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Liang B, Hu H, Zhu H, Yu Y, He W, Li G. Separation performance of graphene oxide nanofiltration membrane intercalated by MWCNTs and α -Fe 2O 3 nanoparticles. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 908:168466. [PMID: 37951252 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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Nanofiltration (NF) technology is used in the field of water treatment due to its advantages of low energy consumption, high efficiency, and simple process flow. However, the problems of membrane fouling and trade-off (i.e., high flux with low rejection or high rejection with low flux) exist in NF technology, which limit its wide-scale popularization and application. The emphasis of this work is to improve the performance of graphene oxide (GO)-based NF membranes. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and α-Fe2O3 were selected to modify the GO-based membrane by expanding the interlayer spacing and enhancing its antifouling and rejection abilities. Our composite membranes exhibit an increased interlayer spacing of 0.787 nm to 1.1 nm, achieving a high pure water permeation flux of 138.96 Lm-2 h-1, as well as satisfactory rejection rates for salts and dyes (Na2SO4, NaCl, MgCl2, Congo red, and methylene blue). Additionally, the membranes exhibit a relatively good antifouling property. After five cycles of rejection tests, the flux and rejection rate could be recovered to 90 % from 80 % with a 4-h irradiation under visible light. This study provides valuable insights into the development of high-efficiency and advanced NF membranes.
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- Baowen Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd., Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai CEO Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd, 1688 Guoquan North Road, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd., Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd., Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd., Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd., Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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Foroutan F, Ahmadzadeh H, Davardoostmanesh M, Amiri A. Water desalination using stainless steel meshes coated with layered double hydroxide/graphene oxide nanocomposite. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2023; 95:e10925. [PMID: 37691327 DOI: 10.1002/wer.10925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Coated stainless steel meshes with layered double hydroxides and graphene oxide nanocomposites (LDH/GO) were used as desalination membranes. The nature of stainless steel mesh allows a greater amount of sorbent to be coated on the surface using sol-gel technique and increases the adsorption capacity of ions and the efficiency of desalination. These substrates improve the contact surface area so that approximately 5 min is required for the desalination process. The LDH/GO stainless steel mesh exhibited excellent corrosion resistance and tensile strength of 99.9% and 112 MPa, respectively. To achieve the best desalination efficiency, different parameters were optimized, including the ratio of GO to LDH in the nanocomposites, the number of mesh layers, NaCl concentrations, and process cycles. The maximum adsorption capacity for the NaCl was 555.5 mg g-1 . The results revealed that LDH/GO nanocomposite was able to remove (94.3 ± 0.5) % of the NaCl under the optimum conditions. The proposed method was used to successfully remove Na+ , Mg+2 , Ca+2 , and K+ cations from seawater, with the yields of 92.3%, 92.5%, 91.2%, and 90.2%, respectively. PRACTITIONER POINTS: The salts are removed via interaction between salt ions and functional groups on the LDH/GO nanocomposite surface. A high amount of adsorbent loaded on the surface of steel mesh leads to an improvement in the adsorption capacity. The sol-gel technique strengthens the LDH/GO nanocomposites on the surface of steel mesh.
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- Fahimeh Foroutan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Wang Y, Shang Y, Sun X, Yang Q, Zhang Y. Enhancing Freshwater Production via Customizable and Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Seawater Desalination. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:40595-40605. [PMID: 37583295 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Solar-powered water generation is an appealing strategy for cost-effective and energy-sustainable seawater purification/desalination, where rational material selection and device design is crucial. Nevertheless, prevailing carbon-based photothermal materials in such systems still suffer from mediocre steam-to-water efficiency, failing to satisfy an adequate freshwater supply. Herein, we demonstrate a biomimetic corrugated evaporator (CE) affording carbon nanotube (CNT) encapsulated Fe nanocluster-decoration in the pursuit of high-efficiency seawater purification. The thus-customized CE demonstrates a maximum evaporation rate of 4.2 kg m-2 h-1 with a refraction angle of 60° and a water-lifting height of 5.5 cm, outperforming most state-of-the-art carbon-based counterparts. By employing a tailored architectural design and optimized condensing volume, the steam-to-water efficiency increases from 65.8 to 88.2% as the volume enlarges from 0.8 to 5.3 L, further harvesting a peak value of 91% under negative pressure. Light intensity simulation and experimental mechanistic investigation disclose the dual property-performance relationships between evaporator microstructure and evaporation rate, as well as between condensing device volume and steam-to-water efficiency. The universality of the theoretical guidance of this work will offer insight into the development of solar-driven evaporator construction toward simultaneous seawater desalination and clean water generation.
