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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The global status of desalination: An assessment of current desalination technologies, plants and capacity	294
Engineering antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: A review	232
Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment	224
State-of-the-art of renewable energy sources used in water desalination: Present and future prospects	203
Seawater desalination technology and engineering in China: A review	190
Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends	173
Hybrid technologies: The future of energy efficient desalination – A review	160
Lithium recovery from brine: Recent developments and challenges	154
Recent advances in high-performance TFC membranes: A review of the functional interlayers	153
Membrane technology: A versatile tool for saline wastewater treatment and resource recovery	134
Alternative heating techniques in membrane distillation: A review	131
Review on treatment technology of salt wastewater in coal chemical industry of China	127
Can emerging membrane-based desalination technologies replace reverse osmosis?	127
A review on lithium recovery using electrochemical capturing systems	126
A review on photothermal material and its usage in the development of photothermal membrane for sustainable clean water production	124
Current advances in membrane technologies for saline wastewater treatment: A comprehensive review	121
Fe3O4/polyvinyl alcohol decorated delignified wood evaporator for continuous solar steam generation	117
Current advances in membrane technologies for produced water desalination	115
Potentially scalable fabrication of salt-rejection evaporator based on electrogenerated polypyrrole-coated nickel foam for efficient solar steam generation	112
Recent advances in nanomaterial development for lithium ion-sieving technologies	111
Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review	109
Superhydrophobic MXene based fabric composite for high efficiency solar desalination	109
Cost of fouling in full-scale reverse osmosis and nanofiltration installations in the Netherlands	107
Enhancement of pyramid solar distiller performance using reflectors, cooling cycle, and dangled cords of wicks	106
Water desalination using nanocelluloses/cellulose derivatives based membranes for sustainable future	105

Li+ adsorption performance and mechanism using lithium/aluminum layered double hydroxides in low grade brines	104
Understanding the fouling/scaling resistance of superhydrophobic/omniphobic membranes in membrane distillation	103
Lithium extraction from high Mg/Li brine via electrochemical intercalation/de-intercalation system using LiMn2O4 materials	100
Recovery of precious metals from industrial wastewater towards resource recovery and environmental sustainability: A critical review	95
An overview of water desalination systems integrated with renewable energy sources	95
Microbial desalination cell: Desalination through conserving energy	95
A review on the synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes	90
Ultra-durable and highly-efficient hybrid capacitive deionization by MXene confined MoS2 heterostructure	89
Designed strategies of nanofiltration technology for Mg2+/Li+ separation from salt-lake brine: A comprehensive review	88
Enhancing tubular solar still performance using novel PCM-tubes	87
A review on free-standing electrodes for energy-effective desalination: Recent advances and perspectives in capacitive deionization	86
Multistage electrodialysis for desalination of natural seawater	86
Insights into metal-organic frameworks-integrated membranes for desalination process: A review	84
Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation	84
Unprecedented Mg2+/Li+ separation using layer-by-layer based nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes	84
Ultrafast ionic and molecular sieving through graphene oxide based composite membranes	80
Active solar distillation technology: A wide overview	79
Sustainable seawater desalination: Current status, environmental implications and future expectations	78
Environmental sustainability and ions removal through electrodialysis desalination: Operating conditions and process parameters	78
A zero liquid discharge system integrating multi-effect distillation and evaporative crystallization for desalination brine treatment	77
Optimization of a biomass-driven Rankine cycle integrated with multi-effect desalination, and solid oxide electrolyzer for power, hydrogen, and freshwater production	77
A self-floating, salt-resistant 3D Janus radish-based evaporator for highly efficient solar desalination	76
Improving the feasibility and applicability of flow-electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI): Review of process optimization and energy efficiency	75
Performance improvement of double slope solar still via combinations of low cost materials integrated with glass cooling	75
Predictive modelling for solar power-driven hybrid desalination system using artificial neural network regression with Adam optimization	75
A review on PCM and nanofluid for various productivity enhancement methods for double slope solar still: Future challenge and current water issues	75
Biomass eggplant-derived photothermal aerogels with Janus wettability for cost-effective seawater desalination	74
Enhanced solar desalination by delignified wood coated with bimetallic Fe/Pd nanoparticles	73
Tailoring polypyrrole-based Janus aerogel for efficient and stable solar steam generation	72
A systematic review and statistical analysis of nutrient recovery from municipal wastewater by electrodialysis	72
Scalable, self-cleaning and self-floating bi-layered bacterial cellulose biofoam for efficient solar evaporator with photocatalytic purification	72
Fractional modeling for enhancing the thermal performance of conventional solar still using hybrid nanofluid: Energy and exergy analysis	71
Retrofitting a thermoelectric-based solar still integrated with an evacuated tube collector utilizing an antibacterial-magnetic hybrid nanofluid	71
Chinese ink enabled wood evaporator for continuous water desalination	70
A review of recent advances in humidification and dehumidification desalination technologies using solar energy	69
Recent advances in lithium extraction from salt lake brine using coupled and tandem technologies	69
Experimental investigation of the effects of low-temperature phase change material on single-slope solar still	68
Significant roles of substrate properties in forward osmosis membrane performance: A review	68
Electrochemical lithium recovery from brine with high Mg2+/Li+ ratio using mesoporous λ-MnO2/LiMn2O4 modified 3D graphite felt electrodes	68
An integrated membrane process for preparation of lithium hydroxide from high Mg/Li ratio salt lake brine	68
Ferroferric oxide@titanium carbide MXene heterostructure with enhanced sodium storage ability for efficient hybrid capacitive deionization	67