Current advances and opportunities in the development of nanofiltration (NF) membranes in the area of wastewater treatment, water desalination, biotechnological …

D Yadav, S Karki, PG Ingole - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, nanofiltration (NF) membranes are playing a vital role in various applications.
However, several challenges remain in their applications such as difficulty in controlling …

Recent advances in stimuli‐responsive smart membranes for nanofiltration

D Yu, X **ao, C Shokoohi, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofiltration membrane plays an increasingly important role in many industrial
applications, such as water treatment and resource recovery. The performance of the smart …

Sharpening nanofiltration: strategies for enhanced membrane selectivity

H Zhang, Q He, J Luo, Y Wan… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

Constructing a selective blocked-nanolayer on nanofiltration membrane via surface-charge inversion for promoting Li+ permselectivity over Mg2+

D Lu, T Ma, S Lin, Z Zhou, G Li, Q An, Z Yao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
The separation of Li+ and Mg 2+ is a decisive step for achieving high-grade lithium
extraction from salt-lake brines to circumvent the lithium supply shortage and sustainability …

Unprecedented Mg2+/Li+ separation using layer-by-layer based nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes

R He, C Dong, S Xu, C Liu, S Zhao, T He - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The dominant market for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in China has driven lithium chemicals
with foreseeable growth in demand. Lithium extraction from salt-lake brine in China with …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of layer-by-layer nanofiltration membranes in highly saline streams

J Chen, S Xu, CY Tang, B Hu, B Tokay, T He - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly is an essential method for the preparation of
nanofiltration (NF) membranes, offering tunable charge and pore size, high water …

Novel high-flux positively charged composite membrane incorporating titanium-based MOFs for heavy metal removal

XY Gong, ZH Huang, H Zhang, WL Liu, XH Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel positively charged nanofiltration (NF) membrane was fabricated by
incorporating metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) into polyethyleneimine (PEI) and trimesic …

Positively‐Coated Nanofiltration Membranes for Lithium Recovery from Battery Leachates and Salt‐Lakes: Ion Transport Fundamentals and Module Performance

ZH Foo, S Liu, L Kanias, TR Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Membranes facilitate scalable and continuous lithium concentration from hypersaline salt
lakes and battery leachates. Conventional nanofiltration (NF) membranes, however, exhibit …

Strategies for mitigating challenges associated with trace organic compound removal by high-retention membrane bioreactors (HR-MBRs)

OT Mahlangu, TI Nkambule, BB Mamba, FI Hai - npj Clean Water, 2024 - nature.com
Due to the limitations of conventional ultrafiltration/microfiltration-based membrane
bioreactors (UF/MF-MBRs) in removing trace organic compounds (TrOCs), the concept of …

Recent advances in nature-inspired antifouling membranes for water purification

X Zhang, J Ma, J Zheng, R Dai, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane separation technologies have been widely used for water purification. However,
membrane fouling, which arises from unwanted deposition and adhesion of foulants …