• 文献标题:   Facile fabrication of polyethyleneimine interlayer-assisted graphene oxide incorporated reverse osmosis membranes for water desalination
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NG ZC, LAU WJ, LAI GS, MENG JQ, GAO HH, ISMAIL AF
  • 作者关键词:   thin film composite/nanocomposite membrane, reverse osmosi, interlayer, polyethyleneimine, graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   DESALINATION
  • ISSN:   0011-9164 EI 1873-4464
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  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.desal.2021.115502 EA JAN 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Current reverse osmosis membrane still suffers from permeability/selectivity trade-off, chlorine attack and fouling. To address these problems, a new interlayer-assisted interfacial polymerization (i.e., polyethyleneimine (PEI) interlayer) in the presence of graphene oxide (GO) at various loading was adopted in this work. Their effects on membrane properties and performances were systematically investigated. Results showed that the PEIinterlayered thin film composite (iTFC) membrane exhibited higher pure water permeance (PWP) (1.76 L/m(2).h.bar) and NaCl rejection (97.69%) compared to the conventional TFC (cTFC) membrane (1.34 L/m(2).h.bar; 96.91%), assigning to the thin and compact PA formed. Performance of iTFC membrane was further enhanced upon inclusion of 0.01 wt/v% GO, producing PEI-interlayered thin film nanocomposite (iTFN-10) membrane with greater PWP (2.66 L/m(2).h.bar) without compensating rejection. This was ascribed to the enhanced surface roughness, hydrophilicity and nanochannels created by GO within the PA. The antifouling property of iTFN-10 membrane was comparable with commercial TFC but better than iTFC membrane. Unlike iTFC membrane, the NaCl rejection of iTFN-10 membrane was least deteriorated after chlorination. This membrane also demonstrated better antibacterial properties (E. coli: 44.26% and S. aureus: 77.55%) than commercial membrane (E. coli: 24.68% and S. aureus: 48.98%) due to the presence of amine groups on membrane surface.