2D Materials and Membranes for Biorefining and Hydrocarbon Separations

The advent of 2D nanoporous materials has created exciting new possibilities in the scalable and economically viable fabrication of membranes for chemical separations. This talk will focus on our recent work in two areas of 2D membrane science and technology. Firstly, we will discuss new advances in the fabrication, modification, and scale-up of graphene oxide (GO) membranes, as well as their use in challenging applications in biorefining such as the fractionation of kraft black liquor and other related processes. Secondly, we will discuss our latest work on fabrication of 2D zeolite membranes on scalable hollow fiber platforms, and their applications in the separation of organic mixtures such as hydrocarbons from petrochemical processes or oxygenated molecules obtained from biomass conversion.