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Li Y, Li J, Zhu D, Qian G, Tang H. Facile dual-functionalization of NF membranes with excellent chlorine resistance and good antifouling property by in-situ grafting of zwitterions. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Hassan GK, Al-Shemy M, Adel AM, Al-Sayed A. Boosting brackish water treatment via integration of mesoporous γ-Al 2O 3NPs with thin-film nanofiltration membranes. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19666. [PMID: 36385150 PMCID: PMC9668910 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23914-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study, a simple method based on non-ionic surfactant polysorbates-80 was used to create mesoporous γ-Al2O3NPs. The properties of the prepared mesoporous alumina nanoparticles (Al2O3NPs) were verified using ATR-FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, DLS, and BET surface area analysis. Then, thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) nanofiltration membranes were fabricated by interfacial polymerization of embedded polyamide layers with varied contents (0.01 to 0.15 wt.%) of mesoporous γ-Al2O3NPs. The surface roughness, porosity, pore size, and contact angle parameters of all the prepared membranes were also determined. The performance of the fabricated membranes was investigated under various mesoporous γ-Al2O3NPs loads, time, and pressure conditions. Mesoporous γ-Al2O3NPs revealed an important role in raising both the membrane hydrophilicity and the surface negativity. The addition of 0.03 wt.% mesoporous γ-Al2O3NPs to the TFN membrane increased water flux threefold compared to the TF control (TFC) membrane, with maximum water flux reaching 96.5, 98, 60, and 52 L/(m2.h) for MgSO4, MgCl2, Na2SO4, and NaCl influent solutions, respectively, with the highest salt rejection of 96.5%, 92.2%, 98.4%. The TFN-Al2O3 membrane was also able to soften water and remove polyvalent cations such as Mg2+ with a highly permeable flux. The TFN-Al2O3 membrane successfully removed the hardness of the applied water samples below the WHO limit compared to using merely the TFC membrane. Furthermore, the TFN-Al2O3 nanofiltration membrane unit proved to be a promising candidate for the desalination of real brine like that collected from the Safaga area, Egypt.
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- Gamal K Hassan
- Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El-Tahrir St.), P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Center, 33 El-Bohouth St. (Former El-Tahrir St.), P.O. 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Center, 33 El-Bohouth St. (Former El-Tahrir St.), P.O. 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El-Tahrir St.), P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
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Shao S, Zeng F, Long L, Zhu X, Peng LE, Wang F, Yang Z, Tang CY. Nanofiltration Membranes with Crumpled Polyamide Films: A Critical Review on Mechanisms, Performances, and Environmental Applications. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:12811-12827. [PMID: 36048162 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied in many important environmental applications, including water softening, surface/groundwater purification, wastewater treatment, and water reuse. In recent years, a new class of piperazine (PIP)-based NF membranes featuring a crumpled polyamide layer has received considerable attention because of their great potential for achieving dramatic improvements in membrane separation performance. Since the report of novel crumpled Turing structures that exhibited an order of magnitude enhancement in water permeance ( Science 2018, 360 (6388), 518-521), the number of published research papers on this emerging topic has grown exponentially to approximately 200. In this critical review, we provide a systematic framework to classify the crumpled NF morphologies. The fundamental mechanisms and fabrication methods involved in the formation of these crumpled morphologies are summarized. We then discuss the transport of water and solutes in crumpled NF membranes and how these transport phenomena could simultaneously improve membrane water permeance, selectivity, and antifouling performance. The environmental applications of these emerging NF membranes are highlighted, and future research opportunities/needs are identified. The fundamental insights in this review provide critical guidance on the further development of high-performance NF membranes tailored for a wide range of environmental applications.
