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Title: Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis

Abstract

We report a novel polyamide-graphene oxide (PA-GO) membrane was synthesized on a polyethersulfone support by first intra-crosslinking GO aggregates via m-xylylenediamine (MXDA) and then inter-crosslinking GO aggregates via trimethyle chloride (TMC). This method allows for the use of hydrophilic, more porous supports in forward osmosis (FO) membranes, thereby lending much flexibility to membrane synthesis and also potentially reducing internal concentration polarization in FO. The elemental composition, morphology, and hydrophilicity of the synthesized PA-GO membrane were characterized to confirm intra- and inter-crosslinking reactions and understand membrane properties. It was found that the mixing temperature of MXDA and GO should be controlled below 20 °C to avoid the formation of large GO aggregates and hence reduce membrane heterogeneity and defects. The performance of the PA-GO membrane was compared with that of a commercial FO membrane using trisodium citrate (TSC), Na2SO4, and MgCl2, respectively, as draw solutes. Under the same osmotic pressure, the water flux of the PA-GO membrane was the highest with TSC as draw solute, moderate with Na2SO4, and almost zero with MgCl2, while the ranking of solute fluxes followed a reverse order, revealing that an effective solute barrier plays an important role in making FO membranes with high water fluxmore » and low solute flux.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University (China)
  2. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); China State Foundation; Heilongjiang Province Education Department
OSTI Identifier:
1538591
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1549936
Grant/Contract Number:  
IA0000018; AC02-05CH11231; CBET-1565452; 12541594
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Membrane Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 545; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0376-7388
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; graphene oxide; polyamide; crosslinking; forward osmosis; pressure retarded osmosis

Citation Formats

Jin, Limei, Wang, Zhongying, Zheng, Sunxiang, and Mi, Baoxia. Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.023.
Jin, Limei, Wang, Zhongying, Zheng, Sunxiang, & Mi, Baoxia. Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.023
Jin, Limei, Wang, Zhongying, Zheng, Sunxiang, and Mi, Baoxia. 2017. "Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.023. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1538591.
@article{osti_1538591,
title = {Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis},
author = {Jin, Limei and Wang, Zhongying and Zheng, Sunxiang and Mi, Baoxia},
abstractNote = {We report a novel polyamide-graphene oxide (PA-GO) membrane was synthesized on a polyethersulfone support by first intra-crosslinking GO aggregates via m-xylylenediamine (MXDA) and then inter-crosslinking GO aggregates via trimethyle chloride (TMC). This method allows for the use of hydrophilic, more porous supports in forward osmosis (FO) membranes, thereby lending much flexibility to membrane synthesis and also potentially reducing internal concentration polarization in FO. The elemental composition, morphology, and hydrophilicity of the synthesized PA-GO membrane were characterized to confirm intra- and inter-crosslinking reactions and understand membrane properties. It was found that the mixing temperature of MXDA and GO should be controlled below 20 °C to avoid the formation of large GO aggregates and hence reduce membrane heterogeneity and defects. The performance of the PA-GO membrane was compared with that of a commercial FO membrane using trisodium citrate (TSC), Na2SO4, and MgCl2, respectively, as draw solutes. Under the same osmotic pressure, the water flux of the PA-GO membrane was the highest with TSC as draw solute, moderate with Na2SO4, and almost zero with MgCl2, while the ranking of solute fluxes followed a reverse order, revealing that an effective solute barrier plays an important role in making FO membranes with high water flux and low solute flux.},
doi = {10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.023},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1538591}, journal = {Journal of Membrane Science},
issn = {0376-7388},
number = C,
volume = 545,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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