Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

YJ Lim, K Goh, R Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in surface tailoring of thin film forward osmosis membranes: a review

J Farahbakhsh, M Golgoli, M Khiadani, M Najafi… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent advancements in fabricating forward osmosis (FO) membranes have shown
promising results in desalination and water treatment. Different methods have been applied …

Effect of carbon nanotube nanochannel on the separation performance of thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes

Q Wang, J Sun, W Xue, G Zhao, W Ding, K Zhang… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotube (CNT) has gained considerable attention in improving the performance of
thin-film composite (TFC) membranes due to their remarkable mechanical, thermal and …

Aquaporin‐Based Biomimetic Membranes for Low Energy Water Desalination and Separation Applications

A Azarafza, MA Islam… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of biomimetic materials developed using nature's inspiration and biological
domains can drive a paradigm shift in the design and operation of future‐generation …

Thin-film nanocomposite membranes containing aspartic acid-modified MIL-53-NH2 (Al) for boosting desalination and anti-fouling performance

A Bayrami, M Bagherzadeh, H Navi, M Chegeni… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
In the current study, the prospect improvements on desalination and anti-fouling
performance of polyamide (PA)-based TFN membranes modified with MIL-53-NH-Asp have …

Electrospun nanofiber based forward osmosis membrane using graphene oxide as substrate modifier for enhanced water flux and rejection performance

W Wu, L Yu, L Li, Z Li, J Kang, S Pu, D Chen, R Ma… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber (ENs) membranes with advantages of high porosity and low tortuosity
have been considered as the ideal forward osmosis (FO) substrates for the effective …

High-performance thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) forward osmosis (FO) membranes incorporated with porous hydrophobic-core/hydrophilic-shell nanoparticles

M Bagherzadeh, A Bayrami, Z Shekari, M Amini - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The current article discusses some unprecedented information about the improvement in
forward osmosis (FO) performance of polyethersulfone/polyamide (PES/PA) membranes …

Synergistic effect of highly porous microstructured support and co-solvent assisted interfacial polymerization on the performance of thin-film composite FO membranes

J Lee, YJ Lim, JH Low, SM Lee, CH Lee, R Wang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Internal concentration polarization (ICP) in a dense support layer is one of the main reasons
holding back forward osmosis (FO) process. In this regard, a highly porous microstructured …

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 …