Recent advances in nanomaterial-modified polyamide thin-film composite membranes for forward osmosis processes

N Akther, S Phuntsho, Y Chen, N Ghaffour… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin-film composite (PA TFC) membranes have attained much attention for
forward osmosis (FO) applications in separation processes, water and wastewater treatment …

Fabrication of polymeric nanocomposite forward osmosis membranes for water desalination—A review

H Jain, MC Garg - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Osmosis has started discovering technical application in the developing membrane
technologies like Forward Osmosis and Pressure-Retarded Osmosis. It is the natural motion …

Surface modification of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes with polyvinyl alcohol–graphene oxide composite hydrogels for antifouling properties

N Akther, SM Ali, S Phuntsho, H Shon - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the polyamide (PA) layers of commercial thin-film composite (TFC) forward
osmosis (FO) membranes were coated with glutaraldehyde cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol …

Computational fluid dynamics simulation of forward osmosis (FO) membrane systems: Methodology, state of art, challenges and opportunities

YY Liang, DF Fletcher - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has attracted wide research attention owing to its potential application
in seawater desalination. In the past decade, the research advancements in FO …

Modeling and experimental validation of forward osmosis process: Parameters selection, permeate flux prediction, and process optimization

SK Singh, C Sharma, A Maiti - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The forward osmosis (FO) process has recently gained significant attention due to low
energy consumption. The concentration polarizations of external concentration polarization …

Influence of graphene oxide lateral size on the properties and performances of forward osmosis membrane

N Akther, Z Yuan, Y Chen, S Lim, S Phuntsho… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide (GO) has been widely explored for the improvement of thin-film composite
(TFC) membrane performance. However, the influences of GO flake lateral size on the …

[HTML][HTML] Polybenzimidazole (PBI) and benzimidazole-linked polymer (BILP) membranes

S Cong, J Wang, Z Wang, X Liu - Green Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Polybenzimidazoles (PBIs) and benzimidazole-linked polymers (BILPs) have exceptional
thermal and chemical stability, and hence, their membranes were developed and used …

Employing a green cross-linking method to fabricate polybenzimidazole (PBI) hollow fiber membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN)

B Zhao, GM Shi, KY Wang, JY Lai, TS Chung - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
A solvent resistant polybenzimidazole (PBI) hollow fiber membrane has been designed and
fabricated by a dry-jet wet-spinning process and subsequently cross-linked with a K 2 S 2 O …

In situ ultrathin silica layer formation on polyamide thin-film composite membrane surface for enhanced forward osmosis performances

N Akther, Y Lin, S Wang, S Phuntsho, Q Fu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) based thin-film composite (TFC) membranes experience a high degree of
organic fouling due to their hydrophobic and rough membrane surfaces during forward …

Effect of graphene oxide quantum dots on the interfacial polymerization of a thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane: An experimental and molecular …

N Akther, Y Kawabata, S Lim, T Yoshioka… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report an ultra-low loading of graphene oxide quantum dots (GQDs) into the polyamide
(PA) layer of an outer-selective hollow fiber (OSHF) thin-film composite (TFC) membrane …