Sustainability in membrane technology: membrane recycling and fabrication using recycled waste

NK Khanzada, RA Al-Juboori, M Khatri, FE Ahmed… - Membranes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Membrane technology has shown a promising role in combating water scarcity, a globally
faced challenge. However, the disposal of end-of-life membrane modules is problematic as …

Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration processes in industrial wastewater treatment: The recent progress, challenge, and future opportunity

J Li, W Cheng, H Wang, Y Luo, Q Liu, X Wang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The expansion of industrial activities has generated a substantial amount of wastewater
containing high concentrations of hazardous substances, presenting considerable …

Tailoring high-performance polyesteramide NF membranes for purifying natural surface water: Enhanced minerals preservation, chlorine resistance, and mechanisms

X Zhu, F Ge, X Kang, L Qiu, B Liu, J Xu, F Wang, D Wu… - Desalination, 2025 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration membranes (NF) possessing high flux, excellent selectivity, and chlorine
resistance are urgently required for healthy drinking water treatment. In this work, we …

Improvement of osmosis performance by n-hexane rinse: A missing parameter when develo** thin film composite membrane

X Wang, X Zhang, X Wen, Y Zhao - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of thin film composite (TFC) membrane is restricted by the inherent
permeability/selectivity trade-off. Comprehensive attempts have been made to break the …

Reutilizing waste self-heating bag for one-pot fabrication of supported nano zero-valent iron with high stability to activate peroxydisulfate towards sulfapyridine …

X Zhao, M Zhang, Z **, S Fan, R Xu, Q Tao… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, waste self-heating bag was recycled as the raw material to fabricate supports
(activated carbon and vermiculite) loading core–shell Fe 0@ Fe 2 O 3 catalyst (CV-Fe 0 …

Is Direct Seawater Splitting Realistic with Conventional Electrolyzer Technologies?

H Saada, B Fabre, G Loget, G Benoit - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dihydrogen (H2) constitutes a promising energy carrier for transporting part of the world's
energy demand and concomitantly for reducing toxic emissions. Water electrolysis powered …

Polyvinyl alcohol-modified β-cyclodextrin incorporated forward osmosis membranes with good chlorine resistance

J Li, X Gong, Z Xu, K Zhao, C Ma - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The applications of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) in chlorine-resistant membranes have always
faced the challenge of agglomeration at high concentrations. In this study, polyvinyl alcohol …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and future challenges of polyamide-based chlorine-resistant membrane

QW Meng, L Cheng, Q Ge - Advanced Membranes, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) membrane is extensively used in various membrane separation processes
due to its easy preparation, high selectivity and good acid-base stability. However, the PA …

Insights into the Practicality of Commercial Ultrafiltration Membranes for Forward Osmosis Application: A Comparative Study

ZH Chang, JY Sum, HTL Leow, AZY Koe… - … Research and Design, 2025 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration (UF)-like forward osmosis (FO) membranes offer high water flux and low
reverse solute flux (RSF) when using macro-sized draw solutes. While commercial UF …

[HTML][HTML] A PDA@ ZIF-8-Incorporated PMIA TFN-FO Membrane for Seawater Desalination: Improving Water Flux and Anti-Fouling Performance

Y Ma, R Jia, ZL Xu, A Aibulatova, XG **… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Forward osmosis (FO) technology, known for its minimal energy requirements, excellent
resistance to fouling, and significant commercial potential, shows enormous promise in the …