Recent advances in electrocatalytic membrane for the removal of micropollutants from water and wastewater

Lehui Ren; Jinxing Ma; Mei Chen; Yiwen Qiao; Ruobin Dai; Xuesong Li; Zhiwei Wang

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104342

Recent advances in electrocatalytic membrane for the removal of micropollutants from water and wastewater

iScience. 2022 May 2;25(5):104342. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104342. eCollection 2022 May 20.

Authors

Lehui Ren¹, Jinxing Ma², Mei Chen³, Yiwen Qiao¹, Ruobin Dai¹, Xuesong Li¹, Zhiwei Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Advanced Membrane Technology Center of Tongji University, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China.
² Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
³ College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, PR China.

Abstract

The increasing occurrence of micropollutants in water and wastewater threatens human health and ecological security. Electrocatalytic membrane (EM), a new hybrid water treatment platform that integrates membrane separation with electrochemical technologies, has attracted extensive attention in the removal of micropollutants from water and wastewater in the past decade. Here, we systematically review the recent advances of EM for micropollutant removal from water and wastewater. The mechanisms of the EM for micropollutant removal are first introduced. Afterwards, the related membrane materials and operating conditions of the EM are summarized and analyzed. Lastly, the challenges and future prospects of the EM in research and applications are also discussed, aiming at a more efficient removal of micropollutants from water and wastewater.

Keywords: Electrochemistry; Environmental science; Membranes.

Publication types

Review