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- Yifei Wang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Key Laboratory of Beijing for Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Key Laboratory of Beijing for Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Key Laboratory of Beijing for Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Hosseini SM, Mohammadianfar S, Farahani SK, Solhi S. Polyether sulfone-graphite nanocomposite for nanofiltration membrane with enhanced separation, antifouling and antibacterial properties. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-022-1266-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Poly(vinyl alcohol)/carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes for pervaporation dehydration: The effect of functionalization agents for CNT on pervaporation performance. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dai Y, Niu Z, Luo W, Wang Y, Mu P, Li J. A review on the recent advances in composite membranes for CO2 capture processes. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mali M, Walekar L, Mhamane D, Mali G, Pawar S, Patil V, Parbat H, Gokavi G. Fabrication of ternary polyvinyl alcohol/tetraethyl orthosilicate/silicotungstic acid hybrid membranes for pervaporation dehydration of alcohol. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kumar S, Shandilya M, Uniyal P, Thakur S, Parihar N. Efficacy of polymeric nanofibrous membranes for proficient wastewater treatment. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-022-04417-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PAN electrospun nanofiber skeleton induced MOFs continuous distribution in MMMs to boost CO2 capture. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydroxyl-functionalized ultra-thin graphitic-carbon-nitrite nanosheets-accommodated polyvinyl alcohol membrane for pervaporation of isopropanol/water mixture. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Yadav S, Ibrar I, Altaee A, Samal AK, Karbassiyazdi E, Zhou J, Bartocci P. High-Performance mild annealed CNT/GO-PVA composite membrane for brackish water treatment. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Catalytically active membranes for esterification: A review. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Polyamide composite membranes sandwiched with modified carbon nanotubes for high throughput pervaporation desalination of hypersaline solutions. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zachariah S, Liu YL. Surface engineering through biomimicked structures and deprotonation of poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes for pervaporation desalination. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhang S, Acharya DP, Tang X, Zheng H, Yang G, Ng D, Xie Z. Dual Functions of a Au@AgNP-Incorporated Nanocomposite Desalination Membrane with an Enhanced Antifouling Property and Fouling Detection Via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:46202-46212. [PMID: 34528779 PMCID: PMC8485324 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Membrane fouling has remained a major challenge limiting the wide application of membrane technology because it reduces the efficiency and shortens the lifespan of the membrane, thus increasing the operation cost. Herein we report a novel dual-function nanocomposite membrane incorporating silver-coated gold nanoparticles (Au@AgNPs) into a sulfosuccinic acid (SSA) cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) membrane for a pervaporation desalination. Compared with the control PVA membrane and PVA/SSA membrane, the Au@AgNPs/PVA/SSA membrane demonstrated a higher water flux and better salt rejection as well as an enhanced antifouling property. More importantly, Au@AgNPs provided an additional function enabling a foulant detection on the membrane surface via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) as Au@AgNPs could amplify the Raman signals as an SERS substrate. Distinct SERS spectra given by a fouled membrane helped to distinguish different protein foulants from their characteristic fingerprint peaks. Their fouling tendency on the membrane was also revealed by comparing the SERS intensities of mixed foulants on the membrane surface. The Au@AgNPs/PVA/SSA nanocomposite membrane presented here demonstrated the possibility of a multifunction membrane to achieve both antifouling and fouling detection, which could potentially be used in water treatment.
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- Shixin Zhang
- Key
laboratory of the three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-Environment,
State Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, P. R. China
- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Melbourne 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Melbourne 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Melbourne 3169, Victoria, Australia
- Chongqing
Key Laboratory of Catalysis & New Environmental Materials, College
of Environment and Resources, Chongqing
Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, P. R.
