Ceramic membrane technology for water and wastewater treatment: A critical review of performance, full-scale applications, membrane fouling and prospects

MB Asif, Z Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of ceramic membrane technology in water and wastewater is rapidly growing.
Inherent advantages of ceramic membrane including chemical/thermal stability, low fouling …

Covalent Organic Framework Membranes and Water Treatment

MB Asif, S Kim, TS Nguyen, J Mahmood… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of highly porous crystalline
organic polymers comprised entirely of organic linkers connected by strong covalent bonds …

Gravity-driven layered double hydroxide nanosheet membrane activated peroxymonosulfate system for micropollutant degradation

MB Asif, H Kang, Z Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
For the first time in this study, CoAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheet membrane (LDH
m) with abundant active sites was fabricated for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation with the …

Two-dimensional nanoporous and lamellar membranes for water purification: Reality or a myth?

MB Asif, S Iftekhar, T Maqbool, BK Pramanik… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater contains only∼ 1% impurities that are required to be separated precisely for
water recycling and reuse applications, particularly in water scare regions. Membrane …

Capabilities and mechanisms of microalgae on removing micropollutants from wastewater: A review

R Liu, S Li, Y Tu, X Hao - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Micropollutants in wastewater are a set of compounds receiving a growing concern to the
environment and human health. As a green and low-cost process, microalgae-based …

Assembling CoAl-layered metal oxide into the gravity-driven catalytic membrane for Fenton-like catalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products

MB Asif, H Kang, Z Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Application of peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-based Fenton-like heterogeneous catalysis in
water treatment remains scarce due to mass transfer limitation and poor yield of reactive …

Photothermally-activated peroxymonosulfate (PMS) pretreatment for fouling alleviation of membrane distillation of surface water: Performance and mechanism

B Ji, MB Asif, Z Zhang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has demonstrated its efficacy for seawater desalination, which
prompted researchers to investigate its performance for the treatment of surface water …

In situ stable growth of β-FeOOH on g-C3N4 for deep oxidation of emerging contaminants by photocatalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate under solar irradiation

X Wang, W Lu, Z Zhao, H Zhong, Z Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation with the generation of strongly oxidizing hydroxyl
radicals (• OH) and sulfate radicals (SO 4•−) has attracted widespread attention for the …

Strategies to enhance micropollutant removal from wastewater by membrane bioreactors: Recent advances and future perspectives

W Liu, X Song, Z Na, G Li, W Luo - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) has been widely implemented to advance wastewater
treatment and reuse. Nevertheless, conventional MBRs with porous microfiltration or …

Electrochemical membrane bioreactors: State-of-the-art and future prospects

MB Asif, T Maqbool, Z Zhang - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Integration of an electrochemical process with membrane bioreactor (MBR) has attracted
considerable attention in the last decade for simultaneous improvement in pollutant removal …