Citation: Siyuan Chen, Hongjun Lin, Zhiyu Zhao, Cheng Chen, Wei Yu, Boya Wang, Jing Ma, Leihong Zhao, Guanhua Jin, Liguo Shen. Self-cleaning MOFs (CoBDC-NH₂)/GO nanofluidic membranes via interfacial cooperative assembly for high-performance wastewater treatment[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(6): 111982. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111982 shu

Self-cleaning MOFs (CoBDC-NH₂)/GO nanofluidic membranes via interfacial cooperative assembly for high-performance wastewater treatment

Siyuan Chen ^a ,
Hongjun Lin ^a ,
Zhiyu Zhao ^a ,
Cheng Chen ^a ,
Wei Yu ^a ,
Boya Wang ^a ,
Jing Ma ^a ,
Leihong Zhao ^b ,
Guanhua Jin ^c ,
Liguo Shen ^{a, *,}

a.
College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
b.
College of Jewelry, Shanghai Jianqiao University, Shanghai 201306, China
c.
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Institute of Technology, Aksu 843100, China

lgshen@zjnu.cn

Received Date: 7 June 2025
Revised Date: 11 September 2025
Accepted Date: 16 October 2025
Available Online: 16 October 2025

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Despite the compelling potential of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes for water remediation, their poor membrane-forming crystallinity, limited solution-processability, and propensity to aggregate have impeded industrial deployment. Through interfacial cooperative assembly, we construct a well-dispersed 2D/3D nanofluidic composite membrane by coupling novel three-dimensional CoBDC-NH₂ nanocrystals (one-dimensional channels, 7 Å × 8.6 Å) with two-dimensional graphene oxide (GO). The synergistic interfacial interactions between flexible GO and rigid MOF components create a highly uniform architecture while furnishing rapid electron-transfer pathways and strong electrostatic repulsion; the rigid CoBD-CNH₂ imparts angstrom-scale molecular sieving, ultrafast water-transport channels, and catalytically active Co sites. This interfacial synergy delivers an exceptional pure-water flux of 737.5 L m⁻² h⁻¹ bar⁻¹ together with 99.8% rejection of bulky anionic dyes, decisively breaking the canonical flux-selectivity trade-off. XDLVO theory analysis confirms pronounced antifouling propensity, and density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations show that interfacial cooperative effects between GO and MOF lower the activation barrier for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation, enabling a self-cleaning cycle that restores 90.3% of the initial flux after fouling. By integrating molecular-precision sieving, charge-regulated transport, and in-situ catalytic regeneration within a scalable platform via interfacial cooperative assembly, this work offers a versatile blueprint for next-generation high-performance MOF membranes and signals broad opportunities in sustainable wastewater treatment and beyond.
- Metal-organic framework,
- Graphene oxide,
- Molecular sieving,
- Self-cleaning,
- XDLVO theory
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