China
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- Key
laboratory of the three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-Environment,
State Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, P. R. China
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Melbourne 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Melbourne 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Melbourne 3169, Victoria, Australia
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Wang Q, Dai Y, Ruan X, Zheng W, Yan X, Li X, He G. ZIF-8 hollow nanotubes based mixed matrix membranes with high-speed gas transmission channel to promote CO2/N2 separation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lin GS, Chen YR, Chang TH, Huang TC, Zhuang GL, Huang WZ, Liu YC, Matsuyama H, Wu KCW, Tung KL. A high ZIF-8 loading PVA mixed matrix membrane on alumina hollow fiber with enhanced ethanol dehydration. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Li J, Liao H, Sun Y, Li R, Zhu B, Zhong Z, Yao Z. Fabrication of MWCNTs/PDMS mixed matrix membranes for recovery of volatile aromatic compounds from brewed black tea. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Herein, we report on the performance of a hybrid organic-ceramic hydrophilic pervaporation membrane applied in a vacuum membrane distillation operating mode to desalinate laboratory prepared saline waters and a hypersaline water modeled after a real oil and gas produced water. The rational for performing “pervaporative distillation” is that highly contaminated waters like produced water, reverse osmosis concentrates and industrial have high potential to foul and scale membranes, and for traditional porous membrane distillation membranes they can suffer pore-wetting and complete salt passage. In most of these processes, the hard to treat feed water is commonly softened and filtered prior to a desalination process. This study evaluates pervaporative distillation performance treating: (1) NaCl solutions from 10 to 240 g/L at crossflow Reynolds numbers from 300 to 4800 and feed-temperatures from 60 to 85 °C and (2) a real produced water composition chemically softened to reduce its high-scale forming mineral content. The pervaporative distillation process proved highly-effective at desalting all feed streams, consistently delivering <10 mg/L of dissolved solids in product water under all operating condition tested with reasonably high permeate fluxes (up to 23 LMH) at optimized operating conditions.
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Castro-Muñoz R. Breakthroughs on tailoring pervaporation membranes for water desalination: A review. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 187:116428. [PMID: 33011568 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Due to the increase in worldwide population and urbanization, water scarcity is today one of the tough challenges of society. To date, several ongoing initiatives and strategies are aiming to find feasible alternatives to produce drinking water. Seawater desalination is addressed as a latent alternative to solve such an issue. When dealing with desalination, membrane-based technologies (such as reverse osmosis, membrane distillation, pervaporation, among others) have been successfully proposed. Pervaporation (PV) is likely the membrane operation with the less permeation rate but providing high rejection of salts. Thereby, "membranologists" are extensively working in developing new suitable membranes for pervaporation desalination. Therefore, the goal of this review paper is to elucidate and provide a comprehensive outlook of the most recent works (over the last 5-years) at developing new concepts of membranes (e.g. ultra-thin, mixed matrix/composite and inorganic) for desalination, as well as the relevant strategies in fabricating enhanced PV membranes. At this point, an important emphasis has been paid to the relevant insights in the field. This paper also addresses some principles of PV and the main drawbacks of the technique and its membranes. Through reviewing the literature, the future trends, needs, and recommendations for the new researchers are given.
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- Roberto Castro-Muñoz
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Avenida Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas 2000 San Antonio Buenavista, 50110Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico.
