Recent advances in stimuli‐responsive smart membranes for nanofiltration

D Yu, X Xiao, C Shokoohi, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofiltration membrane plays an increasingly important role in many industrial
applications, such as water treatment and resource recovery. The performance of the smart …

Machine learning for membrane design in energy production, gas separation, and water treatment: a review

AI Osman, M Nasr, M Farghali, SS Bakr… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Membrane filtration is a major process used in the energy, gas separation, and water
treatment sectors, yet the efficiency of current membranes is limited. Here, we review the use …

Lithium concentration from salt-lake brine by Donnan-enhanced nanofiltration

ZH Foo, D Rehman, AT Bouma… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membranes offer a scalable and cost-effective approach to ion separations for lithium
recovery. In the case of salt-lake brines, however, the high feed salinity and low pH of the …

A novel in-situ micro-aeration functional membrane with excellent decoloration efficiency and antifouling performance

Y Liu, L Shen, Z Huang, J Liu, Y Xu, R Li… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
While membrane technology emerges as one of the promising candidates for printing and
dyeing wastewater treatment, it still suffers problems of “trade-off” effect and membrane …

Large-scale solar-thermal desalination

Y Zheng, RAC Gonzalez, KB Hatzell, MC Hatzell - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Solar-thermal desalination technologies could provide a sustainable path toward achieving
high-volume (millions of gallons per day) desalted water in remote and inland regions. Yet …

Novel positively charged metal-coordinated nanofiltration membrane for lithium recovery

L Wang, D Rehman, PF Sun, A Deshmukh… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) with high water flux and precise separation performance with high
Li+/Mg2+ selectivity is ideal for lithium brine recovery. However, conventional polyamide …

Dual-functional superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic 2D Ti3C2TX MXene-PAN membrane for efficient oil-water separation and adsorption of organic dyes in …

R Imsong, DD Purkayastha - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The incorporation of two-dimensional Ti 3 C 2 TX MXene nanoflakes into polymeric
membranes has piqued researchers' enthusiasm as a way to improve the effectiveness of oil …

Quantifying uncertainty in nanofiltration transport models for enhanced metals recovery

D Rehman, F Sheriff, JH Lienhard - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
To decarbonize our global energy system, sustainably harvesting metals from diverse
sourcewaters is essential. Membrane-based processes have recently shown great promise …

Thin-film nanocomposite membranes containing tannic acid-Fe3+ modified MoS2 nanosheets with enhanced nanofiltration performance

H Zhang, XY Gong, WX Li, XH Ma, CY Tang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for water treatment is of
immense scientific interest. In this work, MoS 2 nanosheets modified with tannic acid (TA)-Fe …

pH-tunable and pH-responsive polybenzimidazole (PBI) nanofiltration membranes for Li+/Mg2+ separation

O Setiawan, YH Huang, ZG Abdi, WS Hung… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polybenzimidazole (PBI), a polymer known for its superior chemical stability, thermal
properties, and mechanical resistance has been regarded as a suitable membrane material …