A review on ion-exchange nanofiber membranes: properties, structure and application in electrochemical (waste) water treatment

B Swanckaert, J Geltmeyer, K Rabaey… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In view of today's challenges in clean water depletion and wastewater management,
electrochemical water treatment processes are increasingly applied for eg desalination of …

Purifying water with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-incorporated membranes: Recent advancements and critical challenges

Y Yu, Z Zhou, G Huang, H Cheng, L Han, S Zhao… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In the face of the growing global water crisis, membrane technology is a promising means of
purifying water and wastewater. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been widely used to …

Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation

M Qasim, IU Samad, NA Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that requires continuous exploration of new desalination
technologies in order to augment the global supply of fresh water. In this context, membrane …

Advancements in Nanoenabled Membrane Distillation for a Sustainable Water‐Energy‐Environment Nexus

MU Farid, JA Kharraz, J Sun, MW Boey… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of nano innovations in membrane distillation (MD) has garnered increasing
scientific interest. This enables the exploration of state‐of‐the‐art nano‐enabled MD …

Electrospun membranes for membrane distillation: The state of play and recent advances

L Francis, FE Ahmed, N Hilal - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a versatile technique for the fabrication of nanofibrous, nanostructured
composite membranes for a large number of applications. This mini-review focuses on …

Fouling mitigation in forward osmosis and membrane distillation for desalination

WJ Lee, ZC Ng, SK Hubadillah, PS Goh, WJ Lau… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Freshwater scarcity is one of the grand challenges that has posed threats to the global
economy, societal stability and ecosystem balance. Desalination has been long recognized …

Green synthesis of carbon nanotubes to address the water-energy-food nexus: A critical review

B Makgabutlane, LN Nthunya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes are valuable materials that possess excellent physicochemical
properties such as high electrical conductivity, thermal stability, mechanical strength, aspect …

Membrane distillation: Progress in the improvement of dedicated membranes for enhanced hydrophobicity and desalination performance

MK Alsebaeai, AL Ahmad - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD), a second-generation separation technology has been identified
as vital industrial process due to outstanding properties for seawater desalination. In this …

Modified electrospun membranes using different nanomaterials for membrane distillation

M Khatri, L Francis, N Hilal - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obtaining fresh drinking water is a challenge directly related to the change in agricultural,
industrial, and societal demands and pressure. Therefore, the sustainable treatment of …