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MOLECULAR SEPARATIONS

Electrons to membranes

Metal–organic framework (MOF) membranes could lower the energy burden of molecular separations, but are impeded by challenges in fabricating defect-free MOF layers. Now, researchers design an electrochemical approach for growing high-performance MOF membranes on industrially relevant substrates.

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Fig. 1: Electrochemically-enabled fcu-MOF membrane fabrication strategy.

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Nair, S. Electrons to membranes. Nat Energy 6, 864–865 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00908-4

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