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Castro-Muñoz, Roberto; González-Melgoza, Luisa Loreti; García-Depraect, Octavio
Chemosphere (Oxford), 20/May , Volume: 270Journal Article
Membranes, as the primary separation element of membrane-based processes, have greatly attracted the attention of researchers in several water treatment applications, including wastewater treatment, water purification, water disinfection, toxic and non-toxic chemical molecules, heavy metals, among others. Today, the removal of heavy metals from water has become challenging, in which chemical engineers are approaching new materials in membrane technologies. Therefore, the current review elucidates the progress of using different concepts of membranes and potential novel materials for such separations, identifying that polymeric membranes can exhibit a removal efficiency from 77 up to 99%; while novel nanocomposite membranes are able to offer complete removal of heavy metals (up to 100%), together with unprecedented permeation rates (from 80 up to 1, 300 L m−2 h−1). Thereby, the review also addresses the highlighted literature survey of using polymeric and nanocomposite membranes for heavy metal removal, highlighting the relevant insights and denoted metal uptake mechanisms. Moreover, it gives up-to-date information related to those novel nanocomposite materials and their contribution to heavy metals separation. Finally, the concluding remarks, future perspectives, and strategies for new researchers in the field are given according to the recent findings of this comprehensive review. •The novel breakthroughs in new concepts of membranes have been reviewed and analyzed.•A last 5 years comprehensive review of nanocomposite membranes is addressed.•Nanocomposite membranes display the highest separation efficiency toward heavy metals.•Polymers filled with inorganic materials result in enhanced adsorption of metal ions.
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