Next-generation membrane technologies for sustainable exploitation of seawater brine resources: transition towards a circular blue industry

Deliverables

"EXBRINER Leaflet#1"

Veicolate the first leaflet of EXBRINER project

"Web-videoclip #1"

Prepare and veicolate the first videoclip on the EXBRINER project

Website linked to e-learning platform

Setting up the website on the project with link to the e-learning platform.

EXBRINER Newsletter issue 1

Release of the first issue of EXBRINER Newsletter

Publications

Development of cation-exchange membranes using solvent-free 3D printing: Towards tailored surface topographies

Author(s): Mekhna Venu, Claudia F. Galinha, João G. Crespo, Sylwin Pawlowski
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 378, 2025, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2025.134567

High-throughput screening of topological materials and differential electrochemical mass spectrometry validation establish FeCo as an earth-abundant catalyst for alkaline hydrogen evolution

Author(s): Yaze Wu, Juan Carlos Calderon, Tsotne Dadiani, Danil W. Boukhvalov, Zhi Gen Yu, Jing Yang, Anna Cupolillo, Chia-Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Tomáš Hrbek, Michael Vorochta, Yong-Wei Zhang, Elena Pastor, Antonio Politano
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 259, 2026, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJHYDENE.2026.156637

Synaptic Behavior in SnSe 2 Field‐Effect Transistors Induced by Surface Oxide and Trap Dynamics

Author(s): Andrea Sessa, Sebastiano De Stefano, Ofelia Durante, Aniello Pelella, Martino Aldrigo, Catalin Parvulescu, Adrian Dinescu, Chia‐Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Tsotne Dadiani, Gianluca D'Olimpio, Enver Faella, Antonio Politano, Maurizio Passacantando, Antonio Di Bartolomeo
Published in: Advanced Electronic Materials, Issue 12, 2026, ISSN 2199-160X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/AELM.202500734

Magnesium sulphate recovery from seawater nanofiltration brine using photothermal membrane crystallization

Author(s): Asif Saud, Bruno Marco Inzillo, Sergio Santoro, Aamer Ali, Efrem Curcio, Cejna Anna Quist-Jensen
Published in: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2213-3437
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JECE.2026.121393

High purity lithium recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries using commercial nanofiltration membranes: a comparative performance assessment

Author(s): Mamoona Alam, Bart Van der Bruggen, Muhammad Ahsan Khan, Pengrui Jin, May Bin-Jumah, Mohammad Ibrahim
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-026-36924-1

Membrane distillation crystallization’s parametric analysis for magnesium sulphate crystallization from simulated nanofiltration brine

Author(s): Asif Saud, Aamer Ali, Cejna Anna Quist-Jensen
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 376, 2025, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2025.133852

Magnesium Recovery from Nanofiltration Brine by Membrane Distillation Crystallization

Author(s): Asif Saud, Aamer Ali, Cejna Anna Quist-Jensen
Published in: ACS Sustainable Resource Management, Issue 2, 2025, ISSN 2837-1445
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSSUSRESMGT.5C00219

Solar-Driven Photothermal Membrane Distillation-Selective Electrodialysis for Sustainable Lithium Extraction from Salt-Lake Brines

Author(s): Roviel Berhane Zegeye, Ramato Ashu Tufa, Sergio Santoro, Bruno Marco Inzillo, Marco Aquino, Grazia Giuseppina Politano, Alula Selomon Embaye, Pietro Argurio, Loredana De Bartolo, Efrem Curcio
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSSUSCHEMENG.6C01818

High-performance antifouling photothermal membranes for enhanced membrane distillation crystallization

Author(s): Alula Selomon Embaye, Antonella Piscioneri, Sabrina Morelli, Mariano Davoli, Renata De Rose, Roviel Berhane Zegeye, Sergio Santoro, Efrem Curcio, Loredana De Bartolo
Published in: Desalination, Issue 608, 2025, ISSN 0011-9164
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DESAL.2025.118847

Enhancing hardwater treatment using ultra-loose nanofiltration membranes modified with novel MOF nanoparticles

Author(s): Tanaz Moghadamfar, Muhammad Ahsan Khan, Carmelo Morgante, Maria Iliopoulou, José Luis Cortina, Luis J.del Valle, Bart Van der Bruggen, Mònica Reig
Published in: Journal of Water Process Engineering, Issue 83, 2026, ISSN 2214-7144
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JWPE.2026.109579

Modified Membranes for Redox Flow Batteries—A Review

Author(s): Misgina Tilahun Tsehaye,Ramato Ashu Tufa, Roviel Berhane, Francesco Deb, Kibrom Alebel Gebru, Svetlozar Velizarov
Published in: Membranes, Issue 13/9, 2023, ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/membranes13090777

Geothermal-fluids-derived critical raw materials for a sustainable and independent European supply

