Disclosed herein are hybrid membranes comprising: a microporous polymer, the microporous polymer comprising a continuous polymer phase permeated by a continuous pore phase; and an atomic scale inorganic material dispersed throughout the microporous polymer within the continuous pore phase. Methods of making and use of the hybrid membranes are also disclosed.

An osmotic power generator comprising an active membrane supported in a housing, at least a first chamber portion disposed on a first side of the active membrane for receiving a first electrolyte liquid and a second chamber portion disposed on a second side of the active membrane for receiving a second electrolyte liquid, a generator circuit comprising at least a first electrode electrically coupled to said first chamber, and at least a second electrode electrically coupled to said second chamber, the first and second electrodes configured to be connected together through a generator load receiving electrical power generated by a difference in potential and an ionic current between the first and second electrodes. The active membrane includes at least one pore allowing ions to pass between the first and second sides of the membrane under osmosis due to an osmotic gradient between the first and second electrolyte liquids to generate said difference in potential and ionic current between the first and second electrodes.

Disclosed are a heterogeneous zeolite membrane and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly a heterogeneous zeolite membrane that has CHA and DDR zeolite structures by growing seed particles into a crystal structure different from that of the zeolite membrane and can thus separate CO.sub.2/N.sub.2 and CO.sub.2/CH.sub.4 even under wet conditions, a method of preparing the same, and a method of capturing and removing carbon dioxide using the membrane.

A method of forming a reverse osmosis membrane 1 of the present invention includes a coating membrane forming step of forming a coating membrane which is soluble in a predetermined solvent on a surface of a porous support substrate 2 that is insoluble in the solvent, a carbon membrane forming step of forming a carbon membrane 3 on the coating membrane by a physical vapor deposition which deposits carbon as a target material under an atmosphere where rare gas and nitrogen gas are contained, and a removing-by-dissolving step of removing the coating membrane by dissolving the same in the solvent after formation of the carbon membrane 3.

Continuous permeable graphene films having 2 or more layers of graphene and wherein nanochannels or nanopores extend through said film. Each nanochannel is comprised of a fluidly connected series of gaps between edge mismatches of adjacent graphene grains within said 2 or more layer adjacent sheets, said nanochannels providing a fluid passage from one face of the permeable graphene film to the other. Also, membranes including a permeable support membrane overlaid by a continuous permeable graphene film and processes for the preparation of said membranes. Also the use of said membranes in water purification and desalination, for example.

A metal coated polymer membrane, a method for the production thereof, an electrofiltration device, or an electrosorption device, and a method of electrofiltration and electrosorption using a metal coated polymer membrane. The polymer membrane is coated with metal using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD).

The present disclosure describes a method of manufacturing a molded filter body, by which a molded filter body can be produced more easily.

A method of manufacturing a molded filter body having a layer of a filtering material includes: forming a layer of a support mixed with a template, on a surface of the layer of the filtering material; and forming water passage holes in the layer of the support by removing the template.

An inorganic structure body has a free-standing structure including a fibrous member and/or a shell. The fibrous member and/or the shell include a metal and/or an inorganic material and have a three-dimensionally continuous configuration. The free-standing structure may have a structure that is based on a nonwoven fabric or a porous membrane used as a substrate.

Provided is a nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane made of a hard carbon film that has oil resistance and can efficiently separate not only ions in water but also dye molecules present in an organic solvent, a filtering filter, a two-layer-bonded-type filtering filter, and methods for manufacturing the same, using a nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane (10) made of a hard carbon film characterized by being made of a hard carbon film, having a thickness (t.sub.10) of from 5 nm to 300 nm, and having a maximum pore diameter of less than 0.86 nm.

A porous membrane includes a porous membrane base containing a polymer compound and having pores interconnected in a thickness direction, and a metal oxide film on inner wall surfaces of the pores.