Loose nanofiltration membrane custom-tailored for resource recovery

S Guo, Y Wan, X Chen, J Luo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared to the traditional nanofiltration (NF) membrane with molecular weight cut-off
(MWCO) below 500 Da, an emerging loose NF (LNF) membrane with MWCO of 500~ 2000 …

Tailored design of nanofiltration membranes for water treatment based on synthesis–property–performance relationships

K Wang, X Wang, B Januszewski, Y Liu, D Li… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Tailored design of high-performance nanofiltration (NF) membranes is desirable because
the requirements for membrane performance, particularly ion/salt rejection and selectivity …

Sharpening nanofiltration: strategies for enhanced membrane selectivity

H Zhang, Q He, J Luo, Y Wan… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

Fabrication of positively charged nanofiltration membrane with uniform charge distribution by reversed interfacial polymerization for Mg2+/Li+ separation

Y Li, S Wang, W Wu, H Yu, R Che, G Kang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration is considered a promising technology for separation of multivalent/monovalent
ions such as extracting lithium from Salt Lake brine with high Mg 2+/Li+ ratio. However, the …

High performance Mg2+/Li+ separation membranes modified by a bis-quaternary ammonium salt

Y Xu, H Peng, H Luo, Q Zhang, Z Liu, Q Zhao - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The separation of lithium (Li+, 3.8 Å) and magnesium (Mg 2+, 4.3 Å) ions represents the
main challenge for lithium extraction from salt lakes with high magnesium-to‑lithium (Mg …

Nanofiltration membrane comprising structural regulator Cyclen for efficient Li+/Mg2+ separation

T Li, X Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang, Z Wang, S Zhao - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Selective lithium recovery from salt lake brine using emerging nanofiltration membranes is
expected to solve the insufficient supply of lithium resources. In this work, 1, 4, 7, 10 …

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 …

Fabrication of antifouling thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane via surface grafting of polyethyleneimine followed by zwitterionic modification

L Deng, S Li, Y Qin, L Zhang, H Chen, Z Chang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, antifouling thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membrane having
zwitterionic PEI moieties was fabricated through the layer-by-layer interfacial polymerization …

Material design strategies for recovery of critical resources from water

OA Kazi, W Chen, JG Eatman, F Gao, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Population growth, urbanization, and decarbonization efforts are collectively straining the
supply of limited resources that are necessary to produce batteries, electronics, chemicals …

Novel high-flux positively charged aliphatic polyamide nanofiltration membrane for selective removal of heavy metals

P Li, H Lan, K Chen, X Ma, B Wei, M Wang, P Li… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The toxic heavy metals produced by the discharge of industrial wastewater pose a serious
threat to the ecological environment and human health. Nanofiltration (NF) membrane …