Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Ion-capture electrodialysis using multifunctional adsorptive membranes

AA Uliana, NT Bui, J Kamcev, MK Taylor, JJ Urban… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Technologies that can efficiently purify nontraditional water sources are needed to meet
rising global demand for clean water. Water treatment plants typically require a series of …

Membrane materials for selective ion separations at the water–energy nexus

RM DuChanois, CJ Porter, C Violet… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic polymer membranes are enabling components in key technologies at the water–
energy nexus, including desalination and energy conversion, because of their high …

Lithium concentration from salt-lake brine by Donnan-enhanced nanofiltration

ZH Foo, D Rehman, AT Bouma… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membranes offer a scalable and cost-effective approach to ion separations for lithium
recovery. In the case of salt-lake brines, however, the high feed salinity and low pH of the …

A comprehensive review on the synthesis and applications of ion exchange membranes

S Jiang, H Sun, H Wang, BP Ladewig, Z Yao - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are undergoing prosperous development in recent years.
More than 30,000 papers which are indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) …

Nanopore-based power generation from salinity gradient: why it is not viable

L Wang, Z Wang, SK Patel, S Lin, M Elimelech - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the development of nanopore-based membranes has revitalized the
prospect of harvesting salinity gradient (blue) energy. In this study, we systematically …

Sustainable lithium recovery from hypersaline salt-lakes by selective electrodialysis: Transport and thermodynamics

ZH Foo, JB Thomas, SM Heath, JA Garcia… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Evaporative technology for lithium mining from salt-lakes exacerbates freshwater scarcity
and wetland destruction, and suffers from protracted production cycles. Electrodialysis (ED) …

Advancing ion-exchange membranes to ion-selective membranes: principles, status, and opportunities

H Fan, Y Huang, NY Yip - Frontiers of Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Springer
Ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) are utilized in numerous established, emergent, and
emerging applications for water, energy, and the environment. This article reviews the five …

Manning condensation in ion exchange membranes: A review on ion partitioning and diffusion models

D Kitto, J Kamcev - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rational design of ion exchange membranes (IEMs) is becoming more pertinent as their
usage becomes broader and as their staple applications (ie, electrodialysis, flow batteries …