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Although conventional nanofiltration (NF) membrane is widely applied in water treatment, it faces the challenges of insufficient selectivity toward emerging contaminants, low permeability and non-sustainable fouling control. Herein, a novel electroactive metal-organic frameworks/carbon nanotubes membrane was constructed by facile and green nanobubbles-mediated non-solvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) strategy for ultrafast antibiotics removal. It presented 3-fold to 100-fold higher permeability (101.3–105.7 L·h−1·m−2·bar−1) without compromising rejection (71.8 %−99.3 %) of common antibiotics (tetracycline, norfloxacin, sulfamethoxazole, sulfamethazine) than most commercial and state-of-the-art NF membranes. The separation mechanism was due to the synergy of loose selective layer with three-dimensional interconnected networks and UiO-66/CNTs with unique pore sieving and charge property. It also presented excellent antibiotics selectivity with high NaCl/tetracycline separation factor of 194 and CuCl 2 /tetracycline separation factor of 316 for remediation of antibiotics and heavy metal combined pollution. Meanwhile, it possessed efficient anti-fouling, antibacterial and electro-driven self-cleaning ability, which enabled sustainable fouling control and disinfection with short process, low energy and chemical consumption. Furthermore, potential application of UiO-66/CNTs membrane in wastewater reclamation was demonstrated by stable antibiotics rejection, efficient flux recovery and long-term stability over 260 h. This study would provide useful insights into removal of emerging contaminants from water by advanced NF membrane. [Display omitted] • Novel membrane was designed for ultrafast and selective separation of antibiotics. • The role of loose active layer and UiO-66/CNTs in membrane separation was revealed. • Membrane has high flux (101.3 L·h−1·m−2·bar−1) and tetracycline rejection (99.3 %). • Sustainable membrane fouling control and disinfection were achieved by electricity. • It has stable antibiotic rejection, high permeate quality and stability over 260 h. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] • Novel electrocatalytic membrane (ECM) system was developed for antibiotics removal. • Defect and hierarchical pore of MOF imparted ECM with superior antibiotics removal. • Antibiotics degradation and self-cleaning mechanisms of membrane were proposed. • Application of ECM in reclamation of simulated municipal wastewater was explored. The spread of antibiotics became a serious risk to human health during wastewater reclamation. Herein, a novel electrocatalytic membrane (ECM) was constructed by facile incorporation of titanium metal organic frameworks (Ti-MOFs) with tunable defect and pore structure into polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane for antibiotics removal under electro-assistance. The results showed Ti-MOFs with moderate missing-linker defects and hierarchical pores (Ti-MOFs-1) imparted the membrane with much higher water flux (618.6 L·m−2·h−1·bar−1), oxygen evolution potential (2.16 V), electrochemically active surface area (0.0306 cm2), and lower charge-transfer resistance compared to defect-free Ti-MOFs, thereby rendering higher electrocatalytic activity, increasing tetracycline (TC) removal by more than 40% and reducing the toxicities of intermediates. Interestingly, ECM presented a volcano-type trend in TC removal with the gradual increase of defects and pore size in Ti-MOFs due to the synergistic effect of moderately exposed active sites for generation of •OH and •O 2 – and hierarchical pore feature for accelerated mass transfer of antibiotics toward the catalytic sites. In addition, the application of ECM in reclamation of simulated municipal wastewater was evaluated. The efficient antibiotics removal efficiency (100%), electrically-driven self-cleaning ability (flux recovery = 100%) and electrochemical stability with low residence time (50.2 s) and energy consumption (0.533 W•h/m3) verify its potential in antibiotics removal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]