Recent progress in the interfacial polymerization process for CO₂ separation membrane fabrication

Abstract

Nowadays, global warming caused by the increasing levels of CO₂ has become a serious environmental problem. Membrane separation technology has demonstrated its promising potential in carbon capture due to its easy operation, energy-efficientness and high efficiency. Interfacial polymerization process, as a facile and well-established technique for preparing membranes with a thin selective layer, has been widely used for fabricating commercial reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes in water treatment domain. To push forward such an interfacial polymerization process in the research of CO₂ separation membranes, herein we make a review on the regulation and research progress of the interfacial polymerization membranes for CO₂ separation. First, a comprehensive and critical review of the progress in the monomers, nanoparticles and interfacial polymerization process optimization for preparing CO₂ separation membrane is presented. In addition, the potential of molecular dynamics simulation and machine learning in accelerating the screen and design of interfacial polymerization membranes for CO₂ separation are outlined. Finally, the possible challenges and development prospects of CO₂ separation membranes by interfacial polymerization process are proposed. It is believed that this review can offer valuable insights and guidance for the future advancement of interfacial polymerization membranes for CO₂ separation, thereby fostering its development.

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Keywords

interfacial polymerization / CO₂ separation / monomer / nanoparticle

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Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Joint Project of Henan Province (Grant No. 222301420041), Outstanding Youth Fund of Henan Scientific Committee (Grant No. 222300420085), the Program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (Grant No. 24HASTIT004), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22108258), and Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Henan Province, China.

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