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RSC ADVANCES
卷 5, 期 118, 页码 97143-97150出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra19018e
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- Environment and Water Industry Council (EWI) of Singapore via ECMG of the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI) of Nanyang Technological University
- Environment and Water Industry Council (EWI) of Singapore via SMTC of the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI) of Nanyang Technological University
- Nanyang Technological University
Thermally responsive hydrogels based on ionic liquid monomers of tetrabutylphosphonium p-styrenesulfonate (P4444 SS) and tributylhexylphosphonium p-styrenesulfonate (P4446 SS) were prepared by bulk polymerization in the presence of a crosslinker, and explored as draw agents in forward osmosis for the first time. Unlike traditional copolymer hydrogels from N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm) and sodium acrylate (SA) or sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate (AMPS), the combination of thermo-sensitivity and the ionic nature in the hydrogel was achieved by subtle structure design of the ionic liquid monomers. These polyionic liquid hydrogels were proved to be able to generate a reasonable water flux from brackish water, and effectively release the desalinated water at temperatures above their Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST). In addition, a set of rational criteria for assessing responsive hydrogel draw agents was proposed, for the first time, to improve the hydrogels' comprehensive performance. Our studies revealed that, both intrinsic factors including hydrogel structure, membrane structure and hydrogel particle-particle contact conditions as well as extrinsic parameters such as the hydrogel's area density on the membrane and FO-regeneration cycle duration, would have a profound impact on the desalination efficacy using hydrogels.
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