Perm-selective ultrathin high flux microporous polyaryl nanofilm for molecular separation

Autor: Ashwini Kaushik, Mansoor Dhundhiyawala, Priyanka Dobariya, Karan Marvaniya, Shilpi Kushwaha, Ketan Patel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 25, Iss 6, Pp 104441- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104441
Popis: Summary: Polymeric membranes with high permeance and selectivity performances are anticipated approach for water treatment. Separation membranes with moderate molecular weight cut-offs (MW in between 400 and 700 g mol−1) are desirable to separate multivalent ions and small molecules from a water stream. This requires polymeric membranes with controlled pore, pore size distribution, surface charge, and thin active layer to maximize membrane performance. Here, a fabrication of the polyaryl nanofilm with thickness down to ∼15 nm synthesized using interfacial polymerization onto ultrafiltration supports is described. Electron microscopy analysis reveals the presence of crumpled surface morphology in polyaryl nanofilm. Polyaryl nanofilm shows high water permeance of ∼110 Lm−2h−1 bar−1. Polyaryl nanofilm presents molecular weight cut-off greater than ∼450 gmol−1 (molecular marker) with water permeance of ∼84 Lm−2h−1 bar−1. Multivalent salt (K3[Fe(CN)6]) has higher rejection (>95%) as compared to the monovalent (∼5%) and divalent salt (∼28%) with the water permeance of ∼81 Lm−2h−1 bar−1.
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