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Advanced Membranes for Water & Energy

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Our Laboratory

Our team's research focuses on developing membrane technologies and inventive approaches to address critical challenges related to water quality and quantity, resource sustainability, and renewable energy solutions.
 


Currently, we are working on projects involving:

Advanced Technology

Wastewater Treatment/ Resource Recovery/ Zero Liquid Discharge

- NF, MD, FO, RO
- Electrochemical membrane systems
- Photothermal-catalytic membrane systems
- Nanobubble-induced membrane and floatation systems
- Hybrid systems

Advanced Non-invasive Technologies

Membrane Fouling and Scaling Monitoring and Control

- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Nanobubble technology
- Advanced structured membranes

Membrane Separation Technologies

Seawater Desalination & Brine Management

- Reverse Osmosis (RO)
- Membrane Distillation (MD)
- Forward Osmosis (FO)
- Hybrid systems

Membrane Fabrication

Advanced Membrane Fabrication

- Superhydrophobic/omniphobic/Janus MD membranes
- Ion-selective membranes
- Improved thin film composite FO/RO membranes
- Photothermal-catalytic MD membranes for water-energy nexus
- Antifouling and antibacterial membranes

Advanced System

Advanced Hybrid/Integrated Membrane System

- MD-electrolyzers for water and hydrogen production
- MD-based off-grid hydrogen-water station
- MD-Nanobubble
- FO-RO
- MD-Crystallizer

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