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Yang G, Xie Z, Zhang S, Zheng H, Cai K, Cran M, Ng D, Wu C, Gray S. Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Transport in Membranes Containing Fixed-Site Carriers for Fast Pervaporation Desalination. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:50918-50928. [PMID: 33108870 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c16934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Facilitated transport membranes (FTMs) comprising fixed carrier agents hold considerable potential for obtaining selective and fast separation of mixed molecules in either gas or liquid state. However, diffusion through the membrane is inevitably affected by the resistance from the polymer matrix, where the carrier is absent. Herein, a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based separating layer combining the merits of fixed-site transport agents and inorganic nanofillers was developed to reduce the transport resistance. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with different degrees of oxidation were prepared and incorporated into the sulfonic acid (-SO3H)-modified PVA matrix. The resultant composite membrane consisting of a microporous polytetrafluoroethylene substrate and a thin PVA-based separating layer (∼700 nm thick) was subject to pervaporation desalination of sodium chloride solution (35,000 ppm) at 30 °C. The effect of -SO3H as a fixed transport agent in the PVA matrix was first investigated experimentally, showing an increase of water flux by 21.8% compared with a control membrane without the transport agent. Subsequently, the CNT-incorporated FTM exhibited good stability (50 h) and improvement in water transport, which was ∼161% of the control FTM (PVA with -SO3H) without loss of selectivity. Such high and stable performance achieved in the CNT-incorporated FTM originated from the construction of low-resistance transport pathways by CNTs between -SO3H groups as well as their uniform dispersion in the polymer matrix.
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- Guang Yang
- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, State Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, State Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, P. R. China
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Institute of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, PR China
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
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Prihatiningtyas I, Hartanto Y, Ballesteros MSR, Van der Bruggen B. Cellulose triacetate/
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nanocomposite for synthesis of pervaporation desalination membranes. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Indah Prihatiningtyas
- Department of Chemical Engineering KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
- Department of Chemical Engineering Mulawarman University Samarinda Indonesia
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- Materials and Process Engineering (iMMC‐IMAP) UC Louvain Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria South Africa
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Yang G, Xie Z, Cran M, Wu C, Gray S. Dimensional Nanofillers in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Pervaporation Separations: A Review. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:E193. [PMID: 32825195 PMCID: PMC7559426 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10090193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pervaporation (PV) has been an intriguing membrane technology for separating liquid mixtures since its commercialization in the 1980s. The design of highly permselective materials used in this respect has made significant improvements in separation properties, such as selectivity, permeability, and long-term stability. Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), featuring inorganic fillers dispersed in a polymer matrix to form an organic-inorganic hybrid, have opened up a new avenue to facilely obtain high-performance PV membranes. The combination of inorganic fillers in a polymer matrix endows high flexibility in designing the required separation properties of the membranes, in which various fillers provide specific functions correlated to the separation process. This review discusses recent advances in the use of nanofillers in PV MMMs categorized by dimensions including zero-, one-, two- and three-dimensional nanomaterials. Furthermore, the impact of the nanofillers on the polymer matrix is described to provide in-depth understanding of the structure-performance relationship. Finally, the applications of nanofillers in MMMs for PV separation are summarized.
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- Guang Yang
- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia; (G.Y.); (M.C.)
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia; (G.Y.); (M.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Institute of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China;
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia; (G.Y.); (M.C.)
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Ray SS, Iroegbu AOC, Bordado JC. Polymer-Based Membranes and Composites for Safe, Potable, and Usable Water: A Survey of Recent Advances. CHEMISTRY AFRICA 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42250-020-00166-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Recent Advances in Applications of Carbon Nanotubes for Desalination: A Review. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10061203. [PMID: 32575642 PMCID: PMC7353087 DOI: 10.3390/nano10061203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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As a sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient method, membranes are becoming a progressively vital technique to solve the problem of the scarcity of freshwater resources. With these critical advantages, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have great potential for membrane desalination given their high aspect ratio, large surface area, high mechanical strength and chemical robustness. In recent years, the CNT membrane field has progressed enormously with applications in water desalination. The latest theoretical and experimental developments on the desalination of CNT membranes, including vertically aligned CNT (VACNT) membranes, composited CNT membranes, and their applications are timely and comprehensively reviewed in this manuscript. The mechanisms and effects of CNT membranes used in water desalination where they offer the advantages are also examined. Finally, a summary and outlook are further put forward on the scientific opportunities and major technological challenges in this field.
