Author Identifier (ORCID)
Mitra Golgoli: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-3719
Javad Farahbakhsh: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-6493
Mehdi Khiadani: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1703-9342
Masoumeh Zargar: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9811-6156
Abstract
The escalating presence of microplastics (MPs) in wastewater necessitates the investigation of effective tertiary treatment process. Forward osmosis (FO) emerges as an effective non-pressurized membrane process, however, for the effective implementation of FO systems, the development of fouling-resistance FO membranes with high-performance is essential. This study focuses on the integration of MWCNT/UiO-66-NH2 as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) nanocomposites in thin film composite (TFC) FO membranes, harnessing the synergistic power of hybrid nanoparticles in FO membranes. The results showed that the addition of MWCNT/UiO-66-NH2 in the aqueous phase during polyamide formation changed the polyamide surface structure, and enhanced membranes’ hydrophilicity by 44%. The water flux of the modified FO membrane incorporated with 0.1 wt% MWCNTs/UiO-66-NH2 increased by 67% and the reverse salt flux decreased by 22% as in comparison with the control membrane. Moreover, the modified membrane showed improved antifouling behavior against both organic foulant and MPs. The MWCNT/UiO-66-NH2 membrane experienced 35% flux decline while the control membrane experienced 65% flux decline. This proves that the integration of MWCNT/UiO-66-NH2 nanoparticles into TFC FO membranes is a viable approach in creating advanced FO membranes with high antifouling propensity with potential to be expanded further to other membrane applications.
Keywords
[RSTDPub], Forward osmosis, Fouling, Metal-organic frameworks, Microplastics, Multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
7-1-2024
Volume
359
PubMed ID
38679179
Publication Title
Chemosphere
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Engineering
Funders
Edith Cowan University
Grant Number
G1005399
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
This is an Authors Accepted Manuscript version of an article published by Elsevier in Chemosphere. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142180
Golgoli, M., Farahbakhsh, J., Najafi, M., Khiadani, M., Johns, M. L., & Zargar, M. (2024). Resilient forward osmosis membranes against microplastics fouling enhanced by MWCNTs/UiO-66-NH2 hybrid nanoparticles. Chemosphere, 359, 142180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142180