Engineering antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: A review

S Zhao, Z Liao, A Fane, J Li, C Tang, C Zheng, J Lin… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, water scarcity and security have significantly stimulated the
advances of reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which dominates the global desalination …

Recent advances in cellulose-and alginate-based hydrogels for water and wastewater treatment: A review

S Radoor, J Karayil, A Jayakumar, DR Kandel… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
From the environmental perspective, it is essential to develop cheap, eco-friendly, and
highly efficient materials for water and wastewater treatment. In this regard, hydrogels and …

Ion-confinement effect enabled by gel electrolyte for highly reversible dendrite-free zinc metal anode

Y Tang, C Liu, H Zhu, X Xie, J Gao, C Deng… - Energy Storage …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aqueous Zn-ion battery (ZIBs) is regarded as the most promising alternative energy
storage system. However, the poor shelf life and restoration capacity caused by dendrite …

The role of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in membrane fouling: A critical review

S Meng, X Meng, W Fan, D Liang, L Wang, W Zhang… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) as gel-like particulate acidic polysaccharide have
been commonly found in marine, surface water and wastewater. Currently, increasing …

A unified thermodynamic mechanism underlying fouling behaviors of soluble microbial products (SMPs) in a membrane bioreactor

J Teng, M Zhang, KT Leung, J Chen, H Hong, H Lin… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Soluble microbial products (SMPs) are the predominate foulants determining fouling extent
in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). However, exact mechanism underlying their typical …

Thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling during filtration of alginate solution in coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process in presence of different ionic strength …

X You, J Zhang, L Shen, R Li, Y Xu, M Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of iron (III) ion level and ionic strength on membrane fouling in coagulation-
ultrafiltration (UF) process were explored in this study. Two interesting filtration phenomena …

New insights into the rapid formation of initial membrane fouling after in-situ cleaning in a membrane bioreactor

M Sun, L Yan, L Zhang, L Song, J Guo, H Zhang - Process biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
In-situ chemical cleaning with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) is often employed for
maintaining constant permeability in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). In this study, the effect …

Mechanistic insights into alginate fouling caused by calcium ions based on terahertz time-domain spectra analyses and DFT calculations

M Zhang, H Hong, H Lin, L Shen, H Yu, G Ma, J Chen… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Fouling mechanisms underlying the filtration behaviors of alginate solution caused by
calcium addition were investigated by Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and …

3D printed photocatalytic feed spacers functionalized with β-FeOOH nanorods inducing pollutant degradation and membrane cleaning capabilities in water treatment

N Sreedhar, M Kumar, S Al Jitan, N Thomas… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel 3D printed photocatalytic feed spacer was developed for use in membrane-based
water and wastewater filtration systems. The spacer fulfilled two new functions; degradation …

Fundamental thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling caused by transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in water treatment

Z Pan, B Zeng, H Lin, J Teng, H Zhang, H Hong… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
While transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) has high fouling potential, its underlying
fouling mechanisms have not yet been well revealed. In current work, fouling characteristics …