Project Info

Porous crystalline membranes for the removal of chemical warfare agents

Moises Carreon | mcarreon@mines.edu

The central thrust of this work to demonstrate the development of microporous crystalline membranes for selective removal of chemical warfare agent simulants from water. We have identified membrane compositions with pore sizes that allow water to diffuse selectively through the pores of the membranes rejecting unwanted chemicals via size exclusion. When successful, the proposed research will result in the development of a novel membranes capable of effectively removing chemical warfare agents from water with high flux and selectivity.

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1) T. Wu, J. Lucero, J.M. Crawford, M.A. Sinnwell, P.K. Thallapally, M.A. Carreon* SAPO-34 Membranes for Xenon Capture from Air, Journal of Membrane Science 2019, 573, 288-292.
2) T. Wu, J. Lucero, M.A. Sinnwell, P.K. Thallapally, M.A. Carreon* Recovery of Xenon from air over ZIF-8 membranes, Chemical Communications 2018, 54, 8976-8979.
3) X. Feng, Z. Zong, S. K. Elsaidi, J. B. Jasinski, R. Krishna, P.K. Thallapally, M. A. Carreon*, “Kr/Xe Separation over a Chabazite Zeolite Membrane” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 31,9791–9794.
4) S.R. Venna, M.A.Carreon* Metal organic framework membranes for carbon dioxide separation, Chemical Engineering Science 2015, 124, 3-19.

Grand Engineering Challenge: Provide access to clean water