Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification: strategies and mechanisms

R Zhang, Y Liu, M He, Y Su, X Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the greatest challenges to the sustainability of modern society is an inadequate
supply of clean water. Due to its energy-saving and cost-effective features, membrane …

Treatment of oily wastewater using photocatalytic membrane reactors: a critical review

O Samuel, MHD Othman, R Kamaludin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oily wastewater is generated from various sources such as oil/gas exploration (produced
water), oil refining, pharmaceutical, food industries, and household waste. Toxins in oily …

A self‐cleaning heterostructured membrane for efficient oil‐in‐water emulsion separation with stable flux

Y Cai, D Chen, N Li, Q Xu, H Li, J He… - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lack of clean water is a major global challenge. Membrane separation technology is an
ideal choice for the treatment of industrial, domestic sewage owing to its low energy …

2D heterostructure membranes with sunlight‐driven self‐cleaning ability for highly efficient oil–water separation

Y Liu, Y Su, J Guan, J Cao, R Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introducing solar energy into membrane filtration to decrease energy and chemicals
consumption represents a promising direction in membrane fields. In this study, a kind of …

Current advances in biofouling mitigation in membranes for water treatment: An overview

D Pichardo-Romero, ZP Garcia-Arce… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Membranes, as the primary tool in membrane separation techniques, tend to suffer external
deposition of pollutants and microorganisms depending on the nature of the treating …

Cell membrane‐inspired graphene Nanomesh membrane for fast separation of oil‐in‐water emulsions

Y Liu, MO Coppens - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene exhibits fascinating prospects for preparing high‐performance membranes with
fast water transport, due to its low friction with water and extreme thinness. However, for …

Metal oxides nanocomposite membrane for biofouling mitigation in wastewater treatment

A Agrawal, A Sharma, KK Awasthi, A Awasthi - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
These days our one of the major challenges is the treatment of polluted wastewater
produced by the growing population and industrial activities. The conventional wastewater …

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 …

Enhancing the permeation flux and antifouling performance of polyamide nanofiltration membrane by incorporation of PEG-POSS nanoparticles

X You, T Ma, Y Su, H Wu, M Wu, H Cai, G Sun… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to fabricate nanofiltration (NF) membranes with high flux and anti-fouling properties,
polyethylene glycol-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (PEG-POSS) …

Fabrication of hollow fiber nanofiltration separation layer with highly positively charged surface for heavy metal ion removal

Y Yang, S Wang, J Zhang, B He, J Li, S Qin… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient concentration and separation of heavy metal ions from wastewater are crucial for
environmental protection and resource recovery. In this research, a double highly positively …