Publications | Sheng Zhou Group

Scalable quasi-pure MOF membranes for energy-efficient gas separations

Shizheng Song, Dong Fan, Xilin Jia, Zhe Zhou, Alejandro Diaz-Marquez, Zhihao Liu, Lingzhi Huang, Shuo Liu, He Wen, Yanjie Wang, Dahua Yao, Guillaume Maurin*, Yu Han*, Haihui Wang*, Mohamed Eddaoudi* & Sheng Zhou*

Year: 2026 | Nature 2026, 655, 925–931

Flexible Amorphous Metal–Organic Framework Membranes With Local Order for Gas Separations

Shuo Liu, Shizheng Song, Lingyu Zhang, Yurun Miao, Xing Li, Andong Liu, Yayuan Liu*, Michael Tsapatsis*, Sheng Zhou*

Year: 2026 | Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e1631134

Electrified Isoreticular Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-90 Membrane Through Self-Templating for Tunable Gas Separations

Zhihao Liu, Shizheng Song, Zena Tang, Shuo Liu, Jiaxin He, Ruibao Wu, Yanguang Zhou, Jiantang Li*, Sheng Zhou*

Year: 2026 | Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e25064

Decoupled assembly of ultrathin, highly loaded mixed-matrix membranes for gas separations

Jiaxin He, Zhihao Liu, Shizheng Song, Shuo Liu, Ruibao Wu, Zongyao Zhou*, Sheng Zhou*

Year: 2026 | Journal of Membrane Science 2026, 757, 125897

Asymmetric pore windows in MOF membranes for natural gas valorization

Sheng Zhou, Osama Shekhah, Adrian Ramírez, Pengbo Lyu, Edy Abou-Hamad, Jiangtao Jia, Jiantang Li, Prashant M. Bhatt, Zhiyuan Huang, Hao Jiang, Tian Jin, Guillaume Maurin, Jorge Gascon, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2022 | Nature 606 (7915), 706-712

Electrochemical synthesis of continuous metal–organic framework membranes for separation of hydrocarbons

Sheng Zhou, Osama Shekhah, Jiangtao Jia, Justyna Czaban-Jóźwiak, Prashant M. Bhatt, Adrian Ramírez, Jorge Gascon, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2021 | Nature Energy 6 (9), 882-891 | Cover Page

Paralyzed membrane: Current-driven synthesis of a metal-organic framework with sharpened propene/propane separation

Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei, Libo Li, Yifan Duan, Qianqian Hou, Lili Zhang, Liang-Xin Ding, Jian Xue, Haihui Wang*, Jürgen Caro

Year: 2018 | Science advances 4 (10), eaau1393

A CO2-recognition metal-organic framework membrane for continuous carbon capture

Sheng Zhou, Osama Shekhah, Tian Jin, Jiangtao Jia, Shuvo Jit Datta, Prashant M. Bhatt, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2023 | Chem, 2023, 9, 1182–1194

Balancing the Grain Boundary Structure and the Framework Flexibility through Bimetallic Metal–Organic Framework (MOF) Membranes for Gas Separation

Qianqian Hou, Sheng Zhou (co-first author), Yanying Wei, Jürgen Caro*, Haihui Wang*

Year: 2020 | J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21, 9582–9586

Self-Sacrificial Template Strategy Coupled with Smart in Situ Seeding for Highly Oriented Metal–Organic Framework Layers: From Films to Membranes

Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei, Liang-Xin Ding, Haihui Wang*

Year: 2017 | Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 17, 7103–7107

Introduction of metal precursors by electrodeposition for the in situ growth of metal–organic framework membranes on porous metal substrates

Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei, Libin Zhuang, Liang-Xin Ding, Haihui Wang*

Year: 2017 | J. Mater. Chem. A. 2017, 5, 5, 1948-1951

Advances in metal–organic framework-based membranes

Youdong Cheng, Shuvo Jit Datta, Sheng Zhou, Jiangtao Jia, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2022 | Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 8300-8350

Ultra-Tuning of the Aperture Size in Stiffened ZIF-8_Cm Frameworks with Mixed-Linker Strategy for Enhanced CO2/CH4 Separation

Qianqian Hou, Ying Wu, Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei, Jürgen Caro*, Haihui Wang*

Year: 2019 | Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 1, 327-331

Unveiling Chemically Robust Bimetallic Squarate-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Sharath Kandambeth, Vinayak S Kale, Dong Fan, Jeremy A Bau, Prashant M Bhatt, Sheng Zhou, Aleksander Shkurenko, Magnus Rueping, Guillaume Maurin, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2022 | Advanced Energy Materials, 2022: 2202964

Access to Highly Efficient Energy Transfer in Metal–Organic Frameworks via Mixed Linkers Approach

Jiangtao Jia, Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, Osama Shekhah, Norah Alsadun, Justyna Czaban-Jóźwiak, Sheng Zhou, Osman M. Bakr, Omar F. Mohammed*, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2020 | J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8580–8584

Covalent Organic Frameworks as Negative Electrodes for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors

Sharath Kandambeth, Jiangtao Jia, Hao Wu, Vinayak S. Kale, Prakash T. Parvatkar, Justyna Czaban-Jóźwiak, Sheng Zhou, Xiangming Xu, Zied Ouled Ameur, Edy Abou-Hamad, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Osama Shekhah, Husam N. Alshareef*, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Year: 2020 | Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10: 2001673

Solvent-free route for metal–organic framework membranes growth aiming for efficient gas separation

Jiamin Hou, Xilu Hong, Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei, Haihui Wang*

Year: 2019 | AIChE Journal, 2019, 65, 2, 712-722

Highly efficient H2/CO2 separation via an ultrathin metal-organic framework membrane

Jiamin Hou, Yanying Wei, Sheng Zhou, Yanjie Wang, Haihui Wang*

Year: 2018 | Chemical Engineering Science, 2018, 182, 180-188