Probing the Contributions of Interior and Exterior Channels of Nanofillers toward the Enhanced Separation Performance of a Thin-Film Nanocomposite Reverse Osmosis Membrane

• Published in: Environmental science & technology letters Vol. 7; no. 10; pp. 766 - 772
• Main Authors: Yin, Jun, Yang, Zhe, Tang, Chuyang Y, Deng, Baolin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 13.10.2020
• Subjects: desalination; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; nanocomposites; reverse osmosis; seawater; Treatment and Resource Recovery; water reuse

Thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes have been increasingly used in seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. Despite their potential to overcome the long-standing permeability–selectivity trade-off, the underlying mechanisms for the transport of water through TFN membranes are not fully...