期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 5, 页码 6710-6719出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22685
关键词
forward osmosis; FO membrane; membrane modification; imidazole derivatives; dye removal
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [21677035]
- Fuzhou University [2019T008]
- University of Edinburgh
Chemically functionalizing membranes with neutral and positively charged imidazole derivatives can improve the cleaning performance and separation efficiency of membranes, especially for removing low concentrations of pollutants from water. The modified membranes showed significantly enhanced water fluxes and dye retention, with good antifouling properties and renewability.
Water contaminated with low concentrations of pollutants is more difficult to clean up than that with high pollutant content levels. Membrane separation provides a solution for removing low pollutant content from water. However, membranes are prone to fouling, losing separation performances over time. Here we synthesized neutral (IM-NH2) and positively charged (IL-NH2) imidazole derivatives to chemically functionalize membranes. With distinct properties, these imidazole grafts could tailor membrane physicochemical properties and structures to benefit forward osmosis (FO) processes for the removal of 20-100 ppm of Safranin O dye-a common dye employed in the textile industry. The water fluxes produced by IM-NH2- and IL-NH2 modified membranes increased by 67% and 122%, respectively, with DI water as the feed compared to that with the nascent membrane. A 39% flux increment with complete dye retention (similar to 100%) was achieved for the IL-NH2-modified membrane against 100 ppm of Safranin O dye. Regardless of the dye concentration, the IL-NH2-modified membrane exhibited steadily higher permeation performance than the original membrane in long-term experiments. Reproducible experimental results were obtained with the IL-NH2-modified membrane after cleaning with DI water, demonstrating the good antifouling properties and renewability of the newly developed membrane.
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