期刊
ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 299, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102524
关键词
Membrane surface wettability; Thin film composite membrane; Contact angle analysis; Contact angle models; Surface roughness; Surface charge; Surface energy; Interaction energy; Patterning; Responsive membrane surface; Amphiphilic membrane surface
资金
- Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Alberta Innovates
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship from the government of Alberta
Thin-film composite membranes are widely used for low-cost and energy-efficient water desalination processes. This review discusses the importance of controlling surface parameters and evaluates the use of contact angle analysis for membrane surface characterization. Contact angle analysis provides useful information on surface properties that influence membrane permeation and fouling. Simplifying membrane evaluation through contact angle analysis can expedite the membrane development process.
Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes are the most widely used membranes for low-cost and energy-efficient water desalination processes. Proper control over the three influential surface parameters, namely wettability, roughness, and surface charge, is vital in optimizing the TFC membrane surface and permeation properties. More specifically, the surface properties of TFC membranes are often tailored by incorporating novel special wettability materials to increase hydrophilicity and tune surface physicochemical heterogeneity. These essential parameters affect the membrane permeability and antifouling properties. The membrane surface characterization protocols employed to date are rather controversial, and there is no general agreement about the metrics used to evaluate the surface hydrophilicity and physicochemical heterogeneity. In this review, we surveyed and critically evaluated the process that emerged for understanding the membrane surface properties using the simple and economical contact angle analysis technique. Contact angle analysis allows the estimation of surface wettability, surface free energy, surface charge, oleophobicity, contact angle hysteresis, and free energy of interaction; all coordinatively influence the membrane permeation and fouling properties. This review will provide insights into simplifying the evaluation of membrane properties by contact angle analysis that will ultimately expedite the membrane development process by reducing the time and expenses required for the characterization to confirm the success and the impact of any modification.
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