Mix-charged nanofiltration membrane: Engineering charge spatial distribution for highly selective separation

J Luo, Y Wan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Steric and charge exclusions are mainly responsible for the separation selectivity of
nanofiltration (NF) membranes, thereinto membrane charge spatial distribution plays an …

Use of biopolymers in wastewater treatment: A brief review of current trends and prospects

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, E Guibal, HM Alghamdi… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indeed, polymeric materials have thrived in worldwide sectors over the last five decades due
to their versatility and durability, to the point that we can no longer envisage a product that …

Cleanable natural-sugar-alcohol-based polyester membrane for highly efficient molecular separation

X Luo, Y Wang, Y Guo, Q Gao, R Zhao, Y Liu… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving zero discharge of salt-containing dye wastewater is essential for sustainable
development, which requires precise separation of organic dyes and inorganic salts. This …

Carbon nanomaterials for designing next-generation membranes and their emerging applications

P Bora, C Bhuyan, AR Borah, S Hazarika - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanomaterials have enormous applications in various fields, such as adsorption,
membrane separation, catalysis, electronics, capacitors, batteries, and medical sciences …

Energy-efficient trehalose-based polyester nanofiltration membranes for zero-discharge textile wastewater treatment

X Luo, L Jiang, R Zhao, Y Wang, X Xiao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recovery of water, salts, and hazardous dye from complex saline textile wastewater faces
obstacles in separating dissolved ionic substances and recovering organic components …

A tight polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane fabricated via polyion complex assisted phase inversion for dye desalination

Y Zhao, Y Liao, GS Lai, Y Yin, R Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a tight polyethersulfone (PES)-based ultrafiltration (UF) membrane was
fabricated to separate dye and salt of textile wastewater via a novel polyion complex …

Shielding effect enables fast ion transfer through nanoporous membrane for highly energy-efficient electrodialysis

J Lin, W Ye, S Xie, J Du, R Liu, D Zou, X Chen, Z Yu… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
A key to sustainable management of saline organic-rich wastewaters is to precisely
fractionate organic components and inorganic salts (NaCl) as individual resources …

Pressure-assisted polydopamine modification of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes for enhanced desalination and antifouling performance

DL Zhao, Q Zhao, H Lin, SB Chen, TS Chung - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Polydopamine (PDA) has been widely used to modify membrane surface with the aims to
tune its hydrophilicity and to mitigate its fouling propensity. However, modifications at …

A highly efficient biomass-based adsorbent fabricated by graft copolymerization: Kinetics, isotherms, mechanism and coadsorption investigations for cationic dye and …

P Du, L Xu, Z Ke, J Liu, T Wang, S Chen, M Mei… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural biomass materials are endowed with good potential for pollutant remediation due to
low cost, environment friendliness and easy accessibility. In this work, an efficient biomass …

An antifouling loose nanofiltration membrane prepared by cross-linking HPAN ultrafiltration membrane with zwitterionic polymer PEI-CA for efficient dye desalination

SL Li, Y Guan, Y Qin, Y Chen, D Cheng, G Gong, Y Hu - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel antifouling loose nanofiltration (LNF) membrane was prepared by the
cross-linking and grafting of hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration (HPAN UF) substrate …