A review on reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for water purification

Z Yang, Y Zhou, Z Feng, X Rui, T Zhang, Z Zhang - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sustainable and affordable supply of clean, safe, and adequate water is one of the most
challenging issues facing the world. Membrane separation technology is one of the most …

A review on RO membrane technology: Developments and challenges

SS Shenvi, AM Isloor, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) based desalination is one of the most important and widely
recognized technologies for production of fresh water from saline water. Since its conception …

Chemistry and fabrication of polymeric nanofiltration membranes: A review

M Paul, SD Jons - Polymer, 2016 - Elsevier
The review article describes research on different methods for manufacturing polymeric NF
membranes. The primary focus is on NF composite membranes formed by interfacial …

Recent advances in polymer and polymer composite membranes for reverse and forward osmosis processes

D Li, Y Yan, H Wang - Progress in polymer science, 2016 - Elsevier
Semipermeable membranes are the core elements for membrane water desalination
technologies such as commercial reverse osmosis (RO) process and emerging forward …

Synergetic effects of oxidized carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide on fouling control and anti-fouling mechanism of polyvinylidene fluoride ultrafiltration …

J Zhang, Z Xu, M Shan, B Zhou, Y Li, B Li, J Niu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated the remarkable synergetic effect between two-dimensional graphene
oxide (GO) and one-dimensional oxidized carbon nanotubes (OMWCNTs) on permeation …

Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly technology as promising strategy for tailoring pressure-driven desalination membranes

GR Xu, SH Wang, HL Zhao, SB Wu, JM Xu, L Li… - Journal of membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pressure-driven membranes-based desalination provides an effective and promising
strategy to deal with the worldwide fresh water crisis. However, some drawbacks are still …

Surface modification of commercial seawater reverse osmosis membranes by grafting of hydrophilic monomer blended with carboxylated multiwalled carbon …

V Vatanpour, N Zoqi - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, modification of commercial seawater reverse osmosis membranes was carried
out with simultaneous use of surface grafting and nanoparticle incorporation. Membrane …

Graphene oxide (GO) as functional material in tailoring polyamide thin film composite (PA-TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes

Q Liu, GR Xu - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite (PA-TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have dominated
membrane-based desalination because of their stable structure and high separation …

Alkaline stability of polyester nanofiltration membranes prepared by interfacial polymerization

S Guo, J Zhang, Z Luo, H Wang, C Liu, X Ma, Y Li, J Bai… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyester nanofiltration membranes typically outperform traditional polyamide alternatives in
fouling resistance, water flux, and chlorine tolerance. However, their alkali resistance …

Fabrication of thin-film composite membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration by mixed monomeric polymerization on ionic liquid/water interfaces

D Zheng, D Hua, A Yao, Y Hong, X Cha, X Yang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we developed a novel ionic liquid (IL) assisted method to fabricate
polyamide/poly (m-phenylene isophthalamide)(PMIA) thin-film composite (TFC) membranes …