Regulating composition and structure of nanofillers in thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for enhanced separation performance: A critical review

Z Liao, J Zhu, X Li, B Van der Bruggen - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes, comprising nanofillers and nanoscale dense
polymeric barriers, were prepared by introducing nanomaterials into a polyamide layer …

A review on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) based hybrid membranes for water and wastewater treatment

X Li, G Huang, X Chen, J Huang, M Li, J Yin… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) has gained enormous attention for water and wastewater
treatment. Compared with gC 3 N 4 nanopowders, gC 3 N 4 based hybrid membranes have …

A review on the synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes

S Habib, ST Weinman - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been used for desalination for over 40 years. This
review focuses on the lab-scale synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide layers used to create …

A novel polyamide thin-film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane constructed by a 3D multi-layer graphene oxide assembled with 1, 3-diamino-2-propanol

T Su, X Li, ZM Yang, LF Liu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membrane has been widely
used for desalination to produce fresh water. In order to further enhance the membrane's …

Review of 2D graphitic carbon nitride-based membranes: principles, syntheses, and applications

Z Chen, Y Lan, Y Hong, W Lan - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane separation is a central area of research in chemical engineering because of its
important status as the key technology in chemical separation and water treatment …

Catalytic ozonation of real textile wastewater by magnetic oxidized g-C3N4 modified with Al2O3 nanoparticles as a novel catalyst

M Faghihinezhad, M Baghdadi, MS Shahin… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Textile wastewater has been known for its high resistance toward conventional wastewater
treatment because of its low biodegradability index (BI). In this study, the catalytic ozonation …

Recent developments of nano-enhanced composite membranes designed for water/wastewater purification—a review

TS Vo, KM Lwin, K Kim - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2024 - Springer
In this review, the latest advances on nano-enhanced composite membranes (NECMs,
which contain nanostructured filler-like materials and nanoscale barrier polymeric …

Thin film nanocomposite RO membranes: Review on fabrication techniques and impacts of nanofiller characteristics on membrane properties

ZC Ng, WJ Lau, T Matsuura, AF Ismail - Chemical Engineering Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membrane has been dominating
commercial desalination process for several decades since its inception in the 1970s …

GO/PVA-integrated TFN RO membrane: Exploring the effect of orientation switching between PA and GO/PVA and evaluating the GO loading impact

ZC Ng, WJ Lau, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a new membrane fabrication strategy is proposed to overcome the challenges
of conventional nanofillers deposition and to develop novel thin film nanocomposite (TFN) …

A review: g-C3N4 as a new membrane material

S Wang, L Wang, H Cong, R Wang, J Yang, X Li… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphitized carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4), as a typical two-dimensional nano-material, has
become a popular candidate material for functional membranes because of its customizable …