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 …

Insights on the development of enhanced antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: Industrial applications and challenges

M Tawalbeh, L Qalyoubi, A Al-Othman, M Qasim… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are widely employed due to their inherent advantage of
achieving excellent water permeation rates and high salt rejection. However, fouling is a …

Sustainable seawater desalination: Current status, environmental implications and future expectations

M Ayaz, MA Namazi, MA ud Din, MIM Ershath… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Desalination is the process of making the saltwater of the Earth's oceans drinkable and
could be a solution to droughts, especially in warmer and drier regions. However, the …

3D thermoresponsive hydrogel with enhanced water uptake and active evaporation for effective interfacial solar steam generation

HW Lim, SH Park, SJ Lee - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
To mitigate the global water shortage problem, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG)
technology, an eco-friendly desalination technology, has been actively studied. ISSG …

Advanced polymeric nanocomposite membranes for water and wastewater treatment: a comprehensive review

A Sahu, R Dosi, C Kwiatkowski, S Schmal, JC Poler - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials have been extensively used in polymer nanocomposite membranes due to
the inclusion of unique features that enhance water and wastewater treatment performance …

A scalable method to fabricate high-performance biomimetic membranes for seawater desalination: Incorporating pillar [5] arene water nanochannels into the …

YJ Lim, GS Lai, Y Zhao, Y Ma, J Torres… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we explored the practicability of a nanochannel-based biomimetic membrane
(NBM) incorporating pillar [5] arene water channels for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) …

High-flux nanofibrous composite reverse osmosis membrane containing interfacial water channels for desalination

Q Wang, L Hu, H Ma, S Venkateswaran… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A nanofibrous composite reverse osmosis (RO) membrane with a polyamide barrier layer
containing interfacial water channels was fabricated on an electrospun nanofibrous …

Advancements and future trends in nanostructured membrane technologies for seawater desalination

D Adityawarman, G Lugito, S Kawi, IG Wenten… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing global water scarcity demands innovative and practical solutions, with
seawater desalination becoming increasingly essential. This paper thoroughly examines the …

Low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane made of cellulose nanofiber and carbon nanotube polyamide nano-nanocomposite for high purity water production

JL Fajardo-Diaz, A Morelos-Gomez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) and multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposite polyamide
membrane s were synthesized and used in a low-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) system …

Fouling of reverse osmosis membrane: Autopsy results from a wastewater treatment facility at central park, Sydney

MJ Park, NB Pathak, C Wang, DS Han, S Hong… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is an inevitable phenomenon and common issue in Reverse Osmosis
(RO) membrane systems used for water reclamation. Severe membrane fouling in RO …