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Polyethersulfone membranes: From ultrafiltration to nanofiltration via the incorporation of APTS functionalized-graphene oxide.

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العنوان: Polyethersulfone membranes: From ultrafiltration to nanofiltration via the incorporation of APTS functionalized-graphene oxide.
المؤلفون: Luque-Alled, Jose Miguel1 (AUTHOR), Abdel-Karim, Ahmed1 (AUTHOR), Alberto, Monica1 (AUTHOR), Leaper, Sebastian1 (AUTHOR), Perez-Page, Maria1 (AUTHOR), Huang, Kun1 (AUTHOR), Vijayaraghavan, Aravind1 (AUTHOR), El-Kalliny, Amer S.1 (AUTHOR), Holmes, Stuart M.1 (AUTHOR), Gorgojo, Patricia1 (AUTHOR) p.gorgojo@manchester.ac.uk
المصدر: Separation & Purification Technology. Jan2020, Vol. 230, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
مصطلحات موضوعية: *POLYETHERSULFONE, *NANOFILTRATION, *ULTRAFILTRATION, *ATOMIC force microscopy, *MOLECULAR weights, *GRAPHENE oxide
مستخلص: • Polyethersulfone (PES) membranes comprising graphene oxide (GO) were prepared. • 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane functionalized GO (APTS-GO) fillers were added to PES. • Better rejections for dyes and salts were obtained for the mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). • A 6-fold increase in water flux was achieved by adding pore formers along APTS-GO. • A reduction in fouling propensity is obtained for membranes containing APTS-GO. In this study, graphene oxide (GO) functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS) was incorporated into polyethersulfone (PES) membranes prepared by non-solvent induced phase inversion (NIPS). This resulted in increased rejections of protein bovine serum albumin (BSA), divalent salts (MgSO 4) and low-molecular weight dyes (sunset yellow and acridine orange). The structural properties of the prepared mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) as well as pure PES control membranes were investigated through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), specific surface area, zeta potential and contact angle. It was found that the introduction of APTS-GO fillers in the polymer matrix made the membranes' application range move from ultrafiltration (UF) for pure PES membranes to nanofiltration (NF) for MMMs with a molecular weight cut off (MWCO) of ~1000 Da. Furthermore, membranes prepared by using only 0.1 wt% APTS-GO in combination with 1 wt% of pore-forming agent polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP 40 K) in the casting solution exhibited high water permeance values of 9.9 LMHbar (L m−2 h−1 bar−1) at low operating pressures of 4 bar and rejections of dyes and BSA > 95%. In addition, improved anti-fouling properties and tensile strength values were obtained when incorporating the functionalized GO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
قاعدة البيانات: Academic Search Index
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تدمد:13835866
DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115836