Contributo in volume, 2020, ENG, 10.1016/B978-0-12-816778-6.00007-2

Membranes for toxic- and heavy-metal removal

R. Castro-Muñoz, E. Gontarek, A. Figoli

Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy, ITM-CNR, Rende, Italy University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

Since time ago, membranes have greatly attracted the attention of researchers for different types of water-treatment applications, such as wastewater treatment, water purification, removal of microorganisms, chemical compounds, and heavy metals. Nowadays, one of the current challenges of research community definitely deals with the removal of toxic and heavy metals from water. In this regard, the current chapter provides enough inputs about the current advances and approaches of the use of membranes for such removal task, thereby addressing the highlighted literature survey of using polymeric and nanocomposite membranes for heavy-metal removal. Moreover, it gives up-to-date information related to those novel nanocomposite membranes and their contribution for water-treatment applications.

Keywords

Heavy metals, toxic compounds, water treatment, membrane-based technologies, water purification

CNR authors

Castro Roberto, Figoli Alberto

CNR institutes

ITM – Istituto per la tecnologia delle membrane