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- Senlin Shao
- School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, PR China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Le T, Jamshidi E, Beidaghi M, Esfahani MR. Functionalized-MXene Thin-Film Nanocomposite Hollow Fiber Membranes for Enhanced PFAS Removal from Water. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:25397-25408. [PMID: 35608926 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c03796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Due to adverse health effects and the broad sources of per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS), PFAS removal is a critical research area in water purification. We demonstrate the functionalization of thin-film composite (TFC) hollow fiber nanofiltration (HFN) membranes by MXene nanosheets during the interfacial polymerization (IP) process for enhanced removal of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) from water. A MXene-polyamide (PA) selective layer was fabricated on top of a polysulfone (PSF) hollow fiber support via IP of trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and a mixture of piperazine (PIP) and MXene nanosheets to form MXene-PA thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes. Incorporating MXene nanosheets during the IP process tuned the morphology and negative surface charge of the selective layer, resulting in enhanced PFOS rejection from 72% (bare TFC) to more than 96% (0.025 wt % MXene TFN), while the water permeability was also increased from 13.19 (bare TFC) to 29.26 LMH/bar (0.025 wt % MXene TFN). Our results demonstrate that both electrostatic interaction and size exclusion are the main factors governing the PFOS rejection, and both are determined by PA selective layer structural and chemical properties. The lamella structure and interlayer of MXene nanosheets inside the PA layer provided different transport mechanisms for water, ions, and PFAS molecules, resulting in enhanced water permeability and PFAS rejection due to traveling through the membrane by both diffusions through the PA layer and the MXene intralayer channels. MXene nanosheets showed very promising capability as a 2D additive for tuning the structural and chemical properties of the PA layer at the permeability-rejection tradeoff.
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- Tin Le
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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Feng X, Peng D, Zhu J, Wang Y, Zhang Y. Recent advances of loose nanofiltration membranes for dye/salt separation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chew YT, Yong WF. Recent advances of thin film nanocomposite membranes: Effects of shape/structure of nanomaterials and interfacial polymerization methods. Chem Eng Res Des 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2021.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ye M, Li G, Liang J, Liao X, Ren J, Fen X, Qian W, Li L, Sun S. A high-efficiency process for the separation of chromium and aluminum from waste aluminum sludge with a high chromium content using a combined oxidation and dispersion process. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kotp YH. High-flux TFN nanofiltration membranes incorporated with Camphor-Al 2O 3 nanoparticles for brackish water desalination. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 265:128999. [PMID: 33302199 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new approach of highly fluxes thin film nanocomposite (TFN) nanofiltration (NF) membranes is reported. The fabricated module was made by incorporation of commercial-Al2O3 (CO.TFN) and camphor-Al2O3NPs (CA.TFN) into polyamide layers throughout the interfacial polymerization method. A simple biological reduction technique was adopted in preparation of camphor-Al2O3 NPs by using CinnamomumCamphora (CC) leaf extract. The crystallography of the commercial and camphor-Al2O3 NPs was examined by XRD and FTIR analyses. The CO.TFN and CA.TFN membranes were characterized by determining their surface roughness, pore size, porosity, zeta potential and contact angle parameters. The morphology and the cross-sectional of the NF membranes were studied by atomic force microscope (AFM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). NF performance was investigated at various Al2O3 NPs loads, applied pressure, and time. The results, of the membranes fabricated at low cost, showed the high permeable flux and elimination of multivalent cations (Mg2+, Ca2+, and water softening). Incorporating 0.98 mM of camphor-Al2O3 NPs into the TFC membrane increased the water flux up to 4 times compared to only 1.5 times for commercial-Al2O3 NPs. Moreover, the salt rejection of CO.TFN and CA.TFN NF membranes increased to 95.1% and 96.5%, respectively for the feed solution (2 g/L Na2SO4 at 25 °C). The optimized NF membrane module of 0.98 mM camphor-Al2O3-NPs (CA.TFN) shows the maximum water flux 69.0,62.2, 60.5 and 55.4 L/m2.h for the feed solutions of following salts NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 with high salt rejections 92.4%, 96.5%, 91.7% and 95.3%, respectively. This proves that camphor-Al2O3 NPs have a significant role in increasing the membrane hydrophilicity. Hence, the CA.TFN membrane module proved to be a promising candidate for the real brackish water desalination as that collected from Marsa Alam, Egypt.
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- Yousra H Kotp
- Water Treatment & Desalination Unit, Hydrogeochemistry Department, Desert Research Center, El-Matariya, Cairo, P.O.B 11753, Egypt.
