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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 593, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117402
Keywords
Ceramic membranes; Ultrafiltration; Protein purification; Protein separation; Antifouling performance
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91534108, 21808107]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20180163]
- National High Technical Research Program of China [2012AA03A606]
- Project of Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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Protein separation in chemical industry applications using tight ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with multilayer asymmetric structures is hindered by challenges in their fabrication and fouling phenomenon. In this study, a facile co-sintering method for fabrication of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes was comprehensively investigated. The introduction of AgNPs into the membrane layer not only controlled the membrane surface charge properties, but also alleviated the sintering stress in the co-sintering process, ensuring a complete membrane layer owing to the higher ductility. The AgNPs obtained from silver nitrate were introduced before the formation of boehmite nucleation, providing a uniform distribution of AgNPs within boehmite owing to the electric double layer. The final UF membranes prepared by the co-sintering process exhibited a molecular weight cut-off of 9000 Da and permeance of 62 Lm(-2)h(-1)bar(-1). Furthermore, the isoelectric point of the membrane surface could be controlled by the AgNPs (from 9.0 to 2.7), providing sustainable antifouling properties for protein purification owing to the electrostatic repulsion force. The AgNPs-enhanced ceramic membrane material also exhibits a higher stability without silver leakage due to the thermal treatment at 1000 degrees C. The proposed facile co-sintering process for fabrication of antifouling ceramic UF membranes with the assistance of AgNPs could decrease the sintering time and energy consumption, and thus is promising for industrial protein separation applications.
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