Highlights•Polymeric catalytic membranes for reaction-separation coupling were
reviewed.•Principles of different reaction-separation coupling processes were …

Silica membranes have been successfully practiced for solvent dehydration and emerged as
an exciting platform for gas separations (such as H 2/CO 2) due to their unique porous …

The integrated liquid phase process for producing furfuryl alcohol involves three stages: i)
liquid–liquid extraction for recovering furfural from the aqueous solution obtained after a …

To overcome the limitations of currently available commercial polymer and zeolite
membranes for pervaporation applications, a hybrid silica membrane (HybSi®) has been …

A novel ionic liquids (ILs)-functionalized catalytic composite membrane (CCM), poly (vinyl
alcohol)-g-poly (ionic liquids)/poly (vinyl alcohol)-glutaraldehyde (PVA-g-PILs/PVA-GA), was …

Since several decades ago, the application of pervaporation (PV) technology has been
mainly aimed at the separation of different types of water-organic, organic-water and organic …

In the past, the research in molecular separation membranes prepared through sol–gel
technologies has been dominated by ceramic membranes. Especially, silica membranes …

The development of processes based on the integration of new technologies is of growing
interest to industrial catalysis. Recently, significant efforts have been focused on the design …

Primary alkyl alcohols can be directly converted into acetals and H2via TiO2-photocatalytic
dehydrogenation coupling at room temperature, with no need for any hydrogen acceptors …

Glycerol ketals are often considered as important bio-based diesel additives or perfume
substances which could be synthesized from the acetalization of glycerol and …