Graphene: A diamond hammer for cracking hard nuts in reverse osmosis desalination membranes

M Kashif, MA Sabri, N Zhang, F Banat - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Desalination is a response to water scarcity. Reverse osmosis is a popular method for
desalination, but it has some weaknesses. These weaknesses include trade-offs between …

The impacts of 2D graphene oxide on selective and substrate layer of TFC membrane: A critical review on fabrication techniques and performance in water treatment

NSM Nawi, WJ Lau, PS Goh, JW Chew, S Gray… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membranes have been the gold standard of various
industrial water and wastewater treatments since the 1980s. The excellent performance …

When self-assembly meets interfacial polymerization

Q Shen, Q Song, Z Mai, KR Lee, T Yoshioka… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Interfacial polymerization (IP) and self-assembly are two thermodynamically different
processes involving an interface in their systems. When the two systems are incorporated …

Synergistic impact of Fe–Zr in novel hybrid aminoclay catalytic TFC membrane for ultrafast emerging pollutant remediation

KN Mahadevaprasad, KN Santhosh, SV Kamath… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Finding new class of materials to overcome limitation in conventional membranes is a
challenging task. Use of naturally stable and sustainable alternative materials stock is an …

Design of selective and self-cleaning iron aminoclay thin film nanocomposite membranes

MA Halakarni, V Polisetti, AA Samage, A Mahto… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selective separation using efficient high-performance nanofiltration membranes has the
potential for widespread application in multiple fields, including dye desalination, industrial …

Industrial Utilization of Capacitive Deionization Technology for the Removal of Fluoride and Toxic Metal Ions (As3+/5+ and Pb2+)

MR Islam, SS Gupta, SK Jana, T Pradeep - Global Challenges, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging desalination technology, particularly useful for
removing ionic and polarizable species from water. In this context, the desalination …

Mechanochemical synthesis and interfacial engineering of photothermal polymer composites for solar‐driven water evaporation

J Kim, D Lee, W Cho, B Yang, J Jung… - Bulletin of the Korean …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater generation has been extensively studied to address the global freshwater
scarcity issue, although designing a simple, inexpensive system with high efficiency and …