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Perfluoro-functionalized polyethyleneimine that enhances antifouling property of nanofiltration membranes. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Teng X, Guo Y, Liu D, Li G, Yu C, Dai J. A polydopamine-coated polyamide thin film composite membrane with enhanced selectivity and stability for vanadium redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.117906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Guo YS, Ji YL, Wu B, Wang NX, Yin MJ, An QF, Gao CJ. High-flux zwitterionic nanofiltration membrane constructed by in-situ introduction method for monovalent salt/antibiotics separation. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Yang Z, Guo H, Tang CY. The upper bound of thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide membranes for desalination. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yuan B, Sun H, Zhao S, Yang H, Wang P, Li P, Sun H, Jason Niu Q. Semi-aromatic polyamide nanofiltration membranes with tuned surface charge and pore size distribution designed for the efficient removal of Ca2+ and Mg2+. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lü Z, Hu F, Li H, Zhang X, Yu S, Liu M, Gao C. Composite nanofiltration membrane with asymmetric selective separation layer for enhanced separation efficiency to anionic dye aqueous solution. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 368:436-443. [PMID: 30708345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.01.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The development of high performance membrane is crucial for enhanced separation efficiency of nanofiltration process in treating wastewaters from dye and textile industries. In this work, a novel thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane with an asymmetric separation layer composed of relatively compact skin and loose body was designed and fabricated for improved perm-selectivity and antifouling property. Nascent composite membrane with loose poly(piperazine amide) (PA) separation layer was interfacially synthesized and performed with secondary surface reaction using an aqueous tannic acid (TA) solution. Membrane characterizations verified the formation of compact TA skin on top of the loose PA layer through forming covalent bonds via esterification reaction. Compared with the composite nanofiltration membrane with PA symmetric separation layer having the same glucose rejection of about 82.0%, the permeability to pure water of the composite membrane with PA/TA asymmetric separation layer was higher by 28.0%, the water fluxes to aqueous solutions dissolved with model anionic dyes of alizarin yellow R, sunset yellow and Congo red under steady state were higher by 50.3, 43.9 and 36.1%, and the steady-state flux declines were lowered by 27.8, 43.4 and 23.5%, respectively. Furthermore, the PA/TA-based membrane also exhibited better antifouling property and rejection ability to alizarin yellow R.
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- Zhenhua Lü
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- The Development Center of Water Treatment Technology, Hangzhou 310012, People's Republic of China
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Tajuddin MH, Yusof N, Abdullah N, Abidin MNZ, Salleh WNW, Ismail AF, Matsuura T, Hairom NHH, Misdan N. Incorporation of layered double hydroxide nanofillers in polyamide nanofiltration membrane for high performance of salts rejections. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2019.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Tajuddin MH, Yusof N, Wan Azelee I, Wan Salleh WN, Ismail AF, Jaafar J, Aziz F, Nagai K, Razali NF. Development of Copper-Aluminum Layered Double Hydroxide in Thin Film Nanocomposite Nanofiltration Membrane for Water Purification Process. Front Chem 2019; 7:3. [PMID: 30800647 PMCID: PMC6375824 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study aims to fabricate a thin film composite (TFC) membrane, modified with copper-aluminium layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanofillers via interfacial polymerization technique for nanofiltration (NF) processes. It was found that Cu-Al LDH nanofillers possessed layered structured materials with typical hexagonal plate-like shape and positive surface charge. The study revealed that TFN membrane exhibits a relatively smooth surface and a less nodular structure compared to pristine TFC membrane. The contact angle of TFN progressively decreased from 54.1° to 37.25°, indicating enhancement in surface hydrophilicity. Moreover, the incorporation of LDH nanofillers resulted in a less negative membrane as compared to the pristine TFC membrane. The best NF performance was achieved by TFN2 membrane with 0.1° of Cu-Al LDH loading and a water flux of 7.01 Lm-2h-1.bar. The addition of Cu-Al LDH resulted in excellent single salt rejections of Na2SO4 (96.8%), MgCl2 (95.6%), MgSO4 (95.4%), and NaCl (60.8%). The improvement in anti-fouling properties of resultant TFN membranes can be observed from the increments of pure water flux recovery and normalized water flux by 14% and 25% respectively. The findings indicated that Cu-Al LDH is a promising material in tailoring membrane surface properties and fouling resistance. The modification of the LDH-filled TFN membrane shows another alternative to fabricating a high-performance composite membrane, especially for water softening and partial desalination process.
