Publications

Latest Publications (Updated to August 21, 2026)

  1. Li, Y.; Chen, Z.; Yuan, H.; Chen, L.; Dekel, D. R.; He, X. COF-JLU2 and Ionic Liquid Incorporated PVAm Membranes for Enhanced CO2 Separation with High Selectivity under Humid Conditions. J. Membr. Sci. 2026, 756, 125748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2026.125748
  2. Yuan, Z.; Liu, L.; Huang, X.; Freger, V.; He, X. Encoding CO2-Philic Recognition Environments in Membranes via Substitute-Template Imprinting. Chem. Commun. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC03228A.
  3. Yuan, Z.; Lin, Z.; Li, K.; Li, J.; Freger, V.; He, X. Thermally Tailored Amidoxime-Functionalized PIM-1 Membranes with CO2-Imprinted UiO-66-NH2 for CO2/N2 Separation. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.6c01048
  4. Zhang, M.; Li, Y.; Chen, L.; Phua, E. J. R.; He, X. Gas Separation with COF Membranes: Crystalline Design Meets Selective Transport. Small 2026, e74057.https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.74057
  5. Chen, L.; Zhang, M.; He, X. Tuning Anion Chemistry and Ionic Liquid Incorporation in Poly(ionic liquid)s Membranes for Enhanced CO2 Separation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2026, 65 (1), 840–849.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5c04178
  6. Lin, Z.; Wang, K.; Yuan, Z.; Tang, J.; Liu, X.; Chen, L.; Shao, L.; He, X. Thermal Cyclotrimerization Bridges Polymer-Filler Interfaces for High-Performance CO2 Separation Membranes. Adv. Sci. 2026, e20880.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202520880
  7. Kaifang Wang, Zhongtai Zhu, Yuqi Liu, Weiran Zheng, Ziyi Yuan, Zhihong Lin, Raphael Semiat, Lu Shao, Xuezhong He*, Adsorption-enhanced Carbon Membranes Derived from Copolyimide for Ultrafast Sub-angstrom Discriminating CO2 Separation, Science Advances, 2025, 11(48), eadv8650. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adv8650

  8. Liu Chen, Manman Zhang, Xuezhong He*. Tuning Anion Chemistry and Ionic Liquid Incorporation in Poly(ionic liquid)s Membranes for Enhanced CO2 Separation, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5c04178  

  9. Jiali Tang, Wei Kuang, Xuezhong He*, Unlocking High-Purity Gas Recovery from Blast Furnace Gas: Techno-Economic Insights of Multi-Stage Membrane Separation, Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 134149, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.134149
  10. Yang Li, Liu Chen, Dario R. Dekel, Xuezhong He*, Engineering CO2-Ultraselective Membranes: Molecularly Tailored Low-Crystallinity Polyvinylamine-PEGDGE Networks, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17, 1, 2261–2270, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17780 
  11. Kaifang Wang, Zhongtai Zhu, Zhihong Lin, Yuqi Liu, Ziyi Yuan, Jiali Tang, Raphael Semiat, Xuezhong He*, Coupling Polyimide-amide with Thermally-stable Metal Azolate Framework for Intensifying Gas Transport through Hybrid Carbon Membranes, Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 718, 123688, DOI: 1016/j.memsci.2025.123688 
  12. Kaifang Wang, Raphael Semiat, Xuezhong He*, Molecular engineering of 6FDA-based polyimide derived ultrapermeable carbon membranes enabling superior CO2 separation, Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 363(3), 132312, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132312

  13. Zhicong Liang, Jiali Tang, Dario R. Dekel*, Xuezhong He*, Wet-coating Amino-functionalized PDMS Interlayer Boosting Thin Film Composite Membranes for Efficient CO2 Separation, Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 715,123458, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2024.123458
  14. Jiali Tang, Viatcheslav Freger*, Lu Shao, Xuezhong He*, Direct-through channels of ZIF-8 composite membranes via in-situ PolyBMA sealing: Radical-induced phase transformation and dye removal efficiency, Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 14, 23412, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2024.123412
  15. Ziyi Yuan, Zhihong Lin, Kaifang Wang, Lie Liu, Zihao Hong, Shijia Lin, Viatcheslav Freger*, Xuezhong He*, Boosting Carbon Capture with CO2-Ultrapermeable Molecularly Imprinted Membranes, Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 709, 123107, DOI: 1016/j.memsci.2024.123107 
  16. Yang Li, Dario R. Dekel*, Xuezhong He*, Carrier-driving CO2 Separation by Amine-rich Membranes with Intercalated Graphene Oxide, Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 706, 122960, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122960
  17. Kaifang Wang, Danlin Chen, Jiali Tang, Zihao Hong, Zhongtai Zhu, Ziyi Yuan, Zhihong Lin, Yuqi Liu, Raphael Semiat, Xuezhong He*, PIM-1-based Membranes Mediated with CO2-philic MXene Nanosheets for Superior CO2/N2 Separation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 483, 149305,DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149305
  18. Manman Zhang, Liu Chen, Kaifang Wang, Ruitao Lin, Zeshen Xiao, Raphael Semiat, Xuezhong He*. Molecular Engineering of Copoly(ionic liquids)-based Membranes for CO2 Separation,  ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2024, 6(3): 1853–1863, DOI:10.1021/acsapm.3c02713
  19. Danlin Chen, Kaifang Wang, Ziyi Yuan, Zhihong Lin, Manman Zhang, Yang Li, Jiali Tang, Zhicong Liang, Ying Li, Liu Chen, Longjie Li, Xinyi Huang, Siyu Pan, Zhongtai Zhu, Zihao Hong, Xuezhong He*, Boosting Membranes for CO2 Capture toward Industrial Decarbonization, Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 7 (2023), 100117, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccst.2023.100117
  20. Zhihong Lin, Ziyi Yuan, Kaifang Wang, Xuezhong He*, Synergistic Tuning Mixed Matrix Membranes by Ag+-doping in UiO-66-NH2/Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for Remarkable CO2/N2 Separation, Journal of Membrane Science, 681(2023), 121775, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121775

Book

Carbon Membrane Technology: Fundamentals and Applications, Eds. Xuezhong He, Izumi kumakiri, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2020

Patents:

  1. Xuezhong He, 陈丹林,陈云水,姚念峰, 膜分离装置及船舶碳捕集系统, China Patent No.: 2023227748805, 2023.
  2. Xuezhong He, 张曼曼, 李扬, 陈丹林, A CO2-selective composite membrane and preparation method, China Patent No.: 2023116423185,
  3. Xuezhong He, 唐嘉莉, 一种高炉煤气膜分离系统, Application No: 2025208556264, China Patent 2026.
  4. Xuezhong He, 王开放, 刘雨奇, 祝忠泰, 一种用于CO2/N2分离的聚酰亚胺基炭膜及其制备方法, China Patent No: 2024108077556,
  5. Xuezhong He, 王开放, 林志鸿, 刘雨奇, 一种高CO2/N2选择性杂化炭膜及其制备方法和应用, China Patent No.: 2024108140723