Desalination by the forward osmosis: advancement and challenges

N Abounahia, I Ibrar, T Kazwini, A Altaee… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has become a promising membrane technology for desalination and
water treatment due to its simplicity, low energy consumption, and low fouling tendency …

Progress in the preparation and modification of zinc ferrites used for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

J Zhu, Y Zhu, Z Chen, S Wu, X Fang, Y Yao - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc ferrite is a type of photocatalytic material with high physicochemical stability, narrow
band gap, high carrier separation efficiency, high porosity, and paramagnetism, which …

Weaponising microbes for peace

S Anand, JE Hallsworth, J Timmis… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is much human disadvantage and unmet need in the world, including deficits in basic
resources and services considered to be human rights, such as drinking water, sanitation …

Prospects of forward osmosis-based membranes for seawater mining: Economic analysis, limitations and opportunities

ST Abdul-Hussein, MH Al-Furaiji, H Meskher… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Processes for separating solutes from water, including desalination, are based on synthetic
membranes using the forward osmosis (FO) technique. The industrial-level success of these …

Technological solutions to landfill management: Towards recovery of biomethane and carbon neutrality

HE Al-Hazmi, GK Hassan, TA Kurniawan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Inadequate landfill management poses risks to the environment and human health,
necessitating action. Poorly designed and operated landfills release harmful gases …

Inhibition Strategies of Reverse Solute Flux in Osmotic Microbial Fuel Cells: Take Forward Osmosis as Reference

S Li, L Duan, H Zhang, M Li, Y Zhao, F Xing - ACS ES&T Water, 2023 - ACS Publications
The osmotic microbial fuel cell (OsMFC) is formed by combining forward osmosis (FO) and
microbial fuel cells (MFC). Its excellent performance undoubtedly provided a new research …

Forward osmosis for concentrating lithium-enriched brine: From membrane performance to system design

S Mo, N Sun, X Liu, W Zhu, T He - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Using concentrated salt-lake brine as the draw solution (DS), forward osmosis (FO) has
been proposed as the low carbon footprint concentration technology for extracting water …

Improved forward osmosis performance of thin film composite membranes with graphene quantum dots derived from eucalyptus tree leaves

H Saleem, A Saud, N Munira, PS Goh, AF Ismail… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The major challenges in forward osmosis (FO) are low water flux, high specific reverse
solute flux (SRSF), and membrane fouling. The present work addresses these problems by …

Smart Organic–Inorganic Polyoxomolybdates in Forward Osmosis for Antiviral-Drug Wastewater Treatment and Drug Reclamation

Y Zou, Q Ge - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The demand to effectively treat medical wastewater has escalated with the much greater use
of antiviral drugs since the COVID-19 pandemic. Forward osmosis (FO) has great potential …

Agarose-coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (ACMNPs) as draw solute for enhance forward osmosis (FO) desalination

V Veisi, M Bagherzadeh - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Drawing on the collective insights and findings of prior researchers in the field of draw
solution (DS) exploration, we have synthesized agarose-coated Fe 3 O 4 magnetic …