The applications of carbon membranes are becoming more important than ever due to their resilient mechanical strength, stability, and separation performance. The production of carbon membranes involves a suitable precursor that is being subjective to a pyrolysis process under controlled operating conditions that will result a porous structure to be utilized in many different separation applications. Thus, by understanding the preparation aspects of this fabrication process, the product can be manipulated, to optimize the best preparation procedure for obtaining the desired properties of a given type of membrane. This paper reviews the preparation aspects of carbon membranes, that can be manipulated to enhance the overall separation performance.
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