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- Muhammad Hanis Tajuddin
- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia
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Jiang Z, Miao J, He Y, Hong X, Tu K, Wang X, Chen S, Yang H, Zhang L, Zhang R. A pH-stable positively charged composite nanofiltration membrane with excellent rejection performance. RSC Adv 2019; 9:37546-37555. [PMID: 35542300 PMCID: PMC9075534 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06528h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A novel kind of pH-stable positively charged composite nanofiltration (NF) membrane with excellent rejection performance was developed via interfacial polymerization on the surface of a polysulfone (PSF) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane, using a mixture of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and piperazine (PIP) as the monomers of the aqueous phase, and cyanuric chloride (CC) as the monomer of the organic phase. The strong electron withdrawing and steric hindrance effects of the chloride group in the molecules of CC could protect the amido bond from the attack of hydrogen ions (H+) or hydroxyl ions (OH−) under acidic or alkaline conditions, thus the resultant polyamide composite membranes could be stable in acidic or alkali aqueous solution. A more compact PA active layer could be developed via mixing PIP into the PEI aqueous solution, where the PIP molecules could fill the pores of the polymer networks. There was no obvious change in the surface morphologies, the chemical structures, and the rejection performances after immersing the resultant polyamine composite NF membranes in the strong acidic solution (pH 1) and the strong alkaline solution (pH 13) for 30 days, respectively. The rejection performances of this kind of polyamine composite NF membranes could be adjusted through adjusting the mass ratio of PEI to PIP in the aqueous phase. A pH-stable positively charged composite nanofiltration (NF) membrane was developed via the interfacial polymerization (IP) between polyethyleneimine (PEI), piperazine (PIP), and cyanuric chloride (CC).![]()
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Fabrication of a highly permeable composite nanofiltration membrane via interfacial polymerization by adding a novel acyl chloride monomer with an anhydride group. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Improved performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes by incorporating reduced glutathione during interfacial polymerization. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-018-0153-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Guo YS, Mi YF, Zhao FY, Ji YL, An QF, Gao CJ. Zwitterions functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyamide hybrid nanofiltration membranes for monovalent/divalent salts separation. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Huang B, Ding H, Xu Z, Tang Y. Novel thin‐film composite nanofiltration membranes fabricated via the incorporation of ssDNA for highly efficient desalination. J Appl Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/app.47102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- B.‐Q. Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research CenterEast China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research CenterEast China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research CenterEast China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research CenterEast China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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Sun H, Wu P. Tuning the functional groups of carbon quantum dots in thin film nanocomposite membranes for nanofiltration. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Yang Z, Zhou ZW, Guo H, Yao Z, Ma XH, Song X, Feng SP, Tang CY. Tannic Acid/Fe 3+ Nanoscaffold for Interfacial Polymerization: Toward Enhanced Nanofiltration Performance. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:9341-9349. [PMID: 30043615 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Conventional thin-film composite (TFC) membranes suffer from the trade-off relationship between permeability and selectivity, known as the "upper bound". In this work, we report a high performance thin-film composite membrane prepared on a tannic acid (TA)-Fe nanoscaffold (TFCn) to overcome such upper bound. Specifically, a TA-Fe nanoscaffold was first coated onto a polysulfone substrate, followed by performing an interfacial polymerization reaction between trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and piperazine (PIP). The TA-Fe nanoscaffold enhanced the uptake of amine monomers and provided a platform for their controlled release. The smaller surface pore size of the TA-Fe coated substrate further eliminated the intrusion of polyamide into the substrate pores. The resulting membrane TFCn showed a water permeability of 19.6 ± 0.5 L m2- h-1 bar-1, which was an order of magnitude higher than that of control TFC membrane (2.2 ± 0.3 L m-2 h-1 bar-1). The formation of a more order polyamide rejection layer also significantly enhanced salt rejection (e.g., NaCl, MgCl2, Na2SO4, and MgSO4) and divalent to monovalent ion selectivity (e.g., NaCl/MgSO4). Compared to conventional TFC nanofiltration membranes, the novel TFCn membrane successfully overcame the longstanding permeability and selectivity trade-off. The current work paves a new avenue for fabricating high performance TFC membranes.
