Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Ultra-thin enzymatic liquid membrane for CO2 separation and capture

  • Yaqin Fu,
  • Ying-Bing Jiang,
  • Darren Dunphy,
  • Haifeng Xiong,
  • Eric Coker,
  • Stanley S. Chou,
  • Hongxia Zhang,
  • Juan M. Vanegas,
  • Jonas G. Croissant,
  • Joseph L. Cecchi,
  • Susan B. Rempe,
  • C. Jeffrey Brinker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03285-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Porous membranes show great promise for CO2 separation and capture, but are currently limited by a trade-off between permeance and selectivity. Here, the authors fabricate a bio-inspired, ultra-thin enzymatic liquid membrane that displays exceptional CO2 permeability and selectivity under ambient conditions.