Highly hydrophilic thin-film composition forward osmosis (FO) membranes functionalized with aniline sulfonate/bisulfonate for desalination

T Ni, Q Ge - Journal of Membrane Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Appropriate membranes are crucial to maximize the potential of forward osmosis (FO) in
water treatment. In this study, high-performance and well-constructed thin-film composite …

Novel functionalized forward osmosis (FO) membranes for FO desalination: Improved process performance and fouling resistance

W Xu, Q Ge - Journal of Membrane Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The potential of forward osmosis (FO) for water treatment can only be maximized with
appropriate FO membranes. In this work, novel FO membranes functionalized with …

A stable and hydrophilic substrate for thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane revealed by in-situ cross-linked polymerization

M Qiu, J Wang, C He - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
A stable and hydrophilic substrate is of critical significance for forward osmosis (FO)
membrane with excellent performance. This study presents a simple, facile and efficient …

Novel thin film composite forward osmosis membrane of enhanced water flux and anti-fouling property with N-[3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl] ethylenediamine incorporated

S Xiong, J Zuo, YG Ma, L Liu, H Wu, Y Wang - Journal of Membrane …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, novel thin film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membranes are
developed via interfacial polymerization on the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) substrate, using an …

Tris (2-aminoethyl) amine in-situ modified thin-film composite membranes for forward osmosis applications

L Shen, J Zuo, Y Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has drawn growing attention in recent years, while the lack of
desirable FO membranes has been restricting its further development in industrial …

Thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes with substrate layer composed of polysulfone blended with PEG or polysulfone grafted PEG methyl ether …

B Liu, C Chen, P Zhao, T Li, C Liu, Q Wang… - Frontiers of Chemical …, 2016 - Springer
To advance commercial application of forward osmosis (FO), we investigated the effects of
two additives on the performance of polysulfone (PSf) based FO membranes: one is poly …

Development of thin-film composite forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes using direct sulfonated polyphenylenesulfone (sPPSU) as membrane substrates

P Zhong, X Fu, TS Chung, M Weber… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
This study investigates a new approach to fabricate thin-film composite (TFC) hollow fiber
membranes via interfacial polymerization for forward osmosis (FO) applications. Different …

Mesh-embedded polysulfone/sulfonated polysulfone supported thin film composite membranes for forward osmosis

Y Zhao, X Wang, Y Ren, D Pei - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, mesh-embedded polysulfone (PSU)/sulfonated polysulfone (sPSU) supported
thin film composite (TFC) membranes were developed for forward osmosis (FO). The robust …

Forward osmosis membranes modified with laminar MoS2 nanosheet to improve desalination performance and antifouling properties

MN Li, XF Sun, L Wang, SY Wang, MZ Afzal, C Song… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Internal concentration polarization (ICP) and membrane fouling are factors limiting the
performance of forward osmosis (FO) membranes. Aiming at alleviating these problems, this …

Synthesis and characterization of flat-sheet thin film composite forward osmosis membranes

J Wei, C Qiu, CY Tang, R Wang, AG Fane - Journal of membrane science, 2011 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) technology has become increasingly attractive in the past decades for
water related applications and will likely continue to develop rapidly in the future. This calls …