Recent advances in graphene-based nano-membranes for desalination

I Ali, SZ Hasan, H Garcia, MK Danquah… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The demand for desalination is steadily rising due to dwindling fresh water sources and the
abundant saline water in our oceans. Among the various techniques available, membrane …

Graphene: A diamond hammer for cracking hard nuts in reverse osmosis desalination membranes

M Kashif, MA Sabri, N Zhang, F Banat - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Desalination is a response to water scarcity. Reverse osmosis is a popular method for
desalination, but it has some weaknesses. These weaknesses include trade-offs between …

High-performance asparagine-modified graphene oxide membranes for organic dyes and heavy metal ion separation

AH Jatoi, A Ali, A Nadeem, SN Phulpoto… - New Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene oxide (GO) lamellar membranes have attracted a lot of attention as a possible
solution for water purification applications. In this work, asparagine amino acid-modified GO …

Fabrication of negatively charged nanofiltration membrane of modified polystyrene intercalated graphene oxide for pervaporation desalination

H Muhtar, A Darmawan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Polystyrene intercalated graphene oxide (GO) membranes with and without sulfonation
were successfully prepared for pervaporation desalination applications. The membrane was …

Enabling efficient water desalination and mitigating membrane fouling by the novel two-dimensional fullerene with unlocking its electrostatic forces

Q Liu, C Guo, Z Yang, H Yao, J Hu, G Liu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Graphene-based two-dimensional (2D) materials are currently a prominent focus in
membrane research, yet they face challenges related to precise perforation and regulation …

Enhanced performance polyamide membrane by introducing high-porosity SOD/GO composite interlayer to tailor the interfacial polymerization process

S Wei, X Ding, Y Qiu, V De Waele, H Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Controllable preparation of high-performance polyamide nanofiltration (NF) membranes that
can be used in various applications such as seawater desalination and wastewater …

Nanochannel characteristics contributing to ion/ion selectivity in two-dimensional graphene oxide membranes

S Zhou, K Guan, S Fang, Z Wang, Z Li, P Xu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
Selective ion/ion transport is of great importance in environmental and energy applications.
Nanofiltration membranes possessing sub-nanometer pore sizes and charge characteristics …

Janus graphene oxide membrane with rational allocation of functional regions as unidirectional ion valve system

J Yan, L Liu, Z Liang, C Huang, W Zheng, C Guo, M Liu… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane-based ion sieving is critical to green desalination processes such as sustainable
ionic resource extraction. Two-dimensional (2D) graphene oxide (GO) membranes exhibit …

Ternary-coordination-regulated polyamide nanofiltration membranes for Li+/Mg2+ separation

S Fang, K Guan, S Zhou, Q Song, Y Shi, W Fu, Z Li… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes prepared by the interfacial polymerization (IP) of
amines and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) have been widely utilized for Li+/Mg 2+ separation …

Size-dependent water transport in laminar graphene oxide membranes: An interplay between interlayer spacing versus tortuosity of transport pathway

TN Kim, JM Lee, SG Park, J Lee, E Yang, MH Hwang… - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide membranes (GOMs), consisting of graphene oxide (GO) laminar
microstructures, offer great potential as nanofiltration membranes due to their unique …