- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Ionic liquids properties and applications
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications
- Muon and positron interactions and applications
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Synthesis and properties of polymers
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
- Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
- Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Graphene research and applications
- Extraction and Separation Processes
KU Leuven
2016-2025
Universität der Bundeswehr München
2009-2021
Zdravstveni centar
2021
Bioengineering Center
2016-2019
Tshwane University of Technology
2018
Caerus Molecular Diagnostics (United States)
2018
Sichuan University
2018
University of Freiburg
2018
The University of Queensland
2018
Concordia University
2018
The vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) has received wide attention due to its attractive features for large scale energy storage. key material of a VRB is an ion exchange membrane (IEM) that prevents cross mixing the positive and negative electrolytes, while still allowing transport ions complete circuit during passage current. This review focuses on all aspects related IEMs are relevance understand better. An overview general issues VRBs will be given first, after which role IEM outlined...
Carbon materials such as graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes and ordered mesoporous have attracted a lot of attention for their use in fuel cells, due to beneficial properties like high conductivity, mechanical chemical stability and, the latter, surface area. Doping these with nitrogen or, less commonly, other elements alters (electronic) properties, making them particularly suitable application electrocatalysts oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) cell. This paper reviews synthesis methods...
ABSTRACT Since its introduction in membrane technology the 1960's, phase inversion by means of immersion precipitation has been widely studied for preparation membranes to be applied fields microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF). However, much less knowledge is available about this process terms integrally skinned asymmetric nanofiltration membranes, especially more hydrophobic polymers solvent resistant (SRNF). This review focuses on aspects field SRNF via inversion. It starts with...
Polymer membranes provide a highly promising platform for the development of an efficient and sustainable technique separation. Ideally such combine high flux with selectivity requiring thin defect-free membranes. The layer by (LBL) assembly has proven to be versatile simple method fabrication very polyelectrolyte multilayers making it suitable preparation separation Recent developments in this field related membrane their applications processes are presented discussed review. An overview...
Advanced porous membranes combining ultra-high stability and selectivity with very low cost are designed fabricated for vanadium flow batteries.
Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) composed of polyimide (PI) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized using Matrimid as the polymer zirconium terephthalate UiO-66 filler. The modulation approach, combined with use amine-functionalized linkers, was used for synthesis MOF fillers in order to enhance intrinsic separation performance improve particle–PI compatibility. presence amine groups on outer surface introduced either through linker, modulator, or both led covalent linking between...
Porous polymer supported continuous ZIF-8 membranes were prepared via an interfacial synthesis method. Membranes with only one cycle showed excellent performance in the nanofiltration range.
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of materials for potential use in separation. ZIF-71 has super-hydrophobic pore channels and a very flexible architecture, which make candidate recovering bio-alcohols from fermentation broths. In the present study, mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) based on PDMS were prepared separation alcohols (methanol, ethanol, isopropanol (IPA) or sec-butanol) aqueous solutions. Experimental results reveal that pervaporation performance membrane was...
Since the advent of thin-film composite polyamide membranes brought forth a breakthrough in desalination and water purification nearly half century ago, recent years have only witnessed marginal improvements water-salt selectivity these membranes. The slow progression is partly attributable to limited understanding membrane synthesis–structure–performance relationships. A centralized archive reverse osmosis (RO) characterization data may lead shared features that maximize RO performance...
Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) have been investigated to render energy-intensive separations more efficiently by combining the selectivity and permeability performance, robustness, nonaging properties of filler with easy processing, handling, scaling up polymer. However, truly all in one single material has proven very challenging. In this work, we filled a commercial polyimide ultrahigh loadings high-aspect ratio, CO2-philic Na-SSZ-39 zeolite three-dimensional channel system that precisely...