Polydopamine/Imogolite Nanotubes (PDA/INTs) Interlayer Modulated Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane for Minimizing Internal Concentration Polarization

Jian-Chen Han; Shao-Fei Wang; Ran Deng; Qing-Yun Wu

doi:10.1007/s10118-022-2776-3

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Polydopamine/Imogolite Nanotubes (PDA/INTs) Interlayer Modulated Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane for Minimizing Internal Concentration Polarization

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2022-09-23

- Polydopamine/Imogolite Nanotubes (PDA/INTs) Interlayer Modulated Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane for Minimizing Internal Concentration Polarization
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 40, Issue 10, Pages: 1233-1241(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
  b.Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- Author bio：
  
  wuqingy5@mail.sysu.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-022-2776-3
  CLC：
- Received：09 January 2022，
  
  Revised：2022-4-13，
  
  Accepted：25 April 2022，
  
  Online First：20 July 2022，
  
  Published：01 October 2022
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Han, J. C.; Wang, S. F.; Deng, R.; Wu, Q. Y. Polydopamine/imogolite nanotubes (PDA/INTs) interlayer modulated thin film composite forward osmosis membrane for minimizing internal concentration polarization. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 1233–1241

Jian-Chen Han, Shao-Fei Wang, Ran Deng, et al. Polydopamine/Imogolite Nanotubes (PDA/INTs) Interlayer Modulated Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane for Minimizing Internal Concentration Polarization[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(10): 1233-1241.
Han, J. C.; Wang, S. F.; Deng, R.; Wu, Q. Y. Polydopamine/imogolite nanotubes (PDA/INTs) interlayer modulated thin film composite forward osmosis membrane for minimizing internal concentration polarization. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 1233–1241 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2776-3.

Jian-Chen Han, Shao-Fei Wang, Ran Deng, et al. Polydopamine/Imogolite Nanotubes (PDA/INTs) Interlayer Modulated Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane for Minimizing Internal Concentration Polarization[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(10): 1233-1241. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2776-3.

摘要

A hydrophilic interlayer composed of imogolite nanotubes (INTs) and polydopamine (PDA) can effectively alleviate the internal concentration polarization (ICP) effect and improve the performance of thin film nanocomposite (TFN) forward osmosis (FO) membrane.

Abstract

Forward osmosis (FO) as an energy-saving membrane process has attracted much attention in food concentration

water treatment

and desalination. Thin film composite (TFC) membrane is the most popular FO membrane

but it suffers from the internal concentration polarization (ICP)

which significantly limits the water flux and FO efficiency. In this report

we demonstrate a novel and high-performing thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane that employs a hydrophilic interlayer composed of imogolite nanotubes (INTs) and polydopamine (PDA). The INTs can be adhered to the porous substrate by the self-polymerization of PDA

and the as-prepared PDA/INTs interlayer displays a nano-structured network with outstanding hydrophilicity. The detailed investigation was conducted to understand the relationship between the structure and property of the PDA/INTs interlayer and the morphology and performance of the TFN membrane. The TFN membrane with the PDA/INTs interlayer performs a thinner and smoother polyamide selective layer. Correspondingly

the TFN membrane shows a water flux of 18.38 L·m

−2

·h

−1

which is 2.18 times of the pristine TFC membrane. Moreover

the TFN membrane has a minimized structural parameter (577 μm)

almost a half of that of the pristine one (949 μm). It reveals that the ICP effect of TFC membrane can be effectively alleviated by using a hydrophilic PDA/INTs interlayer. This TFN membrane with a satisfactory water permeability is promising in terms of future applications.

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