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Research Status of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Field of Membrane Distillation

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Shuhua Ma *
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Quanxing Liao
徐世爱 (Shiai Xu)
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Guanglan Che
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Haoyi Chen
李军民 (Li J)
DOI:10.3390/membranes16080255delete
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Membrane distillation (MD) technology has become an effective solution to freshwater scarcity due to its low energy consumption, high separation efficiency, and ability to handle highly concentrated saline wastewater. Nevertheless, issues such as membrane wetting, membrane fouling, and low membrane flux severely limit its large-scale application. Composite membranes prepared using metal–organic framework (MOF) materials as fillers have become a research hotspot due to their advantages, such as permeable microporous channels, customizable pore structures, and modifiable active sites. These properties enable them to effectively reduce temperature polarization and concentration polarization phenomena. This article describes the characteristics of MOF materials and their current applications in the field of MD, with a comparative analysis of the applicability of MOF polycrystalline membranes and MOF composite membranes in MD, and discusses the working principle of MOFs in enhancing the performance of MD. Finally, the problems and challenges associated with the use of MOFs in MD applications are analyzed. This study aims to provide theoretical guidance for the application of MOF materials in the field of MD seawater desalination.
Keywords:
membrane distillation
metal–organic framework membranes
membrane separation
desalination
current research status

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Membranes cover
Membranes
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qinghai vocational technical university
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qinghai yanhu industry co., ltd.
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qinghai university
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