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 …

A critical review on porous substrates of TFC polyamide membranes: Mechanisms, membrane performances, and future perspectives

LE Peng, Z Yang, L Long, S Zhou, H Guo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes commonly adopt a thin film composite
(TFC) structure featuring a polyamide rejection layer formed on a porous substrate. Recent …

The upper bound of thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide membranes for desalination

Z Yang, H Guo, CY Tang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Membrane separation properties are constrained by a tradeoff relationship between
permeability and selectivity. This tradeoff relationship has been well established for gas …

Polymer-matrix nanocomposite membranes for water treatment

J Yin, B Deng - Journal of membrane science, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the grand challenges to sustain the modern society is to secure adequate water
resources of desirable quality for various designated uses. To address this challenge …

Nanocomposite membranes for water separation and purification: Fabrication, modification, and applications

MR Esfahani, SA Aktij, Z Dabaghian… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges around the world. Nanocomposite
membranes are a promising modified version of traditional polymeric membranes for water …

A review on polyamide thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes: History, applications, challenges and approaches

WJ Lau, S Gray, T Matsuura, D Emadzadeh, JP Chen… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the development of polyamide (PA) thin film nanocomposite (TFN)
membranes for various aqueous media-based separation processes such as nanofiltration …

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 …

Metal–organic frameworks for water desalination

S Dutta, RF de Luis, J Goscianska… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid industrialization and ever‐increasing global population culminate in continuous
upsurge in freshwater crisis worldwide. The most reliable and promising solution to this …

A critical review on thin-film nanocomposite membranes enabled by nanomaterials incorporated in different positions and with diverse dimensions: Performance …

X Wei, Y Liu, J Zheng, X Wang, S **a… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials with diverse dimensions have been incorporated in different positions during
the development of novel thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for water and …

Tailor-made thin film nanocomposite membrane incorporated with graphene oxide using novel interfacial polymerization technique for enhanced water separation

GS Lai, WJ Lau, PS Goh, AF Ismail, YH Tan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, tailor-made graphene oxide (GO) incorporated thin film nanocomposite (TFN)
membranes based on novel interfacial polymerization (IP) technique were presented. The …