An overview on nanostructure-modified supported liquid membranes for the electromembrane extraction method

The efficiency of electromembrane extraction can be improved by modification of supported liquid membrane with various nanomaterials.

Liquid membranes for separation of metal ions from wastewaters

The paper reviews application of various liquid membranes (LM), particularly of emulsion and supported liquid membranes, for metal separation from model and industrial wastewaters. A variety of carriers and separation systems is shown. Not only model solutions on a laboratory scale are presented but also some examples of real wastewater separation with LM are reported.

Accessible Silver-Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Nanomaterial for Supported Liquid Membranes

The present study introduces the process performances of nitrophenols pertraction using new liquid supported membranes under the action of a magnetic field. The membrane system is based on the dispersion of silver–iron oxide nanoparticles in n-alcohols supported on hollow microporous polypropylene fibers. The iron oxide–silver nanoparticles are obtained directly through cyclic voltammetry electrolysis run in the presence of soluble silver complexes ([AgCl2]−; [Ag(S2O3)2]3−; [Ag(NH3)2]+) and using pure iron electrodes. The nanostructured particles are characterized morphologically and structurally by scanning electron microscopy (SEM and HFSEM), EDAX, XRD, and thermal analysis (TG, DSC). The performances of the nitrophenols permeation process are investigated in a variable magnetic field. These studies show that the flux and extraction efficiency have the highest values for the membrane system embedding iron oxide–silver nanoparticles obtained electrochemically in the presence of [Ag(NH3)2]+ electrolyte. It is demonstrated that the total flow of nitrophenols through the new membrane system depends on diffusion, convection, and silver-assisted transport.