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Journal of Polymer Research
Published in: Journal of Polymer Research 9/2018

01-09-2018 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Fabrication of fullerenol-incorporated thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membranes for improved desalination performances

Authors: M. Gimhani N. Perera, Yeshan R. Galagedara, Yiwei Ren, Mahesh Jayaweera, Yuntao Zhao, Rohan Weerasooriya

Published in: Journal of Polymer Research | Issue 9/2018

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Abstract

Development and use of novel membranes for forward osmosis (FO) applications have gained popularity throughout the world. To enhance FO membrane performance, a novel thin-film nanocomposite membrane was fabricated by interfacial polymerization incorporating Fullerenol (C60(OH)n) nanomaterial, having n in the range of 24–28 into the active layer. Different concentrations of fullerenol loading (100, 200, 400, and 800 ppm) were added to the top skin layer. The structural and surface properties of the pure thin-film composite membrane (TFC) and fullerenol-incorporated thin-film nanocomposite (FTFC) membranes, were characterized by ATR-FTIR, SEM, and AFM. FO performance and separation properties were evaluated in terms of water flux, reverse salt flux, antifouling propensity, water permeability and salt permeability for all TFC and FTFC membranes. Osmotic performance tests showed that FTFC membranes achieved higher water flux and reverse salt flux selectivity compared with those of TFC membranes. The FTFC membrane with a fullerenol loading of 400 ppm exhibited a water flux of 26.1 L m−2 h−1 (LMH), which is 83.03% higher than that of the TFC membrane with a specific reverse salt flux of 0.18 g/L using 1 M sodium chloride draw solution against deionized water in FO mode. The fullerenol incorporation in FTFC membranes also contributed to a decreased fouling propensity.
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Metadata
Title
Fabrication of fullerenol-incorporated thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membranes for improved desalination performances
Authors
M. Gimhani N. Perera
Yeshan R. Galagedara
Yiwei Ren
Mahesh Jayaweera
Yuntao Zhao
Rohan Weerasooriya
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Polymer Research / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 1022-9760
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8935
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-018-1593-4

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