کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
632227 1455981 2016 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Nanoparticle-embedded nanofibers in highly permselective thin-film nanocomposite membranes for forward osmosis
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
نانو فیبرهای نانوذره ای در غشاء نانوکامپوزیتی نازک بسیار جذاب برای اسمز معکوس
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی تصفیه و جداسازی
چکیده انگلیسی


• High permselective thin-film composite membranes were tailored for forward osmosis.
• The membranes were supported on nanocomposite nanofibers.
• Mesoporous silica nanoparticles were embedded in nanofibers during electrospinning.
• The membranes are robust and possess significantly low structural parameter.
• The membranes performed high osmotic water permeability and water/NaCl selectivity.

Here we report a scalable approach to fabricate osmotic membranes with high permselectivity based on nanocomposite of mesoporous silica nanoparticles and nanofibers by electrospinning. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images provide visualization of dispersed and clustered nanoparticles embedding within or at the surface of nanofibers. Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) point analysis confirms the chemical identity of the nanocomposite structure. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analyses show a 75-fold increase in specific surface area when 15% of silica nanoparticles were integrated into polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous mats. Mechanical strength tests show that even at high load of silica nanoparticles, e.g. 15 wt%, the mechanical integrity of the membranes was maintained. Incorporating nanoparticles into nanofibrous mats enhanced their water uptake up to two times. In osmotic transport studies, we observed an outstanding permselectivity of our membranes compared to ones reported in literature. Our membranes show a remarkable 7-fold and 3.5-fold enhancements in osmotic water permeability and water/sodium chloride selectivity, respectively, compared to standard commercial forward osmosis membranes. These results suggest a pathway to develop scalable, high performance osmotic membranes and to further study the predominant mechanism governing transport behaviors of water and solute across nanomaterials interfaces.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Membrane Science - Volume 518, 15 November 2016, Pages 338–346
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