Citation: Zongju Zhang, Jiugang Hu, Shijun Liu, Xin Hao, Lin Li, Guoqiang Zou, Hongshuai Hou, Xiaobo Ji. Channel regulation of TFC membrane with hydrophobic carbon dots in forward osmosis[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(9): 2882-2886. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.03.028 shu

Channel regulation of TFC membrane with hydrophobic carbon dots in forward osmosis

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Corresponding author: Jiugang Hu, hujiugang@csu.edu.cn Hongshuai Hou, hs-hou@csu.edu.cn
Received Date: 15 January 2021
Revised Date: 10 March 2021
Accepted Date: 11 March 2021
Available Online: 13 March 2021

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Zero-dimensional carbon dots have emerged as important nanofillers for the separation membrane due to their small specific size and rich surface functional groups. This study proposed a strategy based on hydrophobic carbon dots (HCDs) to regulate water channels for an efficient forward osmosis (FO) membrane. Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes with superior FO performance are fabricated by introducing HCDs as the nanofiller in the polyacrylonitrile support layer. The introduction of HCDs promotes the formation of the support layer with coherent finger-like hierarchical channels and micro-convex structure and an integrated polyamide active layer. Compared to the original membrane, TFC-FO membrane with 10 wt% HCDs exhibits high water flux (15.47 L m⁻²h⁻¹) and low reverse salt flux (2.9 g m⁻²h⁻¹) using 1 mol/L NaCl as the draw solution. This improved FO performance is attributed to the lower structural parameters of HCDs-induced water channels and alleviated internal concentration polarization. Thus, this paper provides a feasible strategy to design the membrane structure and boost FO performance.
- Forward osmosis,
- Thin-film nanocomposite,
- Hydrophobic carbon dots,
- Channel regulation,
- Nanofillers
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