Selective phosphate removal with manganese oxide composite anion exchange membranes in membrane capacitive deionization

Yang, Bin; Zhang, Xiaoliu; Shrimant, Bharat; Kulkarni, Tanmay; Kumar, Revati; Arges, Christopher G.

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2024.153468

Selective phosphate removal with manganese oxide composite anion exchange membranes in membrane capacitive deionization

Journal Article · Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Chemical Engineering Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153468· OSTI ID:2395912

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Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Pennsylvania State University
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

The discharge of excessive phosphorous into water bodies can lead to serious eutrophication threatening aquatic ecosystem. Membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) is an effective platform for deionizing aqueous streams; however, conventional MCDI is unable to selectively remove targeted ions from a liquid mixture. Here, in this work, we fabricated manganese oxide composite anion exchange membranes (AEMs) for MCDI to enhance phosphate removal selectivity from sodium chloride-sodium dihydrogen phosphate (10:1 M ratio) aqueous mixtures. We systematically investigated several critical factors, such as constant current or voltage operation, applied voltage amount, process stream pH, and manganese oxide (Mn₂O₃) content in the AEM, on phosphate removal efficiency and phosphate selectivity. A trade-off was observed between phosphate removal and selectivity when increasing the cell voltage. Under the best conditions, a MCDI unit with a 20 wt% Mn₂O₃ composite AEM and a bipolar membrane facilitated high phosphate removal efficiency of ≥ 31.8 % and a phosphate over chloride selectivity of 1.1 while showing stability for at least 30 cycles. To help understand how Mn₂O₃ composite AEM boosts phosphate selectivity, static electronic structure calculations were performed, and they revelated that hydrogen phosphate absorption on Mn₂O₃ composite AEM was 314 kcal/mol more exothermic than that on pristine AEM while chloride adsorption on Mn₂O₃ composite AEM was 2.2 kcal/mol less exothermic than that on a pristine AEM. Overall, this work presents an effective strategy for selectively removing phosphate from model wastewater solutions and the mechanistic understanding that governs ion selectivity in composite ion-exchange membranes used in MCDI.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0022304

OSTI ID:: 2395912

Journal Information:: Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Name: Chemical Engineering Journal Vol. 495; ISSN 1385-8947

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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