Kai Qu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

Location:

Building 4 Level 4 Area 3, Desert side, 4316-WS01

Research Interests

Dr. Kai's research interests mainly focus on regularization of nanochannels properties of microporous materials membranes, such as intrinsic pore size, lattice flexibility, orientation, etc., for efficient molecule sieving.

Selected Publications

  • Electrostatic-Induced Crystal-Rearrangement of Porous Organic Cage Membrane for CO2 Capture. Kai Qu, Zhi Xu*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (2022).
  • High-Efficiency CO2/N2 Separation Enabled by Rotation of Electrostatically Anchored Flexible Ligands in Metal–Organic Framework. Kai Qu, Zhi Xu*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (2022)
  • Self-crosslinked MXene hollow fiber membranes for H2/CO2 separation. Kai Qu, Zhi Xu*. Journal of Membrane Science, (2021).
  • Recent progress in the design and fabrication of MXene-based membranes. Kai Qu, Zhi Xu*. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, (2021).

Education

  • Ph.D., Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology, 2024.
  • B.E., Chemical Engineering and Technology, East China University of Science and Technology, 2018

Professional Profile

  • 2024.3-Present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

KAUST Affiliations

  • PSE - Physical and Engineering Division

Research Interests Keywords

Gas/water purification Membrane separation Porous organic cage membrane