High flux membrane based on in-situ formation of zirconia layer coated the polyethersulfone substrate for ions separation

Chabi Noël Worou; Jing Kang; Eric A. Alamou; Arcadius Degan; Pengwei Yan; Yingxu Gong; Razack L. Guene; Zhonglin Chen

doi:10.2166/ws.2021.092

Water Supply (Nov 2021)

High flux membrane based on in-situ formation of zirconia layer coated the polyethersulfone substrate for ions separation

Chabi Noël Worou,
Jing Kang,
Eric A. Alamou,
Arcadius Degan,
Pengwei Yan,
Yingxu Gong,
Razack L. Guene,
Zhonglin Chen

Affiliations

Chabi Noël Worou: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Jing Kang: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Eric A. Alamou: Laboratory of Geoscience, Environment and Applications, National School of Public Works, National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, BP: 2282 Abomey, Benin
Arcadius Degan: Laboratory of Mechanics and Energetics applied, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, Benin and Laboratory of Applied Hydrology, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP:526 INE/UAC, Cotonou, Benin
Pengwei Yan: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Yingxu Gong: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Razack L. Guene: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Zhonglin Chen: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2021.092
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 7
pp. 3344 – 3355

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A flawless, extremely loose, membrane, efficient for multivalent ions separation, has been successfully synthesized by the in-situ formation approach. The as-synthesized nanofiltration (NF) membrane, NF_PES-Zr, proceeded from a thin film layer of nanoparticles (NPs) zirconium that coated the platform of the polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane through a bio-glue made from dopamine hydrochloric and sodium bicarbonate buffer. The estimation of the average pore size of the novel organic-inorganic NF membrane NF_PES-Zr using the filtration velocity approach of Guerout-Elford-Ferry was close to 0.9 nm. NF_PES-Zr membrane holds a record in permeate water flux release of about 62.5 and was revealed to be effective for multivalent ions separation. A 5 days-test performed on NF_PES-Zr demonstrated its long-term stability and showed a rejection rate of 93.4% and 37.8% respectively for and . HIGHLIGHTS Organic-inorganic membrane preparation.; Nanoparticle zirconium deposition by in-situ formation method.; Modification of an ultrafiltration membrane to a nanofiltration membrane.; Energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) associated with field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) for membrane surface structures characterization.; High flux membrane for ions separation.;

Published in Water Supply

ISSN: 1606-9749 (Print); 1607-0798 (Online)
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; Technology: Hydraulic engineering: River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)
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