2023-Japan-Smith

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  Nearly 80% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions comes from electricity, heat, and transportation energy consumption, and from byproducts of industrial processes. To reduce this footprint while still meeting societal needs, sustainable energy sources and low-energy industrial processes are required. This presentation will focus on one technology gap in this area – developing and applying membranes to separate and capture gases. A market overview will be presented on current and emerging applications, followed by a discussion of membrane separation theory and general research and commercialization directions for materials development. A particular emphasis will be placed on (1) polymeric materials and (2) porous crystalline materials known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). In addition to describing current research directions, a segment of this talk will focus on a commercial membrane spinout from the Smith lab seeking to decarbonize the chemical and energy industry.

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