Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

M Qasim, M Badrelzaman, NN Darwish, NA Darwish… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that has always stimulated research interests in finding
effective means for pure water production. In this context, reverse osmosis (RO) is …

Pore wetting in membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

H Chamani, J Woloszyn, T Matsuura, D Rana… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging technology for the desalination of brines. In some
cases, liquid penetrates into the pores of the membrane, causing pore wetting. MD's …

Protecting ice from melting under sunlight via radiative cooling

J Li, Y Liang, W Li, N Xu, B Zhu, Z Wu, X Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As ice plays a critical role in various aspects of life, from food preservation to ice sports and
ecosystem, it is desirable to protect ice from melting, especially under sunlight. The …

Hierarchically superhydrophobic stereo‐complex poly (lactic acid) aerogel for daytime radiative cooling

X Liu, M Zhang, Y Hou, Y Pan, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Passive radiative cooling technology provides a sustainable way of cooling by the
combination of emitting heat to the cold universe and reflecting solar light without any …

Nanofiltration membranes and processes: A review of research trends over the past decade

DL Oatley-Radcliffe, M Walters, TJ Ainscough… - Journal of water process …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration technology has come a long way since first inception in the late 1980s.
Research activity in this area covers a great many topics and the aim of this review is to …

Review of new approaches for fouling mitigation in membrane separation processes in water treatment applications

M El Batouti, NF Alharby, MM Elewa - Separations, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review investigates antifouling agents used in the process of membrane separation
(MS), in reverse osmosis (RO), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), microfiltration (MF) …

Biofouling of membrane distillation, forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis: Principles, impacts and future directions

A Bogler, S Lin, E Bar-Zeev - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The water-energy nexus has motivated the quest for new membrane-based technologies
that target potable water and energy production. To this end, membrane distillation (MD) …

Applications of MXene-containing polypyrrole nanocomposites in electrochemical energy storage and conversion

GJ Adekoya, OC Adekoya, RE Sadiku, Y Hamam… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The atomically thick two-dimensional (2D) materials are at the forefront of revolutionary
technologies for energy storage devices. Due to their fascinating physical and chemical …

Microscopy and spectroscopy techniques for characterization of polymeric membranes

Y Alqaheem, AA Alomair - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymeric membrane is a proven technology for water purification and wastewater
treatment. The membrane is also commercialized for gas separation, mainly for carbon …

Pressure-driven membrane desalination

W Liu, JL Livingston, L Wang, Z Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Pressure-driven membrane desalination (PMD), such as reverse osmosis or nanofiltration, is
an energy-efficient technology that addresses water shortages by using saline waters to …