Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13142121
Keywords
MXene; two-dimensional materials membrane; antibacterial properties; membrane separation; biological pollution
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This study prepared three different MXene-based two-dimensional composite membranes with improved antibacterial and separation properties. The results showed that the modified membranes exhibited significantly higher antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus compared to the pure MXene membrane.
Novel MXene-based two-dimensional (2D) membranes are widely used for water purification due to their highly controllable structure and antibacterial properties. However, in the process of membrane separation, the problems of membrane fouling, especially biological fouling, limits the further application of MXene-based membranes. In this study, in order to improve the antibacterial and separation properties of membranes, three kinds of MXene-based 2D-2D composite membranes (M2 similar to M4) were prepared using polyethersulfone (PES) as the substrate, which were GO@MXene, O-g-C3N4@MXene and BiOCl@MXene composite membranes respectively. The results showed that the antibacterial activity of M2 similar to M4 against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was further improved, especially the antibacterial ratio of M4 against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was up to 50% and 82.4%, respectively. By comparing the surface morphology of MXene membrane and modified membrane treated bacteria through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), it was found that the cell density on modified membrane was significantly lower than that of pure MXene membrane.
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