Polyvinyl alcohol/polyethersulfone thin-film nanocomposite membranes with carbon nanomaterials incorporated in substrate for water treatment

被引:58
作者
Behdarvand, Fatemeh [1 ]
Valamohammadi, Elham [1 ]
Tofighy, Maryam Ahmadzadeh [1 ]
Mohammadi, Toraj [1 ]
机构
[1] Iran Univ Sci & Technol IUST, Dept Chem Petr & Gas Engn, Ctr Excellence Membrane Res & Technol, Tehran, Iran
来源
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 2021年 / 9卷 / 01期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Nanocomposite membranes; Thin-film membranes; Nanofiltration; Polyvinyl alcohol; Polyethersulfone; Graphene oxide; Nanomaterials; Carbon nanotubes; Water treatment; COMPOSITE NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANE; COPPER IONS REMOVAL; GRAPHENE OXIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; ANTIFOULING PROPERTIES; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; FOULING REDUCTION; EFFICIENT REMOVAL;
D O I
10.1016/j.jece.2020.104650
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
A new class of thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) nanofiltration (NF) membrane was synthesized successfully by incorporation of carbon nanomaterials (oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotube (O-MWCNT) and graphene oxide (GO)) into polyethersulfone (PES) substrate via phase inversion method, substrate surface coating with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and then cross-linking with glutaraldehyde (GA). For better comparison, thin-film composite (TFC) membranes (without carbon nanomaterials incorporation into PES substrate) were also synthesized and the optimum concentrations of PVA and GA solutions were obtained. The fabricated TFC and TFN (TFN/OMWCNTs and TFN/GO) membranes were characterized by SEM, AFM, ATR-IR spectroscopy and contact angle measurements. It was found that incorporation of O-MWCNTs and GO into the PES substrate results in more elongated finger-like pores and larger macrovoids in the substrate and also reduced thickness of the thin skin layer and roughness of the membrane surface. The optimum TFC membrane showed pure water flux of about 13.2 LMH and Na2SO4 rejection of 84 % at 4 bar, while the TFN/O-MWCNTs and TFN/GO membranes showed 54 % and 35 % improvement in water permeability, respectively, without immolating Na2SO4 rejection. The rejection sequence was obtained as R (Na2SO4) > R (MgSO4) > R (NaCl) that confirms the membranes surface has negatively charge.
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