Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

A critical review on thin-film nanocomposite membranes enabled by nanomaterials incorporated in different positions and with diverse dimensions: Performance …

X Wei, Y Liu, J Zheng, X Wang, S Xia… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials with diverse dimensions have been incorporated in different positions during
the development of novel thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for water and …

Interlayered Forward Osmosis Membranes with Ti3C2Tx MXene and Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Municipal Wastewater Concentration

PF Sun, Z Yang, X Song, JH Lee… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Forward osmosis (FO) hybrid systems have the potential to simultaneously recover nutrients
and water from wastewater. However, the lack of membranes with high permeability and …

State-of-the-art organic-and inorganic-based hollow fiber membranes in liquid and gas applications: Looking back and beyond

HS Lau, SK Lau, LS Soh, SU Hong, XY Gok, S Yi… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aggravation of environmental problems such as water scarcity and air pollution has
called upon the need for a sustainable solution globally. Membrane technology, owing to its …

Surface modification of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes with polyvinyl alcohol–graphene oxide composite hydrogels for antifouling properties

N Akther, SM Ali, S Phuntsho, H Shon - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the polyamide (PA) layers of commercial thin-film composite (TFC) forward
osmosis (FO) membranes were coated with glutaraldehyde cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol …

Assessing the potential of highly permeable reverse osmosis membranes for desalination: Specific energy and footprint analysis

YJ Lim, Y Ma, JW Chew, R Wang - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The ultra-permeable membranes (UPMs) are expected to reduce the specific energy
consumption (SEC) of desalination, but the potential of UPMs in hollow fiber configuration …

Electrospun nanofiber based forward osmosis membrane using graphene oxide as substrate modifier for enhanced water flux and rejection performance

W Wu, L Yu, L Li, Z Li, J Kang, S Pu, D Chen, R Ma… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber (ENs) membranes with advantages of high porosity and low tortuosity
have been considered as the ideal forward osmosis (FO) substrates for the effective …

In situ ultrathin silica layer formation on polyamide thin-film composite membrane surface for enhanced forward osmosis performances

N Akther, Y Lin, S Wang, S Phuntsho, Q Fu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) based thin-film composite (TFC) membranes experience a high degree of
organic fouling due to their hydrophobic and rough membrane surfaces during forward …

Sulfonated graphene nanomaterials for membrane antifouling, pollutant removal, and production of chemicals from biomass: a review

A Tawfik, M Eraky, MN Khalil, AI Osman… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Water pollution and the unsustainable use of fossil fuel derivatives require advanced
catalytic methods to clean waters and to produce fine chemicals from modern biomass …

Effect of graphene oxide quantum dots on the interfacial polymerization of a thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane: An experimental and molecular …

N Akther, Y Kawabata, S Lim, T Yoshioka… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report an ultra-low loading of graphene oxide quantum dots (GQDs) into the polyamide
(PA) layer of an outer-selective hollow fiber (OSHF) thin-film composite (TFC) membrane …