摘要

The shortage of water resource has severely impacted on the development of social economy and the enhancement of the people living standard of our nation. Seawater desalination technology is one of the important means to solve current water resource deficient problem. Reverse osmosis membrane process has won the bid in international calling for tenders of seawater desalination, because its low capital invest, low energy consumption, low cost price and shorter construction period in recent years. On basis of a brief introduction of the development history of reverse osmosis membranes, this paper reviews the research progress of the functional materials of reverse osmosis composite membranes, with authors's work in preparation of the functional materials of reverse osmosis composite membranes referred. The possible topics of reverse osmosis membranes in the future investigation are discussed.