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Yang G, Xie Z, Doherty CM, Cran M, Ng D, Gray S. Understanding the transport enhancement of poly (vinyl alcohol) based hybrid membranes with dispersed nanochannels for pervaporation application. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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2D laminar maleic acid-crosslinked MXene membrane with tunable nanochannels for efficient and stable pervaporation desalination. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.117871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Zhu Y, Yu X, Zhang T, Li P, Wang X. Biomimetic sulfated silk nanofibrils for constructing rapid mid-molecule toxins removal nanochannels. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Liu B, Li D, Yao J, Sun H. Enhanced CO
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selectivity of polyimide membranes through dispersion of polyethyleneimine decorated UiO‐66 particles. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.49068] [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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- Bing Liu
- School of EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
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- School of EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
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- School of EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
- National Engineering Center of Urban Water Resources Harbin China
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- School of EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
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Allel A, Wahib Naceur M, Benguergoura H, Ledoux A, Saeed WS, Al-Odayni AB, Aouak T. Pervaporative separation of water–ethanol mixtures using an Algerian Na + montmorillonite nanoclay-incorporated poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite membrane. RSC Adv 2020; 10:39531-39541. [PMID: 35515394 PMCID: PMC9057410 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra07265f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This work aims to study the role of bentonite, Na+ montmorillonite (Na+MMT), as a filler to design a new poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based membrane for the pervaporation of an azeotropic water/ethanol mixture to enhance its separation efficiency. PVA/Na+MMT nanocomposite membranes, containing different ratios of Na+MMT (i.e., 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 wt%), were prepared using the solvent casting method and crosslinked with maleic acid. The interactions between the PVA polymer and MMT were determined using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Structural characterization by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that the nanoclay structure was well-exfoliated and distributed in the crosslinked PVA matrix. To determine the thermal stability of different membranes, thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were used. The mechanical properties of pure PVA and the intercalated polymer material were studied. Of note, in this study, the membranes showed a simultaneous increase in the permeation flow and selectivity depending on the montmorillonite filling charge. This work aims to study the role of bentonite, Na+ montmorillonite (Na+MMT), as a filler to design a new poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based membrane for the pervaporation of an azeotropic water/ethanol mixture to enhance its separation efficiency.![]()
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- Amina Allel
- Laboratoire Eau, Environnement, et Développement Durable (2E2D)
- Faculté de Technologies
- Département de Génie des Procédés
- Université Saâd Dahlab Blida 1
- Blida 09000
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- Laboratoire Eau, Environnement, et Développement Durable (2E2D)
- Faculté de Technologies
- Département de Génie des Procédés
- Université Saâd Dahlab Blida 1
- Blida 09000
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- Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique Moléculaire et Macromoléculaire LCPMM
- Faculté des Sciences
- Département de Chimie
- Université Saâd Dahlab Blida 1
- Blida 09000
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- LSPC
- INSA de Rouen
- Normandie Université
- 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray
- France
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- Chemistry Department
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11451
- Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11451
- Saudi Arabia
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Han J, Wang S, Zhu S, Huang C, Yue Y, Mei C, Xu X, Xia C. Electrospun Core-Shell Nanofibrous Membranes with Nanocellulose-Stabilized Carbon Nanotubes for Use as High-Performance Flexible Supercapacitor Electrodes with Enhanced Water Resistance, Thermal Stability, and Mechanical Toughness. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:44624-44635. [PMID: 31697464 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b16458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A high-performance flexible supercapacitor electrode with a core-shell structure is successfully developed from cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-stabilized carbon nanotubes (CNTs). By incorporating poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), a cross-linked nanofibrous membrane (CNT-CNC/PVA-PAA) is prepared as the core material via directional electrospinning, followed by a thermal treatment. The flexible supercapacitor electrodes are eventually fabricated via the in situ polymerization of polyaniline (PANI), which was used as the coating shell material, on the aligned electrospun nanofibers. By taking advantage of the thermally induced esterification cross-linking that occurs among PVA, PAA, and the CNT-CNC nanohybrids, the membranes present with enhanced water resistance, mechanical strength, and thermal stability. After the surface coating of the PANI shell, the optimized PANI@CNT-CNC/PVA-PAA nanofibrous membranes exhibit a large porosity, an enhanced specific surface area, a superior tensile strength of ∼54.8 MPa, and a favorable electroconductivity of ∼0.44 S m-1. As expected, the nanofibrous electrodes with a specific capacitance of 164.6 F g-1 can maintain 91% of the original capacitance after 2000 cycles. The symmetrical solid-state supercapacitor assembled by the nanofibrous electrodes shows an excellent capacitance of 155.5 F g-1 and a remarkable capacitance retention of 92, 90, and 89% after 2000 cycles under flat, bending, and twisting deformations, respectively.
