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He S, Meng Y, Liu J, Huang D, Mi Y, Ma R. Recent Developments in Nanocomposite Membranes Based on Carbon Dots. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:1481. [PMID: 38891428 PMCID: PMC11175156 DOI: 10.3390/polym16111481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Carbon dots (CDs) have aroused colossal attention in the fabrication of nanocomposite membranes ascribed to their ultra-small size, good dispersibility, biocompatibility, excellent fluorescence, facile synthesis, and ease of functionalization. Their unique properties could significantly improve membrane performance, including permeance, selectivity, and antifouling ability. In this review, we summarized the recent development of CDs-based nanocomposite membranes in many application areas. Specifically, we paid attention to the structural regulation and functionalization of CDs-based nanocomposite membranes by CDs. Thus, a detailed discussion about the relationship between the CDs' properties and microstructures and the separation performance of the prepared membranes was presented, highlighting the advantages of CDs in designing high-performance separation membranes. In addition, the excellent optical and electric properties of CDs enable the nanocomposite membranes with multiple functions, which was also presented in this review.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shuheng He
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (S.H.); (J.L.)
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- Zhejiang Institute of Standardization, Hangzhou 310007, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (S.H.); (J.L.)
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA;
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (S.H.); (J.L.)
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- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Gupta I, Gupta O. Recent Advancements in the Recovery and Reuse of Organic Solvents Using Novel Nanomaterial-Based Membranes for Renewable Energy Applications. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:membranes13010108. [PMID: 36676915 PMCID: PMC9862370 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13010108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The energy crisis in the world is increasing rapidly owing to the shortage of fossil fuel reserves. Climate change and an increase in global warming necessitates a change in focus from petroleum-based fuels to renewable fuels such as biofuels. The remodeling of existing separation processes using various nanomaterials is of a growing interest to industrial separation methods. Recently, the design of membrane technologies has been the most focused research area concerning fermentation broth to enhance performance efficiency, while recovering those byproducts to be used as value added fuels. Specifically, the use of novel nano material membranes, which brings about a selective permeation of the byproducts, such as organic solvent, from the fermentation broth, positively affects the fermentation kinetics by eliminating the issue of product inhibition. In this review, which and how membrane-based technologies using novel materials can improve the separation performance of organic solvents is considered. In particular, technical approaches suggested in previous studies are discussed with the goal of emphasizing benefits and problems faced in order to direct research towards an optimized membrane separation performance for renewable fuel production on a commercial scale.
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- Indrani Gupta
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, MA 02210, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-201-467-1138
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Cheng FY, Zhang X, Lin YF, Wu LK, Xu ZL, Taymazov D. Mutual-assisted structure of sodium alginate-polyamide membrane for high-efficient dehydration of ethanol. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2022.104564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Saleem H, Saud A, Munira N, Goh PS, Ismail AF, Siddiqui HR, Zaidi SJ. Improved Forward Osmosis Performance of Thin Film Composite Membranes with Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Eucalyptus Tree Leaves. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:nano12193519. [PMID: 36234646 PMCID: PMC9565292 DOI: 10.3390/nano12193519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The major challenges in forward osmosis (FO) are low water flux, high specific reverse solute flux (SRSF), and membrane fouling. The present work addresses these problems by the incorporation of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) in the polyamide (PA) layer of thin-film composite (TFC) membranes, as well as by using an innovative polyethersulfone nanofiber support for the TFC membrane. The GQDs were prepared from eucalyptus leaves using a facile hydrothermal method that requires only deionized water, without the need for any organic solvents or reducing agents. The nanofiber support of the TFC membranes was prepared using solution blow spinning (SBS). The polyamide layer with GQDs was deposited on top of the nanofiber support through interfacial polymerization. This is the first study that reports the fouling resistance of the SBS-nanofiber-supported TFC membranes. The effect of various GQD loadings on the TFC FO membrane performance, its long-term FO testing, cleaning efficiency, and organic fouling resistance were analyzed. It was noted that the FO separation performance of the TFC membranes was improved with the incorporation of 0.05 wt.% GQDs. This study confirmed that the newly developed thin-film nanocomposite membranes demonstrated increased water flux and salt rejection, reduced SRSF, and good antifouling performance in the FO process.
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- Haleema Saleem
- UNESCO Chair on Desalination and Water Treatment, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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- UNESCO Chair on Desalination and Water Treatment, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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- UNESCO Chair on Desalination and Water Treatment, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
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- UNESCO Chair on Desalination and Water Treatment, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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- UNESCO Chair on Desalination and Water Treatment, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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He Q, Hu Y, Li X, Liu M, Yu S, Gao C. Pore size regulation of polyamide composite membrane via a sol-gel process confined within the selective layer. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Li J, Huang M, Wei P, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Liu C, Zhou Z, Zhang L. Comprehensive analysis on anomalous phenomenon of
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poly(vinyl butyral) membrane for ethanol recovery via pervaporation. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Junjun Li
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physics Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry of Yunnan, R&D Center China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd Kunming China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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Lecaros RLG, Matira AR, Tayo LL, Hung WS, Hu CC, Tsai HA, Lee KR, Lai JY. Homostructured graphene oxide-graphene quantum dots nanocomposite-based membranes with tunable interlayer spacing for the purification of butanol. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Hsieh CW, Li BX, Suen SY. Alicyclic Polyimide/SiO 2 Mixed Matrix Membranes for Water/n-Butanol Pervaporation. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11080564. [PMID: 34436327 PMCID: PMC8398008 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11080564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Alicyclic polyimides (PIs) have excellent properties in solubility, mechanical strength, thermal property, etc. This study developed two types of alicyclic PI-based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for water/n-butanol pervaporation application, which have never been investigated previously. The fillers were hydrophilic SiO2 nanoparticles. The synthesized PI was mixed with SiO2 nanoparticles in DMAc to make the casting solution, and a liquid film was formed over PET substrate using doctor blade. A dense MMM was fabricated at 80 °C and further treated via multi-stage curing (100–170 °C). The prepared membranes were characterized by FTIR, TGA, FE-SEM, water contact angle, and solvent swelling. The trends of pure solvent swelling effects agree well with the water contact angle results. Moreover, the pervaporation efficiencies of alicyclic PI/SiO2 MMMs for 85 wt% n-butanol aqueous solution at 40 °C were investigated. The results showed that BCDA-3,4′-ODA/SiO2 MMMs had a larger permeation flux and higher separation factor than BCDA-1,3,3-APB/SiO2 MMMs. For both types of MMMs, the separation factor increased first and then decreased, with increasing SiO2 loading. Based on the PSI performance, the optimal SiO2 content was 0.5 wt% for BCDA-3,4′-ODA/SiO2 MMMs and 5 wt% for BCDA-1,3,3-APB/SiO2 MMMs. The overall separation efficiency of BCDA-3,4′-ODA-based membranes was 10–30-fold higher.
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- Ching-Wen Hsieh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; (C.-W.H.); (B.-X.L.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; (C.-W.H.); (B.-X.L.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; (C.-W.H.); (B.-X.L.)
- i-Center for Advanced Science and Technology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
- Correspondence:
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