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- Zhe Yang
- Department of Civil Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
- School of Chemical Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , Mei Long Road 130 , Shanghai 200237 , P. R. China
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- Centre for Membrane and Water Science & Technology, Ocean College , Zhejiang University of Technology , Hangzhou 310014 , P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil Engineering , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam , Hong Kong
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Zhang HZ, Xu ZL, Sun JY. Three-channel capillary NF membrane with PAMAM-MWCNT-embedded inner polyamide skin layer for heavy metals removal. RSC Adv 2018; 8:29455-29463. [PMID: 35548001 PMCID: PMC9084501 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra05507f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nanofiltration (NF) membranes with simultaneous high rejection of divalent cations and anions and high water permeation were designed and fabricated via interfacial polymerization (IP) on three-channel capillary ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. MWCNTs-COOH were modified with poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) and the as-synthesized MWCNTs-PAMAM were embedded into the inner polyamide skin-layer of the NF membranes by incorporating them into a piperazine (PIP) aqueous solution, followed by IP with trimesoyl chloride (TMC). The rigid MWCNTs and the dendrimer PAMAM molecules endow the as-fabricated NF membranes with high porosity and good hydrophilicity. Additionally, the -NH2 groups of PAMAM introduce some positive sites into the polyamide layer. The as-prepared NF membranes with incorporated MWCNTs-PAMAM exhibit a pure water flux of 48.7 L m-2 h-1 and 92.6% and 88.5% rejection for Na2SO4 and MgCl2, respectively, at 4 bar. Moreover, the NF membranes display high rejection for sulfates and metal cations, including heavy metal ions. The practicability of the membranes for mine-wastewater treatment was tested, and the membranes showed above 80% rejection of heavy metals and solution flux of about 30 L m-2 h-1. In addition, their separation performance and stability were satisfactory during the long-term run. The high rejection of the membranes for metal cations is ascribed to the positive sites offered by MWCNTs-PAMAM and the narrow membrane pores since both electrostatic repulsion and size exclusion play a role during membrane filtration. The good separation performance of the membranes for multivalent anions and heavy metal cations illustrates their potential for applications in heavy metal wastewater treatment.
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- Hai-Zhen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research Center, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252989 +86-21-64253670
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research Center, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252989 +86-21-64253670
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Membrane Science and Engineering R&D Lab, Chemical Engineering Research Center, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252989 +86-21-64253670
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Zhang R, Yu S, Shi W, Wang W, Wang X, Zhang Z, Li L, Zhang B, Bao X. A novel polyesteramide thin film composite nanofiltration membrane prepared by interfacial polymerization of serinol and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) catalyzed by 4‑dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Composite of polyvinylidene fluoride–cellulose acetate with Al(OH)3 as a separator for high-performance lithium ion battery. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Improving the chlorine-tolerant ability of polypiperazine-amide nanofiltration membrane by adding NH 2 -PEG-NH 2 in the aqueous phase. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A review on semi-aromatic polyamide TFC membranes prepared by interfacial polymerization: Potential for water treatment and desalination. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ju J, Shi Z, Deng N, Liang Y, Kang W, Cheng B. Designing waterproof breathable material with moisture unidirectional transport characteristics based on a TPU/TBAC tree-like and TPU nanofiber double-layer membrane fabricated by electrospinning. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra04843b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The waterproof breathable double-layer membrane (inside was TPU-NMs and outside was TPU/TBAC-TLNMs) with both functions of protection and moisture unidirectional transport was successfully prepared by direct combination using electrospinning.
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- Jingge Ju
- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes
- Tianjin Polytechnic University
- Tianjin 300387
- China
- School of Textiles
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes
- Tianjin Polytechnic University
- Tianjin 300387
- China
- School of Textiles
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes
- Tianjin Polytechnic University
- Tianjin 300387
- China
- School of Textiles
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes
- Tianjin Polytechnic University
- Tianjin 300387
- China
- School of Textiles
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes
- Tianjin Polytechnic University
- Tianjin 300387
- China
- School of Textiles
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes
- Tianjin Polytechnic University
- Tianjin 300387
- China
- School of Textiles
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