OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Desalination is 66. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Energy for desalination: A state-of-the-art review	246
The global status of desalination: An assessment of current desalination technologies, plants and capacity	237
Forward osmosis membranes and processes: A comprehensive review of research trends and future outlook	194
Engineering antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: A review	193
Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment	183
Versatile applications of capacitive deionization (CDI)-based technologies	177
A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation	174
Seawater desalination technology and engineering in China: A review	165
A renewable energy-driven thermoelectric-utilized solar still with external condenser loaded by silver/nanofluid for simultaneously water disinfection and desalination	164
State-of-the-art of renewable energy sources used in water desalination: Present and future prospects	164
New hydrogel materials for improving solar water evaporation, desalination and wastewater treatment: A review	143
Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends	134
Polymeric membranes for desalination using membrane distillation: A review	132
Hybrid technologies: The future of energy efficient desalination – A review	131
Recent advances in high-performance TFC membranes: A review of the functional interlayers	130
Tannic acid assisted interfacial polymerization based loose thin-film composite NF membrane for dye/salt separation	127
First approach on nanofluid-based solar still in high altitude for water desalination and solar water disinfection (SODIS)	124
Solar-driven interfacial desalination for simultaneous freshwater and salt generation	122
Recent developments in forward osmosis membranes using carbon-based nanomaterials	119
Novel solar membrane distillation enabled by a PDMS/CNT/PVDF membrane with localized heating	116
Fouling mitigation in forward osmosis and membrane distillation for desalination	111
Review on treatment technology of salt wastewater in coal chemical industry of China	107
Alternative heating techniques in membrane distillation: A review	107
Potentially scalable fabrication of salt-rejection evaporator based on electrogenerated polypyrrole-coated nickel foam for efficient solar steam generation	104
A review on photothermal material and its usage in the development of photothermal membrane for sustainable clean water production	102

Nickel hexacyanoferrate electrodes for high mono/divalent ion-selectivity in capacitive deionization	101
Current advances in membrane technologies for produced water desalination	101
Membrane technology: A versatile tool for saline wastewater treatment and resource recovery	101
Can emerging membrane-based desalination technologies replace reverse osmosis?	101
Recent development of graphene oxide based forward osmosis membrane for water treatment: A critical review	97
Fe3O4/polyvinyl alcohol decorated delignified wood evaporator for continuous solar steam generation	96
A review on lithium recovery using electrochemical capturing systems	96
Current advances in membrane technologies for saline wastewater treatment: A comprehensive review	92
Cost of fouling in full-scale reverse osmosis and nanofiltration installations in the Netherlands	91
Water desalination using nanocelluloses/cellulose derivatives based membranes for sustainable future	91
Superhydrophobic MXene based fabric composite for high efficiency solar desalination	90
Lithium recovery from brine: Recent developments and challenges	90
How to fabricate a negatively charged NF membrane for heavy metal removal via the interfacial polymerization between PIP and TMC?	88
Understanding the fouling/scaling resistance of superhydrophobic/omniphobic membranes in membrane distillation	87
Overcoming salt crystallization with ionic hydrogel for accelerating solar evaporation	87
“Bridge” graphene oxide modified positive charged nanofiltration thin membrane with high efficiency for Mg2+/Li+ separation	85
Improved performance of thin-film nanofiltration membranes fabricated with the intervention of surfactants having different structures for water treatment	81
Robust stable MoS2/GO filtration membrane for effective removal of dyes and salts from water with enhanced permeability	81
Enhancement of pyramid solar distiller performance using reflectors, cooling cycle, and dangled cords of wicks	81
Enhancing tubular solar still performance using novel PCM-tubes	78
Lithium extraction from high Mg/Li brine via electrochemical intercalation/de-intercalation system using LiMn2O4 materials	78
Recent advances in nanomaterial development for lithium ion-sieving technologies	77
Ag2CO3@UiO-66-NH2 embedding graphene oxide sheets photocatalytic membrane for enhancing the removal performance of Cr(VI) and dyes based on filtration	77
Li+ adsorption performance and mechanism using lithium/aluminum layered double hydroxides in low grade brines	77
Ultrafast ionic and molecular sieving through graphene oxide based composite membranes	75
A review on free-standing electrodes for energy-effective desalination: Recent advances and perspectives in capacitive deionization	75
Developments and future prospects of reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient power generation: Influence of ion exchange membranes and electrodes	75
Membrane desalination and water re-use for agriculture: State of the art and future outlook	75
Multistage electrodialysis for desalination of natural seawater	74
Scalable, flexible and reusable graphene oxide-functionalized electrospun nanofibrous membrane for solar photothermal desalination	72
Insights into metal-organic frameworks-integrated membranes for desalination process: A review	71
Microbial desalination cell: Desalination through conserving energy	71
Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review	71
Ultra-durable and highly-efficient hybrid capacitive deionization by MXene confined MoS2 heterostructure	70
Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation	69
Fabrication of thin-film composite polyamide nanofiltration membrane based on polyphenol intermediate layer with enhanced desalination performance	68
Lithium extraction from brine in an ionic selective desalination battery	68
Modeling of forward osmosis process using artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict the permeate flux	67
Recovery of precious metals from industrial wastewater towards resource recovery and environmental sustainability: A critical review	67
Enhanced solar desalination by delignified wood coated with bimetallic Fe/Pd nanoparticles	67
Surface modification of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes with polyvinyl alcohol–graphene oxide composite hydrogels for antifouling properties	66