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SUMMARY:Towards the next-generation membranes for energy-efficient molecul
 ar separation
DTSTART:20171207T103000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Kumar Agrawal\nLaboratory of advanced separations\nEPFL 
 Valais\, Sion\nChE-605 - Highlights in Energy Research seminar series\nImp
 roving the energy-efficiency of the molecular separation is key to reduce 
 the carbon footprint of the chemical and the petrochemical industries. Mem
 branes operating with high separation selectivities can cut down the cost 
 of the thermally driven separation processes such as distillation by up to
  10-fold.1\,2 Moreover\, chemically and thermally stable\, high-throughput
  membranes are expected to open new avenues for the process intensificatio
 n and a wide-scale decentralized operation. Inspired by this\, we have bee
 n driven to develop synthetic and engineering routes to design chemically 
 and thermally stable membranes that outperform the state-of-the-art-membra
 nes in separation selectivity as well as productivity (membrane permeance)
 . With this perspective\, I will present our recent endeavors to develop t
 he nanoporous two-dimensional membranes which are the ultimate membranes f
 or the gas separation. I will discuss our recent advances in the top-down 
 and the bottom-up synthetic approaches\, solvothermal crystallization\, th
 e novel designs of high-throughput porous support\, and the key challenges
  that still need to be overcome to develop the next-generation membranes.3
 \,4\,5\,6\n \nReferences: \n1. Materials for Separation Technologies. Ene
 rgy and Emission Reduction Opportunities. US Department of Energy\, 2005.\
 n2. Sholl\, David S\; Lively\, R. P.\, Nature\, 2016\, 532\, 435.\n3. Varo
 on (Agrawal) et al.\, Science\, 2011\, 334\, 72–75.\n4. Agrawal et al.\,
  Adv. Mater.\, 2015\, 27\, 3243–3249.\n5. Agrawal et al. J. Phys. Chem. 
 C.\, 2017\, 121\, 14312–14321.\n6. He\, G.\; Dakhchoune\, M.\; Zhao\, J.
 \; Huang\, S.\; Agrawal\, K. V.\, Submitted.
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