TY - CHAP
T1 - Fabrication of Advanced 2D Nanomaterials Membranes for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
AU - Selatile, Koena
AU - Ray, Suprakas Sinha
AU - Kumar, Neeraj
AU - Ojijo, Vincent
AU - Sadiku, Rotimi Emmanuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Environmental concerns regarding water shortages due to industrialization and pollution have led to escalation in research towards efficiency in wastewater treatment and desalination. To date, nanotechnology is the most effective solution towards water shortages and is currently used for wastewater treatment and desalination. Among the emerging nanosheets, two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets have gained much attention since graphene was discovered in the fabrication of cost-effective and sustainable membranes for environmental remediation. Recently, 2D nanoengineered membrane technologies have revealed a new potential for removing hazardous compounds from our surroundings. The present chapter gives an overview of the concept of membrane technology, membrane fabrication techniques and the importance of 2D nanomaterials in the desalination and wastewater treatment membranes. Firstly, popular fabrication methods for membranes, such as electrospinning, drop-casting, spin-coating, solution casting and phase inversion, will be discussed. This will be followed by the application of 2D nanoengineered membranes incorporated with graphene, MXenes, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and other nanosheets, in their 2D form, for excellent improvement in desalination and wastewater treatment. Notably, the chapter emphasizes the wide range of membrane applications as well as their potential and challenges for use in the development of nanotechnology-based environmental remediation.
AB - Environmental concerns regarding water shortages due to industrialization and pollution have led to escalation in research towards efficiency in wastewater treatment and desalination. To date, nanotechnology is the most effective solution towards water shortages and is currently used for wastewater treatment and desalination. Among the emerging nanosheets, two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets have gained much attention since graphene was discovered in the fabrication of cost-effective and sustainable membranes for environmental remediation. Recently, 2D nanoengineered membrane technologies have revealed a new potential for removing hazardous compounds from our surroundings. The present chapter gives an overview of the concept of membrane technology, membrane fabrication techniques and the importance of 2D nanomaterials in the desalination and wastewater treatment membranes. Firstly, popular fabrication methods for membranes, such as electrospinning, drop-casting, spin-coating, solution casting and phase inversion, will be discussed. This will be followed by the application of 2D nanoengineered membranes incorporated with graphene, MXenes, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and other nanosheets, in their 2D form, for excellent improvement in desalination and wastewater treatment. Notably, the chapter emphasizes the wide range of membrane applications as well as their potential and challenges for use in the development of nanotechnology-based environmental remediation.
KW - Contaminants
KW - Desalination
KW - Graphene Oxide
KW - MoS
KW - MXenes
KW - Two-dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-28756-5_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-28756-5_8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85158115966
T3 - Springer Series in Materials Science
SP - 245
EP - 268
BT - Springer Series in Materials Science
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -
