Electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion

MA Alkhadra, X Su, ME Suss, H Tian, EN Guyes… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

A critical review on thin-film nanocomposite membranes with interlayered structure: mechanisms, recent developments, and environmental applications

Z Yang, PF Sun, X Li, B Gan, L Wang… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The separation properties of polyamide reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes,
widely applied for desalination and water reuse, are constrained by the permeability …

Tetracyclines in the environment: An overview on the occurrence, fate, toxicity, detection, removal methods, and sludge management

J Scaria, KV Anupama, PV Nidheesh - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Tetracyclines (TCs) are a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics having vast human, veterinary,
and aquaculture applications. The continuous release of TCs residues into the environment …

Membrane technologies in wastewater treatment: a review

E Obotey Ezugbe, S Rathilal - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the face of water shortages, the world seeks to explore all available options in reducing
the over exploitation of limited freshwater resources. One of the surest available water …

Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

Extraction of lithium from Chinese salt-lake brines by membranes: Design and practice

S Xu, J Song, Q Bi, Q Chen, WM Zhang, Z Qian… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Interests on lithium extraction from the Chinese salt-lake brines have regained momentum
due to the growing demand of lithium for application in electric vehicles. Characterized by a …

Environmental impact of desalination technologies: A review

K Elsaid, M Kamil, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the limited availability of freshwater supplies, desalination has become an
increasingly reliable process for water supply worldwide, with proved technical and …

Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

M Qasim, M Badrelzaman, NN Darwish, NA Darwish… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that has always stimulated research interests in finding
effective means for pure water production. In this context, reverse osmosis (RO) is …