approaches can be used to explore the effect of functionalization on MMM's gas transport properties at an atomic level without the challenges in the experimental study, however, they have received less scrutiny to date. In addition, most of the research has focused on pure gas studies while mixed gas transport properties that reflect real separation in functionalized silica/PSF MMMs are scarcely available. In this work, a molecular simulation computational framework has been developed to investigate the structural, physical properties and gas transport behavior of amine-functionalized silica/PSF-based MMMs. The effect of varying weight percentages (i.e., 15-30 wt.%) of amine-functionalized silica and gas concentrations (i.e., 30% CH4/CO2, 50% CH4/CO2, and 70% CH4/CO2) on physical and gas transport characteristics in amine-functionalized silica/PSF MMMs at 308.15 K and 1 atm has been investigated. Functionalization of silica nanoparticles was found to increase the diffusion and solubility coefficients, leading to an increase in the percentage enhancement of permeability and selectivity for amine-functionalized silica/PSF MMM by 566% and 56%, respectively, compared to silica/PSF-based MMMs at optimal weight percentage of 20 wt.%. The model's permeability differed by 7.1% under mixed gas conditions. The findings of this study could help to improve real CO2/CH4 separation in the future design and concept of functionalized MMMs using molecular simulation and empirical modeling strategies.
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- Khadija Asif
- CO(2) Research Center (CO(2)RES), Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia
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- CO(2) Research Center (CO(2)RES), Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- CO(2) Research Center (CO(2)RES), Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia; Institute of Sustainable and Renewable Energy (ISuRE), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, CDT 250, 98009, Miri Sarawak, Malaysia; Energy and Environment Research Cluster, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, CDT 250, 98009, Miri Sarawak, Malaysia
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Ebadi Amooghin A, Sanaeepur H, Luque R, Garcia H, Chen B. Fluorinated metal-organic frameworks for gas separation. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:7427-7508. [PMID: 35920324 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00442a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (F-MOFs) as fast-growing porous materials have revolutionized the field of gas separation due to their tunable pore apertures, appealing chemical features, and excellent stability. A deep understanding of their structure-performance relationships is critical for the synthesis and development of new F-MOFs. This critical review has focused on several strategies for the precise design and synthesis of new F-MOFs with structures tuned for specific gas separation purposes. First, the basic principles and concepts of F-MOFs as well as their structure, synthesis and modification and their structure to property relationships are studied. Then, applications of F-MOFs in adsorption and membrane gas separation are discussed. A detailed account of the design and capabilities of F-MOFs for the adsorption of various gases and the governing principles is provided. In addition, the exceptional characteristics of highly stable F-MOFs with engineered pore size and tuned structures are put into perspective to fabricate selective membranes for gas separation. Systematic analysis of the position of F-MOFs in gas separation revealed that F-MOFs are benchmark materials in most of the challenging gas separations. The outlook and future directions of the science and engineering of F-MOFs and their challenges are highlighted to tackle the issues of overcoming the trade-off between capacity/permeability and selectivity for a serious move towards industrialization.
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- Abtin Ebadi Amooghin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Arak University, Arak 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Arak University, Arak 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Marie Curie (C-3), Ctra Nnal IV-A, Km 396, E14014 Cordoba, Spain. .,Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., 117198, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química CSIC-UPV, Universitat Politècnica de València, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0698, USA.
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Recent development in polymer/montmorillonite clay mixed matrix membranes for gas separation: a short review. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-022-04266-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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RSM Modeling and Optimization of CO2 Separation from High CO2 Feed Concentration over Functionalized Membrane. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14071371. [PMID: 35406245 PMCID: PMC9003211 DOI: 10.3390/polym14071371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The challenges in developing high CO2 gas fields are governed by several factors such as reservoir condition, feed gas composition, operational pressure and temperature, and selection of appropriate technologies for bulk CO2 separation. Thus, in this work, we report an optimization study on the separation of CO2 from CH4 at high CO2 feed concentration over a functionalized mixed matrix membrane using a statistical tool, response surface methodology (RSM) statistical coupled with central composite design (CCD). The functionalized mixed matrix membrane containing NH2-MIL-125 (Ti) and 6FDA-durene, fabricated in our previous study, was used to perform the separation performance under three operational parameters, namely, feed pressure, temperature, and CO2 feed concentration, ranging from 3.5–12.5 bar, 30.0–50.0 °C and 15–70 mol%, respectively. The CO2 permeability and CO2/CH4 separation factor obtained from the experimental work were varied from 293.2–794.4 Barrer and 5.3–13.0, respectively. In addition, the optimum operational parameters were found at a feed pressure of 12.5 bar, a temperature of 34.7 °C, and a CO2 feed concentration of 70 mol%, which yielded the highest CO2 permeability of 609.3 Barrer and a CO2/CH4 separation factor of 11.6. The average errors between the experimental data and data predicted by the model for CO2 permeability and CO2/CH4 separation factor were 5.1% and 3.3%, respectively, confirming the validity of the proposed model. Overall, the findings of this work provide insights into the future utilization of NH2-MIL-125 (Ti)/6FDA-based mixed matrix membranes in real natural gas purification applications.
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Li W, Peng L, Li Y, Chen Z, Duan C, Yan S, Yuan B. Hyper cross‐linked polymers containing amino group functionalized polyimide mixed matrix membranes for gas separation. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Weixin Li
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory of Membrane and Membrane Process China National Offshore Oil Corporation Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory of Membrane and Membrane Process China National Offshore Oil Corporation Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory of Membrane and Membrane Process China National Offshore Oil Corporation Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory of Membrane and Membrane Process China National Offshore Oil Corporation Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute Tianjin China
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Bandehali S, Ebadi Amooghin A, Sanaeepur H, Ahmadi R, Fuoco A, Jansen JC, Shirazian S. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity and thermally rearranged polymer membranes for highly efficient gas separation. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wang T, Jiang LL, Zhang YL, Wu LG, Chen HL, Li CJ. Fabrication of polyimide mixed matrix membranes with asymmetric confined mass transfer channels for improved CO2 separation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Li S, Liu Y, Wong DA, Yang J. Recent Advances in Polymer-Inorganic Mixed Matrix Membranes for CO 2 Separation. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:2539. [PMID: 34372141 PMCID: PMC8348380 DOI: 10.3390/polym13152539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Since the second industrial revolution, the use of fossil fuels has been powering the advance of human society. However, the surge in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has raised unsettling concerns about global warming and its consequences. Membrane separation technologies have emerged as one of the major carbon reduction approaches because they are less energy-intensive and more environmentally friendly compared to other separation techniques. Compared to pure polymeric membranes, mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) that encompass both a polymeric matrix and molecular sieving fillers have received tremendous attention, as they have the potential to combine the advantages of both polymers and molecular sieves, while cancelling out each other's drawbacks. In this review, we will discuss recent advances in the development of MMMs for CO2 separation. We will discuss general mechanisms of CO2 separation in an MMM, and then compare the performances of MMMs that are based on zeolite, MOF, metal oxide nanoparticles and nanocarbons, with an emphasis on the materials' preparation methods and their chemistries. As the field is advancing fast, we will particularly focus on examples from the last 5 years, in order to provide the most up-to-date overview in this area.
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- Sipei Li
- Aramco Americas—Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; (Y.L.); (D.A.W.)
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- Aramco Americas—Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; (Y.L.); (D.A.W.)
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