Recent advances in polymer membranes employing non-toxic solvents and materials

D Zou, SP Nunes, IFJ Vankelecom, A Figoli… - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer membranes have attracted interest in many areas, such as desalination, water
treatment, gas separation, and energy storage and generation. Membrane fabrication …

Membranes for zinc-air batteries: Recent progress, challenges and perspectives

MT Tsehaye, F Alloin, C Iojoiu, RA Tufa, D Aili… - Journal of Power …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Rechargeable Zinc (Zn)-air batteries are considered to be very attractive candidates
for large-scale electricity storage due to their high volumetric energy density, high safety …

Performance improvement of PES membrane decorated by Mil-125 (Ti)/chitosan nanocomposite for removal of organic pollutants and heavy metal

MJ Khosravi, SM Hosseini, V Vatanpour - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mil-125 (Ti)-CS nanocomposite was successfully synthesized and
characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, Fourier-transform …

New frontiers in sustainable membrane preparation: Cyrene™ as green bioderived solvent

T Marino, F Galiano, A Molino, A Figoli - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, Cyrene™ was employed for the first time as solvent for polyethersulfone (PES)
and poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membrane preparation via phase inversion. The two …

[HTML][HTML] A fouling-resistant mixed-matrix nanofiltration membrane based on covalently cross-linked Ti3C2TX (MXene)/cellulose acetate

RP Pandey, PA Rasheed, T Gomez, RS Azam… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new fouling-resistant mixed-matrix nanofiltration membrane based on a covalently cross-
linked Ti 3 C 2 TX (MXene)/cellulose acetate (MXene@ CA) composite was fabricated by …

Recent advances in hydrophilic modification and performance of polyethersulfone (PES) membrane via additive blending

TA Otitoju, AL Ahmad, BS Ooi - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The blending of additives in the polyethersulfone (PES) matrix is an important approach in
the membrane industry to reduce membrane hydrophobicity and improve the performance …

A melamine‐based covalent organic framework nanomaterial as a nanofiller in polyethersulfone mixed matrix membranes to improve separation and antifouling …

V Vatanpour, S Paziresh - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This research reported develo** a polyethersulfone (PES) membrane using covalent
organic frameworks (COFs) nanoparticle with a mean dimension of 30 nm. The SNW‐1 …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic and persulfate-facilitated tetracycline degradation using NiFe2O4/carbon/polymer membranes: Activity and stability during flow-through

J Leichtweis, Y Vieira, E Carissimi, M Ulbricht… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
We synthesized NiFe 2 O 4/carbon composite nanoparticles through a straightforward co-
precipitation method, and incorporated these particles into porous polyethersulfone (PES) …

Membranes with ZIF-8 regulated MXene nanosheet stacks for efficient molecular sieving

J Li, L Li, X Li, L Dong, Z Wang, J Shen… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes synthesized by introducing nanofillers into a
polyamide layer have attracted increasing attentions. However, due to the aggregation of the …

Hydrogen peroxide treated g-C3N4 as an effective hydrophilic nanosheet for modification of polyethersulfone membranes with enhanced permeability and antifouling …

V Vatanpour, S Paziresh, A Dehqan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, first, graphitic carbon nitride was treated with hydrogen peroxide (abbreviated
as H 2 O 2-gC 3 N 4), then was used as a new hydrophilic nanomaterial in the fabrication of …