We have fabricated a thin film of multilayered MnO2 whose interlayer is occupied with hexadecylpyridinium (HDPy) cations, using a simple anodic approach. The resulting film can effectively sorb iodide anions from aqueous solutions, even in the presence of NaCl or Na2SO4. The maximum sorption capacity was estimated to be 256 mg/g-MnO2, whereas a layered MnO2 film intercalated with K(+) ions show...

Constructing an interlayer between porous substrate and polyamide (PA) film is effective strategy to overcome the ubiquitous trade-off permeability selectivity, which are both important properties for nanofiltration performance. In this study, a poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) assisted interfacial synthesis method was proposed fabricate zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) PA micropor...

Since the specific energy consumption (SEC) required for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination has been steeply reduced over past few decades, there is an increasing demand high-selectivity membranes. However, it still hard to find research papers empirically dealing with salt rejection of RO membranes and addressing SEC change possibly occurring while rejection. Herein, we examined feasibility pro...