Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis

Jin, Limei; Wang, Zhongying; Zheng, Sunxiang; Mi, Baoxia

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.023

Title: Polyamide-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane for forward osmosis

Journal Article · Fri Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.023· OSTI ID:1538591

Jin, Limei ^[1]; Wang, Zhongying ^[2]; Zheng, Sunxiang ^[2]; Mi, Baoxia ^[2]

University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University (China)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); China State Foundation; Heilongjiang Province Education Department

Grant/Contract Number:: IA0000018; AC02-05CH11231; CBET-1565452; 12541594

OSTI ID:: 1538591

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549936

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 545, Issue C; ISSN 0376-7388

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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