Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Covalent organic framework membranes for efficient separation of monovalent cations

  • Hongjian Wang,
  • Yeming Zhai,
  • Yang Li,
  • Yu Cao,
  • Benbing Shi,
  • Runlai Li,
  • Zingting Zhu,
  • Haifei Jiang,
  • Zheyuan Guo,
  • Meidi Wang,
  • Long Chen,
  • Yawei Liu,
  • Kai-Ge Zhou,
  • Fusheng Pan,
  • Zhongyi Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34849-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Membrane technology holds great promise in separating monovalent cations but the sub-nanometer ion size and the small difference in ion size makes separation of monovalent cations a challenging task. Here, the authors demonstrate the efficient separation of monovalent cations using a COF membrane.