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Meng J, Li P, Cao B. High-Flux Direct-Contact Pervaporation Membranes for Desalination. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:28461-28468. [PMID: 31294541 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b08078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To solve the pore-wetting problems of membrane distillation, we developed a series of three-layer composite pervaporation (PV) membranes that could be applied in direct contact mode. Specifically, a porous poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) layer was placed on top of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) microfiltration membrane using the nonsolvent-induced phase inversion method, and then a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) dense layer was coated on the PVDF/PTFE substrate. The hydrophobic PTFE layer prevented the permeate side of the PVA/PVDF/PTFE membrane from being wetted with cooling water. The PVDF intermediate layer acted as a glue to the PVA and PTFE layers. Also, the PVA dense layer provided a high water flux, salt rejection, and antifouling property. As a result, a high water flux of 44.5 ± 3.0 kg/(m2 h) with the NaCl rejection of >99.99% were achieved for the direct-contact pervaporation (DCPV) membranes when separating a 3.5 wt % NaCl solution at 75.0 ± 0.9 °C using a cooling water stream of 20.6 ± 0.3 °C. Moreover, when the NaCl solution contained 10 mg/L Tween20 (acting as a contaminant), a stable water flux of 45.8 ± 0.6 kg/(m2 h) was maintained for at least 24 h, indicating excellent antifouling property. Furthermore, when the permeate side was under vacuum, the water flux increased to 83.4 ± 6.5 kg/(m2 h), similar to the highest reported data of all the existing PV desalination membranes. More importantly, the easy-to-scale-up fabrication method indicated great potential of DCPV membranes for commercialization.
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- Junquan Meng
- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China
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Ma L, Svec F, Lv Y, Tan T. Engineering of the Filler/Polymer Interface in Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Mixed‐Matrix Membranes to Enhance Gas Separation. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:3502-3514. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Liang Ma
- College of Life Science and TechnologyBeijing University of Chemical Technology No 15th North Third Ring East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology No 15th North Third Ring East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- College of Life Science and TechnologyBeijing University of Chemical Technology No 15th North Third Ring East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology No 15th North Third Ring East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- College of Life Science and TechnologyBeijing University of Chemical Technology No 15th North Third Ring East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- College of Life Science and TechnologyBeijing University of Chemical Technology No 15th North Third Ring East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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Yang Z, Zhou Y, Feng Z, Rui X, Zhang T, Zhang Z. A Review on Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes for Water Purification. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1252. [PMID: 31362430 PMCID: PMC6723865 DOI: 10.3390/polym11081252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sustainable and affordable supply of clean, safe, and adequate water is one of the most challenging issues facing the world. Membrane separation technology is one of the most cost-effective and widely applied technologies for water purification. Polymeric membranes such as cellulose-based (CA) membranes and thin-film composite (TFC) membranes have dominated the industry since 1980. Although further development of polymeric membranes for better performance is laborious, the research findings and sustained progress in inorganic membrane development have grown fast and solve some remaining problems. In addition to conventional ceramic metal oxide membranes, membranes prepared by graphene oxide (GO), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and mixed matrix materials (MMMs) have attracted enormous attention due to their desirable properties such as tunable pore structure, excellent chemical, mechanical, and thermal tolerance, good salt rejection and/or high water permeability. This review provides insight into synthesis approaches and structural properties of recent reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes which are used to retain dissolved species such as heavy metals, electrolytes, and inorganic salts in various aqueous solutions. A specific focus has been placed on introducing and comparing water purification performance of different classes of polymeric and ceramic membranes in related water treatment industries. Furthermore, the development challenges and research opportunities of organic and inorganic membranes are discussed and the further perspectives are analyzed.
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- Zi Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2041 N. College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2041 N. College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2041 N. College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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