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Farahbakhsh J, Golgoli M, Khiadani M, Najafi M, Suwaileh W, Razmjou A, Zargar M. Recent advances in surface tailoring of thin film forward osmosis membranes: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 346:140493. [PMID: 37890801 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
Abstract
The recent advancements in fabricating forward osmosis (FO) membranes have shown promising results in desalination and water treatment. Different methods have been applied to improve FO performance, such as using mixed or new draw solutions, enhancing the recovery of draw solutions, membrane modification, and developing FO-hybrid systems. However, reliable methods to address the current issues, including reverse salt flux, fouling, and antibacterial activities, are still in progress. In recent decades, surface modification has been applied to different membrane processes, including FO membranes. Introducing nanochannels, bioparticles, new monomers, and hydrophilic-based materials to the surface layer of FO membranes has significantly impacted their performance and efficiency and resulted in better control over fouling and concentration polarization (CP) in these membranes. This review critically investigates the recent developments in FO membrane processes and fabrication techniques for FO surface-layer modification. In addition, this study focuses on the latest materials and structures used for the surface modification of FO membranes. Finally, the current challenges, gaps, and suggestions for future studies in this field have been discussed in detail.
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Affiliation(s)
- Javad Farahbakhsh
- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), City Campus, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia; Mineral Recovery Research Center (MRRC), School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, WA, 6027, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia; Mineral Recovery Research Center (MRRC), School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, WA, 6027, Australia.
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Polycarbonate/polyvinyl alcohol thin film nanocomposite membrane incorporated with silver nanoparticles for water treatment. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s43153-022-00273-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Deka P, Verma VK, Chandrasekaran A, Neog AB, Bardhan A, Raidongia K, Subbiah S. Performance of novel sericin doped reduced graphene oxide membrane for FO based membrane crystallization application. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Salehi H, Shakeri A, Lammertink RG. Thermo-responsive graft copolymer PSf-g-PNIPM: Reducing the structure parameter via morphology control of forward osmosis membrane substrates. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Joafshan M, Shakeri A, Razavi SR, Salehi H. Gas responsive magnetic nanoparticle as novel draw agent for removal of Rhodamine B via forward osmosis: High water flux and easy regeneration. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Yassari M, Shakeri A, Salehi H, Razavi SR. Enhancement in forward osmosis performance of thin-film nanocomposite membrane using tannic acid-functionalized graphene oxide. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-022-02894-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Alkhouzaam A, Qiblawey H. Functional GO-based membranes for water treatment and desalination: Fabrication methods, performance and advantages. A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 274:129853. [PMID: 33581397 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Graphene oxide (GO) and GO-based materials have gained a significant interest in the membrane synthesis and functionalization sector in the recent years. Inspired by their unique and tuneable properties, several GO-based nanomaterials have been investigated and utilized as effective nanofillers for various membranes in the water treatment, purification and desalination sectors. This paper comprehensively reviews the recent advances of GO utilization in pressure, concentration and thermal-driven membrane processes. A brief overview on GO particles, properties, synthesis and functionalization methods was provided. The conventional and the state-of-art fabrication methods of GO-based membranes were summarized and discussed, and consequently the GO-based membranes were classified into different categories. The applications, types, and the performance in terms of flux and rejection were summarized and reviewed. The advantages of GO-based membranes in terms of antifouling properties, bactericidal effects, mechanical strength and stability have been reviewed, too. The review gives insights on the future perspectives of GO functional materials and their potential use in the various membrane processes discussed herein.
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- Abedalkader Alkhouzaam
- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P. O. Box, 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P. O. Box, 2713, Doha, Qatar.
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Shakeri A, Babaheydari SMM, Salehi H, Razavi SR. Reduction of the Structure Parameter of Forward Osmosis Membranes by Using Sodium Bicarbonate as Pore-Forming Agent. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:7591-7599. [PMID: 34106713 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The forward osmosis (FO) process suffers from unfavorable internal concentration polarization (ICP) of the solute within the support layer of thin-film composite forward osmosis (TFC-FO) membranes. To lower the ICP effect, a support layer with low tortuosity, high porosity, and interconnected pores is necessary. In the present investigation, sodium bicarbonate has been presented as a simple pore-forming agent to decline the ICP within a poly(ethersulfone) substrate. In particular, the porous poly(ethersulfone) support layer was fabricated by embedding sodium bicarbonate into the casting solution to form CO2 gas bubbles in the substrate during phase inversion in an acidic nonsolvent. Experimental results revealed that the separation performance of the TFC-FO membranes significantly improved. The most water-permeable membrane was prepared in the acidic nonsolvent (TFC-SB.3) and it demonstrated a water flux of 26.6 LMH and a reverse salt flux of 3.6 gMH in the FO test. In addition, the TFC-SB.3 membrane showed an 85% increase in water permeability (2.13 LMH/bar) with negligible change in salt rejection (94.3%). Such observations were based on the increase of substrate porosity and the improved connectivity of the finger-like channels through in situ CO2 gas bubbling that alleviate the ICP phenomena. Therefore, the current study presents a simple, scalable method to design a high-performance TFC-FO membrane.
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- Alireza Shakeri
- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6619, Tehran 25529, Iran
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- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6619, Tehran 25529, Iran
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- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6619, Tehran 25529, Iran
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Alihemati Z, Hashemifard SA, Matsuura T, Ismail AF. Feasibility of using polycarbonate as a substrate of thin film composite membrane in forward osmosis. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Z. Alihemati
- Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG), Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering (FPGPE) Persian Gulf University (PGU) Bushehr Iran
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- Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG), Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering (FPGPE) Persian Gulf University (PGU) Bushehr Iran
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai Malaysia
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Ottawa Ottawa Canada
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai Malaysia
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Razavi SR, Shakeri A, Mirahmadi Babaheydari SM, Salehi H, G.H. Lammertink R. High-Performance thin film composite forward osmosis membrane on tannic Acid/Fe3+ coated microfiltration substrate. Chem Eng Res Des 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2020.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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