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Conductive polyethersulfone membrane facilely prepared by simultaneous phase inversion method for enhanced anti-fouling and separation under low driven-pressure

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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 297, 期 -, 页码 -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113363

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Anti-fouling; Conductive membrane; Electro-filtration; Low driven-pressure; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Graphene

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  1. Shenzhen Science and Technology Funding Project [JCYJ20170816102318538, JCYJ20180306172001505, JCYJ20200109112825061]
  2. National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China [52070053, 51808165]
  3. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [2018A030313348]

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This study developed a facile method to prepare electrically conductive polyethersulfone membranes containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes and graphene, which showed good conductivity and mechanical support, achieving excellent retention of Cu(II) ions and high flux. Additionally, the conductive membrane exhibited improved anti-fouling capability during protein filtration, making it a promising option for fouling control and effective separation in electro-assisted membrane filtration.
Electrically conductive membranes have been regarded as a new alternative to overcome the crucial drawbacks of membranes, including permeability-selectivity trade-off and fouling. It is still challenging to prepare conductive membranes with good mechanical strength, high conductivity and stable separation performance by reliable materials and methods. This work developed a facile method of simultaneous phase inversion to prepare electrically conductive polyethersulfone (PES) membranes with carboxylic multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and graphene (Gr). The resultant MWCNT/Gr/PES nanocomposite membranes are composed of the upper MWCNT/Gr layer with good conductivity and the base PES layer providing mechanical support. MWCNT as nanofillers effectively turns the insulting PES layers to be electrically conductive. With the dispersing and bridging functions of Gr, the MWCNT/Gr layer shows an enhanced electric conductivity of 0.10 S/cm. This MWCNT/Gr/PES membrane in an electro-filtration cell achieves excellent retention of Cu(II) ions up to 98 % and a high flux of 94.5 L m(-2).h(-1).bar(-1) under a low driven-pressure of 0.1 MPa. The conductive membrane also shows improved anti-fouling capability during protein filtration, due mainly to the electrostatic repulsion and hydrogen evolution reaction on the electrode. This facile strategy has excellent potential in electro-assistant membrane filtration for fouling control and effective separation.

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