Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis: Current development and future challenges in membrane fabrication–A review

YJ Lim, K Goh, M Kurihara, R Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) is the key technology driving an energy-efficient and
cost-effective desalination process. At the center of this technology are the thin film …

Regulating the interfacial polymerization process toward high-performance polyamide thin-film composite reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes: A review

X Li, Z Wang, X Han, Y Liu, C Wang, F Yan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF)
membranes are the core elements for the membrane-based desalination technologies …

Polyamide-based membranes with structural homogeneity for ultrafast molecular sieving

L Shen, R Cheng, M Yi, WS Hung, S Japip… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Thin-film composite membranes formed by conventional interfacial polymerization generally
suffer from the depth heterogeneity of the polyamide layer, ie, nonuniformly distributed free …

Metal-organic framework enables ultraselective polyamide membrane for desalination and water reuse

Y Wen, R Dai, X Li, X Zhang, X Cao, Z Wu, S Lin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
While reverse osmosis (RO) is the leading technology to address the global challenge of
water scarcity through desalination and potable reuse of wastewater, current RO …

A review on reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for water purification

Z Yang, Y Zhou, Z Feng, X Rui, T Zhang, Z Zhang - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sustainable and affordable supply of clean, safe, and adequate water is one of the most
challenging issues facing the world. Membrane separation technology is one of the most …

Recent advances in membrane-based materials for desalination and gas separation

H Yuan, J Liu, X Zhang, L Chen, Q Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane separation technology has shown great potential as an indispensable
application in the growing energy demand. Desalination and gas separation is challenging …

Unveiling the growth of polyamide nanofilms at water/organic free interfaces: toward enhanced water/salt selectivity

S Zhou, L Long, Z Yang, SL So, B Gan… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The permeance and selectivity of a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane are governed by its
ultrathin polyamide film, yet the growth of this critical film during interfacial polymerization …

A review on the synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes

S Habib, ST Weinman - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been used for desalination for over 40 years. This
review focuses on the lab-scale synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide layers used to create …

Energy and environmental issues of seawater reverse osmosis desalination considering boron rejection: A comprehensive review and a case study of exergy analysis

N Najid, S Fellaou, S Kouzbour, B Gourich… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the rapid worldwide growth of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination
capacity has reignited the boron removal challenge in drinking water. The objective of this …

Re-thinking polyamide thin film formation: How does interfacial destabilization dictate film morphology?

I Nulens, AB Zvi, IFJ Vankelecom, GZ Ramon - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unravelling synthesis-morphology-performance relations of thin-film polyamide (PA)
selective layers prepared via interfacial polymerization (IP) is essential for tailor-made …