Patterned membranes for improving hydrodynamic properties and mitigating membrane fouling in water treatment: a review

Q Wang, W Lin, S Chou, P Dai, X Huang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment over the past few
decades. However, membrane fouling remains a hinderance for the widespread use of …

Clean power generation from salinity gradient using reverse electrodialysis technologies: Recent advances, bottlenecks, and future direction

S Chae, H Kim, JG Hong, J Jang, M Higa… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an emerging renewable energy technology that generates
electricity by combining concentrated and diluted streams with varying salinities. Ion …

Towards the development of new generation of ion exchange membranes for reverse electrodialysis: A review

MNZ Abidin, MM Nasef, J Veerman - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an attractive, sustainable, and emerging technology that
harvests energy based on the salinity gradient caused by the flow of rivers into oceans to …

A novel porous asymmetric cation exchange membrane with thin selective layer for efficient electrodialysis desalination

H Fan, Y Xu, F Zhao, QB Chen, D Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are widely used in various electrochemical fields.
Generally, identifying a solution for the trade-off between ion conductivity and dimensional …

A critical assessment of surface-patterned membranes and their role in advancing membrane technologies

Y Ibrahim, N Hilal - ACS ES&T Water, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surface patterning of membranes has emerged as a nonchemical approach to improving the
performance of water separation and ion exchange membranes. These patterns reduce the …

Principles of reverse electrodialysis and development of integrated-based system for power generation and water treatment: A review

NH Othman, N Kabay, E Guler - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2022 - degruyter.com
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is among the evolving membrane-based processes available
for energy harvesting by mixing water with different salinities. The chemical potential …

Ionic liquid-based pore-filling anion-exchange membranes enable fast large-sized metallic anion migration in electrodialysis

B Wang, J Yan, H Wang, R Li, R Fu, C Jiang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of low-resistance ion-exchange membranes enabling fast transport of
large-sized metallic anions is extremely desirable for the treatment of metal containing …

Techno-economics of multi-stage reverse electrodialysis for blue energy harvesting

L Wang, Y Zhao, R Long, Z Liu, W Liu - Carbon Neutrality, 2024 - Springer
Multi-stage reverse electrodialysis (MSRED) offers a promising way for efficient salinity
gradient energy harvesting. Here, an improved model of the MSRED system under serial …

Fouling behavior of wavy-patterned pore-filling membranes in reverse electrodialysis under natural seawater and sewage effluents

J Choi, WS Kim, HK Kim, SC Yang, JH Han… - npj Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) generates electricity from a mixture of seawater and river
water. Herein, patterned membranes consisting of ultra-thin pore-filling membranes (16-μm …

Solvent-free fabrication of pore-filling cation-exchange membranes for highly efficient desalination

B Wang, J Yan, H Wang, R Li, R Fu, C Jiang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The traditional route for ion-exchange membrane fabrication usually involves complex
procedures that require substantial quantities of organic solvents and optionally undergo …