Facile modification of aliphatic polyketone-based thin-film composite membrane for three-dimensional and comprehensive antifouling in active-layer-facing-draw-solution mode |
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| Authors: | Yuchen Sun Yuqing Lin Shengyao Wang Zhe Yang Lei Zhang Hideto Matsuyama |
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| Affiliation: | Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The application of “active-layer-facing-draw-solution” (AL-DS) mode, which allows a considerably high water flux in forward osmosis (FO) processes, is hindered by severe fouling occurring within the porous support of the FO membranes. We designed a series of “three-dimensionally” antifouling FO membranes by an extremely convenient and scalable approach, by using in situ reduced aliphatic polyketone (PK) membranes (rPK) and the silver-nanoparticles-immobilized rPK-Ag membranes as the substrates for thin-film composite (TFC) FO membrane preparation. This modification imparted enhanced hydrophilicity compared with the original PK-TFC membrane, without affecting the morphology and transport properties. Benefiting from the three-dimensional antifouling structure, the modified TFC membranes (i.e., rPK-TFC and rPK-Ag-TFC membranes) demonstrated excellent and comprehensive fouling resistance towards a variety of organic foulants, as well as biofouling resistance towards Escherichia coli. These results provide useful insights into the fabrication of antifouling FO membranes for water purification purposes and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process. |
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