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 …

[HTML][HTML] Functional GO-based membranes for water treatment and desalination: Fabrication methods, performance and advantages. A review

A Alkhouzaam, H Qiblawey - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide (GO) and GO-based materials have gained a significant interest in the
membrane synthesis and functionalization sector in the recent years. Inspired by their …

Towards Watt-scale hydroelectric energy harvesting by Ti 3 C 2 T x-based transpiration-driven electrokinetic power generators

J Bae, MS Kim, T Oh, BL Suh, TG Yun, S Lee… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-hydroelectric technology utilizes hydraulic flow through electronically conducting
nanomaterials to generate electricity in a simple, renewable, ubiquitous, and …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide research trends on desalination

A Zapata-Sierra, M Cascajares, A Alcayde… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
It is a fact that the world's population has increased twofold in the last 50 years, which has
meant that the availability of freshwater for all required activities, industrial use, agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lateral size of MXene nanosheets in membrane filtration of dyeing wastewater: Membrane characteristic and performance

J Xiang, X Wang, M Ding, X Tang, S Zhang, X Zhang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract New two-dimensional (2D) material MXene based lamellar membranes constructed
from 2D MXene nanosheets have shown promising potential for water treatment with …

Emerging graphitic carbon nitride-based membranes for water purification

Y Cui, X An, S Zhang, Q Tang, H Lan, H Liu, J Qu - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane separation is a promising technology that can effectively remove various existing
contaminants from water with low energy consumption and small carbon footprint. The …

Forward osmosis membrane: review of fabrication, modification, challenges and potential

BM Ibraheem, SA Aani, AA Alsarayreh, QF Alsalhy… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forward osmosis (FO) is a low-energy treatment process driven by osmosis to induce the
separation of water from dissolved solutes/foulants through the membrane in hydraulic …

Surface modification of thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane with super-hydrophilic MIL-53 (Al) for doxycycline removal as an emerging contaminant …

S Samsami, MH Sarrafzadeh, A Ahmadi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
As a contaminant of emerging concern, doxycycline is an antibiotic that has recently drawn
rising attention due to its satisfactory outcomes for the treatment of COVID-19. In this study, a …

Surfactant-induced intervention in interfacial polymerization to develop highly-selective thin-film composite membrane for forward osmosis process

X Zhang, HM Cui, Y Gao, ZW Yan, X Yan, Y Chen… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin-film composite (TFC) membrane capable of superior permeability contributes to the
industrial implementation of forward osmosis (FO) technology, but it is plagued with some …

Review of 2D graphitic carbon nitride-based membranes: principles, syntheses, and applications

Z Chen, Y Lan, Y Hong, W Lan - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane separation is a central area of research in chemical engineering because of its
important status as the key technology in chemical separation and water treatment …