Bary Leonard Suwandi, Laurensia Nadya Widjaja, Stefani Catherine, Shella Permatasari Santoso, Felycia Edi Soetaredjo, Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Adriana Anteng Anggorowati, Suryadi Ismadji, Phuong Lan Tran-Nguyen, Yi-Hsu Ju
Rapid population and economic growth cause severe anthropogenic emissions, which lead to many water pollutions. As a result, the demand for potable water is increasing dramatically in the last decades. Various logical solutions and sustainable developments, such as converting seawater into freshwater, have been explored. Several methods have been employed in water desalination, such as pressure-driven membranes, capacitive deionization, and adsorption desalination. Still, the lim-itations of the present technologies are low water productivity and quality. Therefore, it is essential to perform further research to design materials and methods with higher salt rejection property and large flux capacity. Recent study and development have pointed out an advanced material called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with fascinating chemical and physical properties. Researchers and engineers have been studying MOFs for their potential application in water desalination. This review is aimed to stimulate future research related to the utilization of MOFs for seawater desalination, particularly in the desalination membrane development. Recent advances from the MOF in water desalination are given, starting with outlining various studies of membrane-modified MOF, followed by the application of MOF in desalination technology. Finally, the explanation of the concept of increasing desalination performance by MOF to fill the knowledge gap. © 2021 Desalination Publications. All rights reserved.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Kalijudan 37, East Java, Surabaya, 60114, Indonesia; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Can Tho University, 3-2 Street, Cantho City, Viet Nam