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Title: Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments

Journal Article · · Chemical Society Reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CS00395G · OSTI ID:2203971
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, USA, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7910, USA
  2. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, USA
  3. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, USA, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
  4. CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Water scarcity is one of the greatest societal challenges facing humanity.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
2203971
Journal Information:
Chemical Society Reviews, Journal Name: Chemical Society Reviews Vol. 52 Journal Issue: 24; ISSN 0306-0012
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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