Performance, limitation, and opportunities of acid-resistant nanofiltration membranes for industrial wastewater treatment

J Lee, Y Shin, C Boo, S Hong - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Various industrial activities generate highly acidic wastewaters, posing a particular concern
due to their large volume, environmental impact, and limited disposal options. Nanofiltration …

Recent advancements in polyphenylsulfone membrane modification methods for separation applications

AK Shukla, J Alam, M Alhoshan - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) membranes are of fundamental importance for many
applications such as water treatment, gas separation, energy, electronics, and biomedicine …

Low-pressure nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes for effective fractionation of dyes and inorganic salts in textile wastewater

G Han, TS Chung, M Weber… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, novel loose nanofiltration (NF) hollow fiber membranes with ultrahigh water
permeability and well-defined nanopore and surface charge characteristics were developed …

Using green solvent, triethyl phosphate (TEP), to fabricate highly porous PVDF hollow fiber membranes for membrane distillation

J Chang, J Zuo, L Zhang, GS O'Brien… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
While membrane technology continues to thrive in seawater desalination, it would defeat the
very purpose of saving the environment if toxic solvents are involved in membrane …

Synergistic dual-polymer blend membranes with molecularly mixed macrocyclic cavitands for efficient pre-combustion CO2 capture

F Feng, J Wu, CZ Liang, M Weber, S Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, scalable polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) and polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymers
were homogeneously blended to create an enhanced polymer matrix that could utilize both …

High-flux PSF/PES-COOH hollow fiber loose nanofiltration membrane for high-efficiency dye-salt separation

D Yao, F Zhang, G Feng, Y Zhang, J Meng - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Loose nanofiltration membranes show great potential to realize the effective separation of
dyes and salts but still show low capacity for treating textile wastewater due to low …

Surface enriched sulfonated polyarylene ether benzonitrile (SPEB) that enhances heavy metal removal from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) thin-film composite nanofiltration …

TZ Jia, JP Lu, XY Cheng, QC **a, XL Cao… - Journal of membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims to develop a new strategy to fabricate nanofiltration (NF) membranes with
high removal efficiency for heavy metal ions in wide acidic pH range. Unlike conventional …

Influences of different preparation variables on polymeric membrane formation via nonsolvent induced phase separation

C Kahrs, T Gühlstorf… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents a comparative study on the formation of polyethersulfone ultrafiltration
membranes via nonsolvent‐induced phase separation (NIPS) in two different solvent …

Thin-film composite hollow fiber membrane with inorganic salt additives for high mechanical strength and high power density for pressure-retarded osmosis

CF Wan, T Yang, W Gai, Y De Lee, TS Chung - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Using high salinity draw solutions in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) demands novel
membranes with a higher withstanding pressure and a higher power density to take full …

Effects of polyethylene glycol on membrane formation and properties of hydrophilic sulfonated polyphenylenesulfone (sPPSU) membranes

Y Feng, G Han, TS Chung, M Weber, N Widjojo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sulfonated materials have been applied in a wide range of membrane applications due to
their high electrical conductivity, good chemical stability, hydrophilicity and low fouling …