Author(s): Bruno Marco Inzillo, Sergio Santoro, Roviel Berhane Zegeye, Ramato Ashu Tufa, Pietro Argurio, Salvatore Straface, Efrem Curcio
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue 240, 2026, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSER.2026.117166

Evaluating a new ultra-thin dense-skin hollow Fiber membrane for vacuum membrane distillation

Author(s): Indira Chimanlal, Cécile Formosa-Dague, Maria Iliopoulou, Despina Fragouli, Corinne Cabassud
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 382, 2026, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2025.136026

Advances in integrated membrane processes for sustainable lithium extraction

Author(s): Ramato Ashu Tufa, Sergio Santoro, Cherie Flores-Fernández, Roviel Berhane Zegeye, Diego Fuentealba, Marco Aquino, Belén Barraza, Bruno Marco Inzillo, Shahriyar Nasirov, Giuseppe D'Andrea, Elizabeth Troncoso, Salvatore Straface, Humberto Estay, Efrem Curcio
Published in: Desalination, Issue 610, 2025, ISSN 0011-9164
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DESAL.2025.118899

Thin Film and Interlayer Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes Based on MOFs for Purification of Lithium from Brine

Author(s): Muhammad Ahsan Khan, Maria Iliopoulou, Mamoona Alam, Despina Fragouli, Bart Van der Bruggen
Published in: ACS Applied Nano Materials, Issue 9, 2026, ISSN 2574-0970
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSANM.6C01068

Self‐Assembled Gallium Sulfide (GaS) Heterostructures Enabling Efficient Water Splitting and Selective Ammonia Sensing

Author(s): Danil W. Boukhvalov, Gianluca D'Olimpio, Tsotne Dadiani, Jyayasi Sharma, Ashraf Abdelrahman Assadig Elameen, Stefano Zenone, Marcin Rosmus, Bekir Gürbulak, Emir Çepni, Eduard Llobet, Elena Magnano, Federica Bondino, Songül Duman, Antonio Politano
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 35, 2025, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ADFM.202507388

Neuromorphic Photoresponse in Ultrathin SnS2-Based Field Effect Transistor

Author(s): Sebastiano De Stefano, Ofelia Durante, Andrea Sessa, Antonio Politano, Gianluca D’Olimpio, Tsotne Dadiani, Enver Faella, Adrian Dinescu, Catalin Parvulescu, Crispin Hetherington, Chia-Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Martino Aldrigo, Maurizio Passacantando, Antonio Di Bartolomeo
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSAMI.5C11651

Sustainable lithium recovery from geothermal brine via integrated membrane distillation – selective electrodialysis

Author(s): Roviel Berhane Zegeye, Ramato Ashu Tufa, Sergio Santoro, Bruno Marco Inzillo, Marco Aquino, Grazia Giuseppina Politano, Alula Selomon Embaye, Pietro Argurio, Loredana De Bartolo, Efrem Curcio
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 27, 2025, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06530A

Ultrathin SnS 2 Field‐Effect Transistors Exhibiting Temperature‐Enhanced Memory Performance

Author(s): Andrea Sessa, Tsotne Dadiani, Sebastiano De Stefano, Ofelia Durante, Aniello Pelella, Catalin Parvulescu, Adrian Dinescu, Martino Aldrigo, Chia‐Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Gianluca D'Olimpio, Enver Faella, Antonio Politano, Maurizio Passacantando, Antonio Di Bartolomeo
Published in: Advanced Electronic Materials, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2199-160X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/AELM.202500327

Scalable Defect Engineering of Pt 3 Te 4 Nanosheets Activates an Electro-Switchable and Termination-Dependent PtO 2 Skin for Low-Overpotential Hydrogen Evolution

Author(s): Tsotne Dadiani, Gianluca D’Olimpio, Loreta Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite, Stefano Zenone, Chia-Nung Kuo, Matteo Amati, Zygmunt Milosz, Luca Gregoratti, Tomáš Hrbek, Miquel Gamón Rodríguez, Marian Cosmin Istrate, Chin Shan Lue, Yevheniia Lobko, Corneliu Ghica, Eugenijus Norkus, Yong-Wei Zhang, Anna Cupolillo, Danil W. Boukhvalov, Antonio Politano
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 18, 2026, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSAMI.5C18460

Positive and negative photoconductivity coexist in two-dimensional ternary SnSSe alloy

Author(s): Sebastiano De Stefano, Andrea Sessa, Aniello Pelella, Ofelia Durante, Adrian Dinescu, Catalin Parvulescu, Martino Aldrigo, Chia-Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Aviv Schwarz, Doron Naveh, Tsotne Dadiani, Enver Faella, Maurizio Passacantando, Antonio Politano, Antonio Di Bartolomeo
Published in: Nano Today, Issue 70, 2026, ISSN 1748-0132
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.NANTOD.2026.103118

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